The New Locavorism

Building a good food business ecosystem: Real-life entrepreneurs riff on relationships and movement-building in Detroit's local food scene
Moderator: Jess Daniel, Foodlab Detroit
Tawnya Clark, Founder & Owner of The Batata Shop, FoodLab Detroit Steering Committee, Open City Detroit Co-Coordinator
Anna Springer, Founder & Owner of Frozen Mitten

Description

Semester: 
Fall 2012
Lecture Time: 
Friday, October 19, 2012 (All day)
Lecture Location: 

Room K1310, Ross School of Business

Abstract

This panel will feature five entrepreneurs working to grow Detroit's local food economy. Through their stories, we'll explore the emergence of locally-owned, human-scale food businesses in Detroit and specifically how these businesses relate to the good food movement and to a growing grassroots movement for re-building localized, human-scale economies. The focus will be less on the individual businesses, and more on how businesses build relationships both to benefit their individual business and to grow the overall field: "me" capital versus "we" capital.

Recording & Additional Notes

Introducer: Wayne Baker, Ross School of Business