Environmental attorney, author and Dallas Sierra Club president Wendel Withrow wears a lot of hats in the DFW green community but says his first foray into living green was when he began reading the works of Edward Abbey in 1989.
Winning the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Award this year for"Entrepreneur" Eddie Lott says the award is special to him for a lot of reasons.
Folks in and around Dallas’ Greenville Avenue, and otherwise, are now privileged to have Green Grocer (www.greengrocerdallas.com), another source of locally grown fresh organic food, as well as, among other things, a variety of beer and wine, eggs, meat, cheeses, chocolates, and coffee.
It’s hard enough to open up a store and find great products to sell, but even more difficult when you set out to find products that help create sustainability and make a positive impact.
How do two SMU graduates found a food company with a global conscience? For Ben Hurt and Blaine Iler, an entrepreneurship class was the first ingredient in crafting a successful partnership. When their professor asked if anyone had started a business, only their hands went up. That was the catalyst for their friendship and the decision to start Dallas-based Impact Foods.
t’s hard enough to open up a store and find great products to sell, but even more difficult when you set out to find products that help create sustainability and make a positive impact.
By Brandolon Barnett 
