August 17, 2021

Meatless Monday continues to expand across the country, with municipalities all over the United States pledging to promote plant-based eating as a way to meet sustainability goals and promote public health. But change doesn’t always start with government; on many occasions, progress sprouts from the ground up. And that’s exactly what happened in Columbia, South […]

This joint effort comes in the wake of Benedict College’s campus-wide rollout of Meatless MondaysSHARE Benedict College, a historically Black liberal arts college (HBCU) in Columbia, South Carolina, is among the first colleges in the country to be signed onto the Forward Food Pledge. This collaboration commits Benedict to a minimum 5% annual increase in plant-based

August 16, 2021 | Release Number 21-69 Contact U.S. Small Business Administration at Press_Office@sba.gov Funding Aims to Help Improve Innovative Projects Aiding Women-owned Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration issued 14 grant awards of up to $200,000 each to organizations in 13 states as part of the Women’s Business Centers (WBC) Resiliency and Recovery Demonstration Grant under the