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English has spent her career working at the intersection of farming and public health.
Before joining the Walton Personal Philanthropy Group as a senior program officer, she was director of the Northwest Arkansas Food Systems initiative.
She led research and programs focused on using local food and farms to increase access to healthy foods in the community, schools and health care settings.
She says she fell in love with growing food when she started volunteering on small-scale fruit and vegetable farms in college.
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Barnstable County Honors SHINE Volunteers for Record Year of Community Service.More than 70 dedicated volunteers successfully completed their annual SHINE recertification exam.In 2025, the Cape Cod &...more
Two Routt County Charter Schools are sharing a state grant for over $1.2 million.The schools receiving the grants are Steamboat Montessori Charter School for $538,000 and the North Routt Community...more
Volunteers nationwide help veterans find purpose through beekeeping program.Nonprofit pairs former service members with mentors to ease transition to civilian life.Hives for Heroes is a nonprofit...more
The Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program provides extensive training in watershed management to volunteers.Volunteers educate the community about watershed stewardship based on university...more
Columbia State grant to expand medical assistant, phlebotomy programs.$198,000 grant from Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.The grant is expected to benefit 56 students across...more
Agarwal Family Donates $5.5 million to Sugar Land Hospital, Expanding Healthcare Access.The gift is expected to significantly enhance healthcare access for underserved residents and support the...more
Berlin played host to the 9th annual Creative Bureaucracy Festival this week.Public service workers explained why a healthy democracy needs a functioning state.Germany is stuck in a "reform jam" as...more
New London Life Sciences Strategy aims to make London the most attractive city in the world for life sciences innovation.The strategy addresses barriers to scale through six linked programmes...more
For companies, governments, and civil society, investing in frontline health systems is not charity it is infrastructure.When they are under-resourced, communities lose trust, service delivery...more
Social Entrepreneurship
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When it Comes to Social Enterprises, Failure is the Best Platform for Innovation
In the world of social enterprises, failure is a cringe-worthy moment nobody wants to talk about. But, social entrepreneurs can benefit from their failures.
