I Opened a Mercantile in Rural Nebraska
Two years ago, I moved back to my hometown in rural Nebraska. Main Street has remained largely unchanged over the years, but sadly the little grocery store was struggling. It […]
New Venture Advisors Receives Grant from Builders Vision to Expand Food is Medicine Access
We’re excited to share that New Venture Advisors (NVA) has received a grant from Builders Vision, an impact platform committed to building a more humane and healthy world through work […]
Case History: Digital Grocery Card Feasibility Study
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin (SHF) and Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin (FAEW) together serve 49 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, spanning both urban and rural communities across the state. While […]
Announcing the Inaugural Food System Champions Nominees
In December, we launched our first Food System Champion Nominations to shine a light on the often-unsung heroes who strengthen and sustain our food systems every day. From farmers and […]
Celebrating the Changemakers of Our Food Systems
From Setbacks to Smarter Strategies
In food systems work, change is the only constant. Partners, funding, and community needs all evolve in unforeseen ways. What appears to be a setback—a stalled project, a lost funder, […]
Food Systems are Evolving and We Are Too
The story of New Venture Advisors’ inception in 2010 coincides with a pivotal moment in the United States’ local food movement. At that time, awareness was gradually dawning on the […]
What DEI Means at New Venture Advisors
As the events surrounding George Floyd’s murder caused a welcomed reckoning, we all heard many companies respond with statements of beliefs regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion, and commitments to advancing […]
COVID-19 Exposes Inequities in Our Food System
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult, if not impossible, to ignore the challenges within our current food system. For those who have spent decades working on the front lines, […]
Agile Yet Fragile: 11 Themes from our Food System Survey
Food has never been a bigger story than since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. The news has been heartbreaking and at the same time awe-inspiring to see the scale […]
