Rob Levitt has worked in the food industry for his whole career. While attending college at the University of Illinois and later at the Culinary Institute of America, he worked at top restaurants [...]
The Importance of Mindfulness, Confidence and Passion Daphne Mazarakis speaks with Jim Murphy at Local Foods to talk about mindfulness, women entrepreneurs, and growing sustainable fish. Now with [...]
Jim and Rob discuss plans to add parkland to Lake Shore Drive, and the Netherland’s history of gaining landmass by reclaiming coastlines. This land, the result of a reclaimed lake, allowed [...]
Rob discusses ways that his company, Koppert Cress, is helping teach children about healthy eating by “taste tests,” or having kids try to match flavors to certain produce. He even [...]
A Passion for Education This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Loyola University’s very own Father Stephen Katsouros. Chicago has a rich history of multicultural and religious [...]
Gary Lazarski, MightyVine CEO, discusses how the local company has helped rejuvenate the economy of Rochelle, Illinois. This is something that helps the products further resonate with community [...]
At MightyVine, sustainability is just as important for business reasons as it is environmental reasons. For example, MightyVine’s production uses 10% of the water needed to produce their [...]
Much like the disconnect between golf course developers and local communities, Keiser observes a similar phenomenon among Chicago youth today. He was raised with an expectation of giving back to [...]
Mike Keiser shares his journey of how he started fresh out of college with the idea of starting a greeting cards business and how he ended up building eleven countrywide golf courses. He shares [...]