Urban Farming Meets Independent Publishing

You have probably heard the advise: “Pick one thing and gain mastery in it.” That is not how NCCC works and it is not how entrepreneur Nic Esposito works either. He has followed multiple passions writing, farming (land management) and family- we ask him how he does it all.

Take aways:

  • We just passed the 10th anniversary of Katrina, AmeriCorps members played a crucial roll in rebuilding New Orleans and Nic was one of those members!
  • How to Live, work and run a business with your spouse
  • Starting a business is about meeting an unmet need, addressing unmet needs is what AmeriCorps members do best
  • Books in a vending machine?
  • How do we re-connect to the process, the process of growing food or creating a book?

Check out his TEDx talk here.

Watch other interviews from our Journey to Social Entrepreneurship Summit.

Service as Legacy: An Interview from Serve Reflect Repeat

Rachel Ogorek is the compiler of Serve Reflect Repeat, a collection of stories from AmeriCorps Alumni across the country.  Listen to learn more about why she wanted to write this book and how her work in Denver,CO changed her life.

Note: all the proceeds from the sale of Serve Reflect Repeat benefit the NGS movement.