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Integrating innovation into the business bottom line 

 

Business Evolution Cohort


Participate in our community of practice with a 3-year immersive program designed to help you see and evolve business-as-usual, integrating your innovation and planetary regeneration goals into your core strategy, creating a more resilient business as a result. 

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Integrating innovation into the business bottom line 

reNourish Studio Cohort 


Participate in our community of practice with a 3-year immersive program designed to help you see and evolve business-as-usual, integrating your innovation and planetary regeneration goals into your core strategy, creating a more resilient business as a result. 

>> REGISTER NOW!

Are you struggling with...

  • Succeeding in a marketplace with heightened competition and reduced margins
  • Meeting customer desires for food that is healthier for people and planet
  • Effectively managing a team and building an inspiring company culture
  • Adapting to an unstable marketplace, including climate change related supply disruptions
  • Producing shareholder value and staying true to the integrity of your mission
  • Achieving the innovations you see are needed in our food system

Making Impact Driven Businesses Non-Displaceable 

We all struggle with business challenges, and one of the most common in the food industry is reconciling environmental commitments with financial viability.

In the cohort you will dismantle these and other barriers in your thinking and regenerate the potential for you, your business and the systems you are a part of.

In our time together we will:

  • Uncover unconscious thoughts and patterns about how we do business and work to evolve them
  • Transform business culture so that teams can contribute more creatively toward our business effectiveness and viability
  • Develop strategies that reconcile challenges and eliminate trade offs
  • Find meaningful ways for your business to evolve the system it is a part of
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At reNourish Studio...

We have spent decades in the food and agricultural industries doing our very best to make changes within our current system. We have worked for non-profit and for profit enterprises, we have worked across the value chain from producers to customers, and what has become evident is that our businesses are not what is holding us back from a truly regenerative food system. It is the system itself.

This is why at the heart of our work is supporting food business leaders to evolve their businesses to play a role in changing the way our food system operates. We're not aiming to build a new food system, we're evolving and innovating the one we have. 

With drastic shifts in supply and constantly changing business environments, the companies that have done the work to evolve their role in the food system are the ones who will achieve long term viability in the marketplace.

At reNourish Studio...

We have spent decades in the food and agricultural industries doing our very best to make changes within our current system. We have worked for non-profit and for profit enterprises, we have worked across the value chain from producers to customers, and what has become evident is that our businesses are not what is holding us back from a truly regenerative food system. It is the system itself.

This is why at the heart of our work is supporting food business leaders to evolve their businesses to play a role in changing the way our food system operates. We're not aiming to build a new food system, we're evolving and innovating the one we have. 

With drastic shifts in supply and constantly changing business environments, the companies that have done the work to evolve their role in the food system are the ones who will achieve long term viability in the marketplace.

Thoughts from Cohort Members 

"Since the very first session, my understanding of regeneration and rethinking our relationship to food through business has been drastically challenged and deeply impacted. Every session challenges me to think in new and creative ways about how regeneration extends beyond a way of farming to a way of rethinking the entire lens through which we view ourselves and our businesses...I cannot recommend ReNourish Studio enough."

Juan Pablo Guzman
Artisan Tropic

"Our organization had a sense of where we wanted to shift our offerings and orientation prior to joining the studio. However, the studio has given us space to go deeper, disrupt our thinking, and challenge us to work at a living systems level. It’s allowed me to move out of thinking in silos, see the world alive, and see regeneration as a cycle rather than an end point. It’s hard to do this work alone. One of the values of the studio is working on our business in relationship with others that are not only working on their business, but working towards a shared aim for the fooding system."

Caitlin Oleson
Climate Collaborative

"I would recommend the studio because I believe we have to take the time to think deeply about what regeneration really is for our businesses. Often, founders and boards just want to slap labels on things so they can catch the consumer and move on but that is not regenerative business. If we are truly going to change the food system, we need regenerative processes to flow throughout a company....our experience in the studio has been invaluable to our evolution as a company and brand."

Heather Terry
GOODSAM Foods 

Across the three years of our work together…
 

The Cohort Includes: 

  • An engaging peer-community
  • Developmental sessions
  • 1:1 faculty support
  • In-person immersions

Participation in the cohort is more effective than hiring a strategic development firm or an in-house innovation department, and less than a quarter of the price.

Our team utilizes living systems thinking frameworks that have been developed over the last fifty years and are a technology proven to make a difference in innovation and business success.

The next cohort begins Sept 20-23, 2024 in Hudson Valley, NY.

Monthly Sessions:

Every month the cohort will meet for 2 hours on Zoom to walk through new frameworks designed to disrupt our thinking and see in whole ways, introduce living systems thinking and set the tone for the work you will be implementing within your business that month.

 

Each monthly group Zoom session focuses on different important aspects of the food system that are relevant to your business, including but not limited to: standards and measurement, investment, environmental resources and planetary health, infrastructure, information exchange and innovation, and team dynamics and working with people effectively.

Individualized Sessions:

Cohort members receive up to two one-hour individualized sessions with faculty members each month.

SEEING NEW POTENTIAL: In year one, these sessions will be focused on developing the ability to examine your current perspective and unconscious beliefs about the way business has to work, and then learn to adjust the lens through which you see the world and your business within a living systems paradigm.

CULTIVATING AN ENERGIZING AND INNOVATIVE TEAM CULTURE: In year two, these sessions will be focused on seeing what a difference a culture of development can make for enabling the workplace environment you are after. This will include working on the structure of your team and how you are functioning together so that you all can be working creatively toward a shared direction that enables you to meet your goals effectively. We’ll explore separating the hierarchy of decision making from the hierarchy of creativity and innovation.

ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS TO CO-EVOLVE WITH SYSTEMS: In year three, these sessions will be focused on developing your capabilities to work developmentally with stakeholders. Our premise is that by playing a role to evolve the system in which your business is a part you will achieve the innovative outcomes you are after while becoming non-displaceable in the marketplace.

In-person Immersions:

The cohort includes two transformational 3-day in-person events per year meant to immerse you in the work. These events are designed to bring our work into focus in a particular place and with a particular food system. Each event will include group working sessions, breakout groups, time for teams and time for socializing. The events are all inclusive with movement, session time, meals, lodging, and experiences (music, food making, etc.) included.

reNourish Studio's Cohort

is meant for current business and nonprofits that already have a product offering. This work must be done in practice and not in theory. It's important that you are ready to integrate the work we do together in the cohort into your business. Start ups may struggle to integrate living systems thinking and focus on innovation. If you have any questions about whether the cohort will be a good fit for your needs, we encourage you to reach out! [email protected]

Upcoming Immersion Destinations and Dates:

  • Hudson Valley, New York Sept 20-23, 2024
  • Central Valley, California April 24-27, 2025
  • Molalla, Oregon Sept 18-21, 2025
  • Midwest Spring 2026
  • Hawaii Fall 2026

Past Immersion Destinations Included:

  • Trout Creek Wilderness Lodge in Molalla, Oregon
  • Playa Viva in Zihuatanejo, Mexico
  • White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia
  • Jalama Canyon Ranch in Jalama, California
  • Rancho Jacona in Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, North Carolina

Monthly Zooms:

One Friday a month at 11a-1pm PST / 2p-4pm EST

2024

  • Oct 18th
  • Nov 15th
  • Dec 13th

2025

  • Jan 10th
  • Feb 7th
  • March 7th
  • April 4th
  • May 30th
  • June 27th
  • July 25th
  • Aug 22th
  • Sept 19th

Individualized Resourcing Calls

(1 on 1 Sessions):

In addition to the group Zoom you will receive two individualized resourcing Zoom calls twice per month designed to get you to the source of your thinking by using living systems thinking frameworks. These calls follow an arc and focus based on which year of the cohort you are in. This arc is outlined above.

Join us! 

Cohort Team

$25,000/year

Our work is most actionable when completed in a team, we suggest joining with 2-3 members from your organization. Cost includes up to 3 team members.

Includes:

  • Two In-person Immersions
  • Monthly Group Zooms
  • Two Individualized Sessions per Month
  • Payment Plans Available
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Cohort Member

$9,000/year

for individuals

Includes:

  • Two In-person Immersions
  • Monthly Group Zooms
  • Two Individualized Sessions per Month
  • Payment Plans Available 
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A Financial Note : 

We believe that financial constraints should not be a barrier to participation. If the cost of our programs is prohibitive for you, please inquire about our available scholarships, discounts, or payment plans. We are committed to making our events accessible to everyone.

Questions?

Email us at [email protected]