ALIVE + ARDOR Olive Oil Special Duo

Available in a limited quantity, the collaboration from Brightland and Slow Factory—called A Special Duo—sees 100% of the proceeds donated to The Slow Factory Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization that fosters community and increases education at the crux of culture and our climate. The set includes Brightland’s ALIVE olive oil and ARDOR chili olive oil, both of which are drawn from heirloom olives at a …

KREWE Launches Non-Profit Foundation to Help NOLA’s Youth

The eyewear brand will provide tests and frames to local high schoolers

When we last spoke with Stirling Barrett, the founder of NOLA-based optics brand KREWE, he was celebrating the one-year anniversary of the brand’s flagship store, located on Royal Street within the city’s popular French Quarter district. Today, the brand’s success has reached even greater heights, including two additional brick-and-mortar spaces (one in NOLA’s Lower Garden District, the other in NYC’s SoHo) and a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund …

Marijuana as a Non-Profit Industry

No longer a question of if, it’s really a matter of when the US—like Canada—will legalize recreational marijuana use. As producers in states that have already embraced the bud can attest to, a commercial endeavor in the weed industry leads to competition, marketing and more. To prevent that from getting out of hand (in Canada) medical researcher Francois Gagnon has proposed a unique idea: “delete …