All Worked Up
The new issue in environmental justice: paychecks
by Katherine Glover
Sierra Magazine
September/October 2009

Posts from my food industry blog on BNET about Starbucks, McCafe and the coffee wars.

Is Starbucks Coffee Actually That Good? (June 1, 2009)
Starbucks and McCafe Bring it On with New Ads (May 6, 2009)
McCafe Moves in For the Kill (April 20, 2009)
Starbucks No Longer a Luxury? (March 24, 2009)
Coffee Rivals Fight Breakfast War (February 6, 2009)
McDonald’s ‘McCafe’ Picks Up Steam (December 10, 2008)

From my food industry blog on BNET: posts on local food issues.

The Problem with Overemphasizing Local Foods (May 26, 2009)
So What the Heck Does ‘Local’ Mean Anyway? (May 20, 2009)
At Chipotle, Local is More Than Just Talk (May 19, 2009)
Frito-Lay Embraces Local Movement, But Movement Does Not Embrace Frito-Lay (May 18, 2009)

Diversity a Successful Business Strategy for General Mills
By Katherine Glover
BNET.com
May 29, 2009

Fraud Helps Dole in Nicaragua Banana Pesticide Case
By Katherine Glover
BNET.com
May 13, 2009

Religious forum explores justice issues linking immigration and food supplies
by Katherine Glover
MinnPost.com
March 31, 2009

Expanding African Development Center shows off new West Bank spot
by Katherine Glover
MinnPost.com
March 23, 2009

Cheesy Trade War Was Prologue to ‘Buy American’ Debate
by Katherine Glover
BNET.com
February 3, 2009

(Note: tariff issue was was eventually resolved)

Campbell’s Ignores AFA Attack on Lesbian Ad
by Katherine Glover
BNET.com
December 29, 2008

Muslim family’s complaint over Christian toy giveaway provokes conservative backlash
By Katherine Glover
MinnPost.com
Dec. 24, 2008

As prominent Christian conservatives decry the supposed “war on Christmas” and retailers grapple with whether to say “Happy Holidays” or “Merry Christmas” to their customers, a small incident at the Mall of America has sparked right-wing attention in such high places as Sean Hannity’s website.

Financial dilemma: For many Muslims, conventional loans can be a sin
By Katherine Glover
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008
MinnPost.com

Seven years ago, staff at the Neighborhood Development Center made a realization. Plenty of Somalis and other Muslim immigrants had attended the St. Paul-based center’s trainings for small-business entrepreneurs — but in more than a decade, not one Muslim had ever taken advantage of the center’s small-business loans.

The reason? Islam forbids “reba,” or usury. To some, the term refers merely to excessive interest, but to others, it includes the payment of any kind of interest — making conventional bank loans a sin for them.

The Food Detectives
by Katherine Glover
Minnesota Law & Politics
August/September 2008

After something like E. coli strikes, these lawyers turn into Columbo.

First Barbie Store a hit in Argentina
by Katherine Glover
The Associated Press

An Argentine entrepreneur sets up a Barbie “fashiontainment” store including a playroom, beauty salon and coffee shop.

It was an AP wire story so I’m including multiple links in case not all of them stay archived:
Yahoo
MSN

God on the Job
by Katherine Glover
News21

Head scarves, vacation days, proselytizing, condemning gay co-workers on religious grounds, refusing to transport alcohol or dispense birth control pills – where do we draw the line? Employers and courts struggle to find a balance in how far religion should be accommodated in the workplace.

Also includes interactive sidebars – a selection of cases in which the job itself went against an employee’s religion, an overview of what courts have said about uniforms and dress code policies, and a surprising answer to the question “Can a company ever require an employee to convert to Islam?”

Holy Profits?
by Katherine Glover
News21

Chicago Christian commune Jesus People USA funds its charity work with a successful roofing supply company and other for-profit businesses.

Chicago Muslim professionals go with the flow
by Katherine Glover
Medill News Service
May 24, 2007

Mazen Asbahi admits he sometimes misses prayers. As a lawyer with Schiff Hardin LLP, sometimes he’s in negotiations all day and can’t break out. “A more hard-core Muslim who’s more senior might say, ‘I need to make a five minute break,’” Asbahi said, “but at my point in my career, I can’t always do that.”

Not by price alone: despite lower fees and government support, banks still lag behind in Latino remittance market
by Katherine Glover
Medill News Service
April 12, 2007

An article looking at why most immigrants still use places like Western Union to send money back home to their families, even though it would usually be cheaper to use a bank.

Guaranteeing Muslim standards: Man works to ensure meat is truly halal.
by Katherine Glover
Medill News Service

It’s illegal in Illinois to mislead someone into believing that food has been prepared according to Muslim halal standards when it really hasn’t. The problem is, different people have different definitions of what those standards should be.

Buffalo Ridge
by Katherine Glover
The Rake

It used to be that wind power advocates were treated as lunatics. Now big corporations dominate the profitable business of producing Minnesota wind energy.

St. Salesman
by Katherine Glover
The Rake

Even heathens can get a return on Catholic magic.