Drew Estate’s Take on Corporate Social Responsibility

When I was down in Nicaragua, I got the chance to talk to Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate about the cigar company’s corporate social responsibility measures.

Is it green, organic or sustainable?

Loch Leven’s larder bears the increasingly common challenge in the United Kingdom of managing against competing environmentally friendly forces. A produce farm that supplies potatoes, carrots and other vegetables both to small local customers and large retailers, the farm must balance the salient — and compelling — need for profit with perceived public pressure to keep pace with the prevailing flavor of social responsibility. Though daunting, it’s a task Rob Niven, owner of Loch Leven’s Larder, pursues zealously and with a smile.