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The Environmental Concerns of Food Ecopreneurs

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  • Joacim Rosenlund

    (Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden)

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This short communication highlights ecopreneurship as a distinct form of entrepreneurship. Excerpts from interviews with ecopreneurs were analyzed using the literature of ecopreneurship and passion. Ecopreneurs want to solve environmental issues that are large scale and often impossible to solve. The passion for the environment helps them through the everyday entrepreneurial struggles and keeps them on their existential odysseys. This empirical research shows a way forward for studies of entrepreneurship-based environmental concerns.

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  • Joacim Rosenlund, 2021. "The Environmental Concerns of Food Ecopreneurs," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-7, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:11:p:6211-:d:566600
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