{"id":53,"date":"2021-07-21T18:02:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T22:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/?p=53"},"modified":"2021-07-21T18:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T22:59:23","slug":"close-connections-with-stakeholders-deliver-a-healthy-serving-of-business-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"Close connections with stakeholders deliver a healthy serving of business growth&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>STATE GARDEN: PEOPLE, PLANET, PRODUCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#00a301\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>Third generation President &amp; CEO of State Garden<\/em>, <em>Inc., <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tharawat-magazine.com\/stories\/state-garden-people-planet-produce\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tharawat-magazine.com\/stories\/state-garden-people-planet-produce\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark DemIchaelis speaks with Tharawat Magazine<\/a>&#8216;s Tony Sekulich about how his family has grown a sustainable business powerhouse across four generations<\/em><\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/files\/2021\/07\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54\" \/><figcaption>DeMichaelis with his daughter, Olivia, a member of the fourth generation and the inspiration behind <a href=\"http:\/\/stategarden.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/stategarden.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State Garden<\/a>&#8216;s flagship brand, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/stategarden.com\/brands\/olivias-organics\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/stategarden.com\/brands\/olivias-organics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia&#8217;s Organics<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From a humble start as a wholesale vegetable cart in Boston&#8217;s famed produce market, State Garden now operates in a sprawling 170,000 square feet processing center located 5 miles north in the city of Chelsea. Renown across the community for their responsible business practices, dedicated family employees, and robust relationships across all stakeholders, State Garden is keeping large-scale vegetable production green for the planet and the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STATE GARDEN: PEOPLE, PLANET, PRODUCE Third generation President &amp; CEO of State Garden, Inc., Mark DemIchaelis speaks with Tharawat Magazine&#8216;s Tony Sekulich about how his family has grown a sustainable business powerhouse across four generations From a humble start as a wholesale vegetable cart in Boston&#8217;s famed produce market, State Garden now operates in a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/?p=53\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Close connections with stakeholders deliver a healthy serving of business growth&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5627,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight-on-stars"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Lauren Bass","author_link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/?author=5627"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/family_business_institute\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}