The challenging business of social enterprise

It employs up to 33,000 people, but finding funding can be tricky for ventures that are neither charities nor ordinary businesses

Michael Kelly, founder of Grow It Yourself, with Nicky and Vika Kelly Picture: Patrick Browne

In 2008, Michael Kelly gave up his job in IT to start a food growing community to promote health and wellness in Waterford.

By 2009, he had started Grow It Yourself ...