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MARCH/APRIL 2004

Vol. 26, No. 2


  Page Article
  10 ANSWERING THE LURE OF THE LAND
George DeVault
Philadelphia attorney turns farmer, linking suburban home owners, landscapers, horse fanciers and nurseries, through a pioneering on-farm composting business.
  13 HIGH SCHOOL BENEFITS FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY
Illinois project shows how relatively small amounts of biogas can produce clean energy — as well as great lessons for students.
  14 A NATURAL FOODS PIONEER REACHES THE SUBLIME STAGE
Jerome Goldstein
Terry Dalton makes an exciting entrepreneurial transition from the Unicorn
to plant-based cuisine.
  16 PIAZZA, FLEXIBILITY AND PORTOBELLO — CANDIDATE FOR SUBLIME?
  17 VERMICOMPOST AS AN ECOPRODUCT
Jeri L. Berc, Olegario MuŅiz and Bernado Calero
Alternative enterprises are “partnering” with earthworms to become part of
the small-scale, self-sufficient economic development scene in Cuba.
  18 NEW RECYCLED PRODUCTS TO LOVE
Bob Feinbaum
Annual event shows thousands that recycled content delivers high quality furniture, floor coverings, mouldings and other products that are cost effective and “easy on the environment.”
  20 SPINNING A COMPANY ON EARTHY FIBERS
Dan Lemke
Turning corn fiber into yarn for blankets fits well into a Minnesota mill’s philosophy of using renewable products.
 
22
BANKING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE COASTAL NORTHWEST
John Berdes
Finding the link between economic opportunity and ecological integrity should not be the mystery that it seems to be in this country.
 
24
NEW APPROACH TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN VERMONT
Tim Traver
Looking within” is proving to be the best strategy — investing in people
by supporting local entrepreneurs with vision and a passion for their work.
 
26
ALASKAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY INVESTS IN LOCAL ENTERPRISES
Mark Musick
“A lot of communities have a brain drain. We’re trying to reverse that by investing in our community,” says the CEO of the Kake Tribal Corporation.
    COLUMNS
 
30
BALLE BEAT
Michael Shuman and Laury Hammel
Local Business Networks Find New Ally – Economics
 
31
ECOSTYLE
Delia Montgomery
The Makers Of Natural Beauty
 
32
SUSTAINABLE COMMERCE
Robert F. Young
Declaring Independence
     
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