TWENTY WAYS TO BUILD A LOCAL, LIVING ECONOMY

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 31

BALLE BEAT

Andy Smith

CREATING RENEWABLE ENERGY AT AN ORGANIC DAIRY

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 30

The Straus Family Dairy comes up with a system to generate power from manure and wastewater - saving $6,000/ month in electricity costs.

BRINGING SUSTAINABILITY TO LOS ANGELES

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 28

An organization called TreePeople sees saving water as the first step to improving the quality of life for California residents.

Robert Feinbaum

LOCAL CURRENCIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 2

Dedicated to creating appropriate scaled economic tools that benefit small businesses
and family farms, the E.F. Schumacher Society sponsored a conference last month on
the impacts of place-based monetary tools.

Susan Witt and Christopher Lindstrom

NATURAL FOODS CO-OP EXPANDS ON GREEN PRINCIPLES

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 22

Dedicated to the local community and farm economy, Sacramento Co-op keeps growing on sound methods and customer demand.

DOING BUSINESS THE “VERMONT WAY”

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 18

A visionary leader in Burlington has provided great energy to revitalize the Intervale while working towards a triple bottom line: environmental improvement, community development and financial success.

Molly Farrell

TRACKING THE LOCAL IMPACT OF A RETAIL STORE

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 17

Manager of Buffalo food cooperative develops method to monitor how its sales increase success of local businesses,farmers and residents.

Tim Bartlett

FOOD MARKET WITH BIG PROMISE

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 14

The Floyd Boulevard Local Foods Market in Sioux City, Iowa features more than “Healthy, Humane Homegrown.” It also offers the promise of a healthy local economy - since sustainable economic development is a principal goal.

Chris Bedford

Birth Of A Farmers' Market

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 10

It was a beautiful midsummer morning. Curious area residents began trickling into the open air market. And they just kept coming, with their spouses, friends and neighbors, children of all ages. And they're still coming on Sundays between 10 am and 2 pm.

George DeVault

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 8

BUILDING NATURAL PLAYGROUNDS IN CHINESE ORPHANAGES
From Spencer, New York, business owner Rusty Keeler writes: “Seven years ago, I started my

IN BUSINESS WORLD

In Business, July-August, 2004, Vol. 26, No. 4, p. 4

GREEN BUILDING FEATURES EMPHASIZED IN WATERFRONT PROJECT
Portland, Oregon's South Waterfront block 30 along the Willamette River is a joint venture between Williams and Dame Development, Inc. and the Gerding/Edlen Company, LLC. According to city and