Planet Local Library

Planet Local Library

Planet Local is Local Futures' project to highlight and catalog the diverse examples of localization springing up all over the planet. Our examples listed range from local business and finance to local food, health, community rights, place-based education, energy,...

Nancy Neamtan on the Social Economy in Quebec and Beyond

In one of the best english-language explorations on Quebec's incredible Social Economy movement, Nancy Neamtan, President-Executive Director of the Chantier de l'économie sociale, provides the keynote address to the assembly of participants of the...
25% Shift Local Food

25% Shift Local Food

The purpose of this study is to identify the economic impact, in terms of community wealth creation, that can be achieved by a shift of 25% of our local food expenditures from 5% to 30% in a 10-year time frame. Local food, for this study, is considered to be food...
Real Pickles: Financing Case Study

Real Pickles: Financing Case Study

How a small local food business in western Massachusetts preserved its social mission through transitioning to a worker-owned cooperative and using an innovative financing strategy.

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