Funding Available: USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program

The Threshold Foundation has community- based program grant to enhance energy efficiency, reduce consumption of natural resources and create alternative and distributed energy sources.  The foundation is committed to social change. Online letters of inquiry must be submitted by September 25, 2009. Detailed application guidelines are available on the Foundation's website.  Threshold Foundation, PO Box 29903, San Francisco, CA 94129-0903,Tel 415.561.6400;Grant Inquiries:

The attached article, Local & loving it is in today's USA Weekend.  The author, Natalie Ermann Russell, shares her recent "locavore" experiences planning a "local-only" family birthday celebration.  In the course of the narrative, she offers several links to sites with information about local foods and local economies.