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Networking 10 individuals interested in owning property and creating a sustainable living from it...
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Grant Short May 16, 5:45pm

If you are within a reasonable distance of the Thumb area of Michigan and would like to discuss the potential for going into business together to build an Organic Vegtable Farm together, please contact me: grantshort@hotmail.com and learn more.

I am looking for a GROUP of people to take on a land contract on a 40 acre parcel of property to develop into a working model for people to learn from. I hope to find individuals who are just as passionate as I am about self-sufficiency in both resources and Energy! 

Circles of Support Pilot Project, Expanding meat processing capabilities to meet the needs of consumers, processors, and diverse cultural preferences, Greener Acres, Entrepreneurs in Agriculture, Networking and Collaborating Tools Development, Small Scale Farming Permaculture, Green and Growing Initiative, Sustainable Local Economic Development, Ag Success Team of Wayne County, Urban Landscape and Ecology Program (ULEP) Collaboration Forum
Investment Portfolio Criteria for a Local Economy
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Steve Bosserman Aug 23, 9:56pm

Ag-Bio Cluster Leadership Council: During September 2009, the Agriculture-Biosciences Cluster Leadership Council will convene its first meeting.  This group is chartered by the Fund for Our Economic Future (FFEF) to develop business opportunities within the agricultural and biosciences sector throughout the 16-county area of Northeast  Ohio.  To fulfill its purpose, the Leadership Council will establish an ongoing portfolio management process that enables Council members to solicit and field business cases, evaluate each one for likelihood of success and risk

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New Business Venture for Kosher Poultry in Cleveland
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Megan Shoenfelt Aug 14, 11:05am

I wanted to forward this article about "The Green Taam" to the meat processing and other working groups of Local Food Systems. Amalia and Ariella participated in many of the Mobile Processing Unit (MPU) meetings and discusions which were held at OARDC this past year. The Cleveland Jewish News featured their new enterprise in a recent edition. 

Marketing and Education, relative to any foods, Value-added Processing (all foods), Expanding meat processing capabilities to meet the needs of consumers, processors, and diverse cultural preferences, Greener Acres, Entrepreneurs in Agriculture, Urban and Suburban Agriculture
Economics of a Local Food System
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Steve Bosserman Aug 5, 2:25pm

What's in a Word?

Greener Acres, Advance NorthEast Ohio Partners, Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative (ASFC), Green and Growing Initiative
Building Adaptive, Resilient, and Persistent Local Economies
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Steve Bosserman Apr 20, 1:28pm

What happens when an irresistible force meets an unmovable object? 
What happens to the status quo when millions of people, one by one,
post their views, share their experiences, and cast their votes via
forums and exchanges on the Internet?  Barack Obama is elected
president, climate change becomes a universal concern, and Susan Boyle,
previously unknown, gains global stardom overnight.  Who would have
thought such outcomes were possible in light of conventional wisdom to
the contrary?  Yet, these illustrate the power people have through

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Locavore News
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Steve Bosserman Dec 28, 11:15am

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.

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