We operate in a system that supports monopoly and dis-enfranchises children, the poor, handicapped, and our elders. A sustainable economy can not be based on a monetary economy where individuals will do any thing, including destroy the environment to get the money they need for the basic necessities of life. Monetary economies are based on scarcity where Alternative Economics are based on Time exchanges which are abundant and can be created by any one. We are developing school to farm programs where students can work off their community service hour requirements.

Our farmers markets can make it difficult for poor people to buy good locally produced food. We have created, in our region, a way that allows individuals, who depend on food stamps, to exchange their food stamps for an alternative currency that is accepted by the farmers, so they can buy fresh local foods.

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The Alternative Local Economy working group is being moderated/facilitated by Robert Andrew Smith, Executive Director of Sustainable Development at Leaf Light. Email Robert AT leaflight.org with a brief message explaining your interest to sign up for this working group and/or to be added to the listserve so you can here about upcoming meetings.

Folks currently signed up for this group include:

Robert Andrew Smith - Robert AT leaflight.org
Mike Lanier m.lanier AT co.orange.nc.us
Wayne Turner - mwnt AT nc.rr.com
Spence - spencetm AT aol.com
Lauren Craig - lacraig819 AT hotmail.com
Adam - maidenvoyage07 AT gmail.com
Sam Hummel - sam.hummel AT gmail.com
Sammy Slade - sammy_slade AT hotmail.com
Jane Norton - jane AT eartheal.org
Rebecca Page - rebeccapage AT earthlink.net
Christopher Rumbley - rumbley AT gmail.com

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