Community Supported Enterprises – Preservation Trust of Vermont

Why We Can’t Shop Our Way to Better Economy

In this 15-minute TEDx talk, ILSR senior researcher Stacy Mitchell argues for a new phase in the local economy movement.

Although there are a great many antecedents, the Community Supported Enterprise phenomenon seems to have blossomed in the last few years.

Examples of innovative community-based ventures.

Community Supported Agriculture has become a familiar part of Vermont’s economic landscape.

Local investors for local businesses—how businesses are turning to their neighbors for funding.