Financing Our Foodshed (31 page)

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It may take a few trillion dollars before these alternative financing ideas significantly affect business as usual on Wall Street. But by then we will have transformed our local farm and food communities in ways that make all our lives better for the long term. So please, spread the word. Your planet thanks you. As do I.

The End.
Credit: Bett Wilson Foley

A

Abilicious Bakery,
33–41

The Abundance Foundation,
100
,
129
,
158

Aldrich, Daniel,
188

Alexander, Lex,
55

Alice,
121
,
182–186

Alinsky, Saul,
63

Angelina’s Kitchen,
37
,
41
,
47–52
,
57

Apex, NC,
33

Asheville, NC,
145

B

bakery loans

    
equipment,
17–18
,
27–43

    
expansion,
190–195

    
insurance,
18–26

Banker to the Poor
(Yunus),
189

Bannister, Roger,
161

Bass, Ann,
36
,
38

beehives,
182–186

Bicknell, Summer,
104–107

Blakely, Ginger,
81
,
84–85
,
120
,
124

Blazen Cattle Company,
135–141

Blunden, Giles,
81
,
84–85
,
120
,
125

borrowers

    
becoming lenders,
125–126

    
information form,
192

Bringin’ It Home Chatham,
158–162

Brothers Vilgalys Spirits Company,
178–182

Brott, Kayla,
69–70
,
74

Brott, Kelly,
58
,
69–74
,
104
,
133–134

Brott, Tim,
69–70
,
74

Brystanna,
31

Bullock, James and Crystal,
135–141

buses,
168–171

butcher shop loan,
135–141

C

cafés,
18–26
,
58–62
,
190–195

Callahan, Ali,
25–26

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA),
144
,
167

Carolina Ground, L3C,
143–150

Carpenter, Aaron,
141–143

catering,
18–26

Cedar Grove, NC,
75

Center for Natural Medicine,
36

Central Carolina Community College,
104

charettes,
99–101

Chatham County Line
,
35
,
106–108

Chatham Marketplace,
25
,
37
,
80–81
,
158–162

cheese,
53–57

chickens,
69–74
,
93–98

Coffee Barn,
23
,
189
,
191

Coleff, Genevieve,
53–54
,
55
,
56

Coleff, Patrick,
53–57
,
90
,
106

co-op grocery stores,
158–162

Cortese, Amy,
145

The Cotton Club,
172–178

Council, Mildred Edna Cotton,
22

Credibles program,
202

CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture),
2–3
,
89

CSBs (Community Supported Bakeries),
35

D

Damita,
22
,
26

Dandalia Bakery,
41–43

deck expansion loan,
190–195

Dominik,
30–31

Dreyfors, Marc,
105
,
168–171
,
195

Driver, Lynette,
15
,
17–18
,
35
,
99

Dunlap, Annette,
62

Durham, NC,
53
,
87–88
,
179
,
190

Durham Herald Sun
,
194

E

Eastern Carolina Organics (ECO),
166

Economic Development Office (EDC),
154

Emma,
162

Eno River Farmers Market,
79

The Essence of Eating Well
,
55

Estill, Lyle,
14–16
,
71
,
100–101
,
106–108
,
137
,
153
,
174
,
197

The Extraenvironmentalist,
91
,
128

F

farm loans

    
chickens,
69–74
,
93–98

    
greenhouse,
77–79

    
irrigation,
74–77

    
urban farm,
86–93

farm tours,
169–170

farmers markets,
66–67

farms

    
decline of,
4

    
finance for,
5

    
value of,
65–66
,
69

Ferrell, Frank,
190–195

finance

    
concern about money,
112–113

    
conscious choices,
45–47

    
control of,
111–112

    
investment,
130

    
local investment,
157

    
need for loans,
4–5

    
power of money,
114–116

Finkel, Paul,
75–77
,
100
,
106
,
158
,
159

flour mill loan,
143–150

food

    
choices in,
1–3

    
chronic illness and,
151

    
distribution of,
5–8

    
processed,
8–9

    
See also
local food

food labels,
9
,
80–81

foodshed, definition,
7

Foster’s Market,
21

Fresh Moves,
170

Frey, Melissa,
162

Fund 4 Democratic Communities (f4dc),
195–197

G

gatherings,
102–104

Gene,
187

General Store Café,
100

Genesis Farm,
26

Gilligan, Duffy,
105

Girl Honey,
121
,
182–186

gluten-free bakeries,
33–41

Golub Corporation,
83

Grameen Bank,
189

Green, Jackie,
27–33
,
57

Green Drinks Asheville,
145

Greene, Herman,
160

greenhouse loan,
77–79

Greensboro, NC,
150

Greenway Transit,
168–171

H

Harp, Mykal,
41–43

Heek’s Farm,
200

Henry, Eric,
172–178

Hewitt, Mark,
32
,
55–56
,
86
,
125
,
187

Homegrown City Farms,
86–93

honey,
182–186

Hostess,
153

Humphreys, Greg,
183

I

Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
(Tasch),
11
,
12–13
,
129
,
157

irrigation loan,
74–77

J

Jennifer,
143–150

John,
48
,
49

Julie,
35–36

K

Kim,
22
,
26

Kleese, Tony,
100

Know Your Farms,
125–126

Kohanowich, Robin,
104

Koulazakis, Angelina,
15
,
25–26
,
41
,
47–52
,
90
,
99
,
121
,
148

Kraft,
153

Kronick, Sandi,
166–167

Krupnikas,
178–182

L

labels loan,
80–81

Landis, Lesley,
49

Lauffer, Laura,
23–25

Lauffer, Pierre,
23
,
100
,
189

Lauren,
105

lenders

    
anonymity of,
123–124

    
background of,
116–119

    
borrowers as,
125–126

    
motivation of,
51–52
,
119–123
,
126–129

    
sources of,
129–130

Lilly Den Farm,
57
,
79–84
,
120

loans

    
need for,
4–5

    
type of,
159

local food

    
choice of,
1–3

    
distribution of,
7–8
,
163–168

    
sustainability of,
3–4

Local Food Movement,
4

local investment clubs,
158–162

Local Lunch,
166–167

local purchases,
115–116

Locavesting
(Cortese),
145

Locopops,
104–107
,
165

Loeblich, Alfred III,
74–79
,
105