Touch the Soil News #1958 (Photo – Weekly CSA Offering – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, Clagett Farm CSA Week 11, Thebittenword.com)
In the modern world, a lot of focus goes into what can the dollar to for me in terms of investment. This focus, while understandable, has a certain disconnect from the more basic economic fundamentals as relates to productivity and distribution. The world has been discovering that even if you have a fat wallet, you are not going to buy something if what you need is on the other side of a supply chain kink. The other risk, is that a decline in the larger realms of food productivity, can leave supply pipelines with gaps, causing folks to bid up the price (inflation) and leave consumers in a lurch.
This makes the work of Homegrown Business in Toronto, Canada a business model whose time is coming. The Toronto Guardian News brings us the story of Homegrown Business and their work in this important space. You can visit their Website hear: https://homesteadto.com/ You can read the story here: https://torontoguardian.com/2023/05/toronto-business-homestead/
