Sustainably Growing the Local Food Economy
Reinforcing and Developing the Web of Relationships
Locally directed spending supports a web of relationships that serves to restore the land and regenerate community. Locally directed spending by consumers more than doubles the number of food dollars circulating among businesses in our communities. A shift of 20% of our food dollars into locally directed spending would result in a nearly half billion doll ...learn more
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AmericaSpeaks, a non-profit organization, engages citizens in the public decisions that impact their lives.
Founded in 1995 by Dr. Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, AmericaSpeaks is dedicated to reestablishing public participation in governance. AmericaSpeaks gives citizens an authentic voice in local, regional and national decision making on the most challenging public issues of the day. Our vision is that the public's business will be conducted differently - that by developing a rich national infrastructure for democratic deliberation we can access the collective wisdom of the American people.Through our innovative deliberative tools such as our 21st
Century Town Meetings®, more than 130,000 people across the country and around
the world have had an impact on their communities. These tools give citizens an
opportunity to have a strong voice in public decision making within the
increasingly short timeframes required of decision makers. As a result, citizens
can impact decisions and those in leadership positions can make more informed,
lasting decisions.
AmericaSpeaks is a nonpartisan organization based in
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