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Blog post on the presentation last Saturday

Not only last Saturday’s workshop succeeded very well, to an audience of 16, opening the Amherst Winter Farmers Market’s weekly workshop series this winter with elegance, but Nick and Betsy, long-time supporters and active participants, of Transition Amherst, even wrote … Continue reading

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Emotional Resilience Workshop at All Things Local

Come to a discussion about how to create emotional resilience in our lives. How do we “keep going” when everything looks so bleak? Lets talk! How to prepare ourselves for changing times and deal emotionally with emerging economic and environmental … Continue reading

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Resilience in and around the home

Come to the winter Farmers Market in Amherst (Middle School), to see a slideshow that will teach and brainstorm about how to get food, heat, energy and water needs met without relying on external resources. (Meet in the Professional Development … Continue reading

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It’s Not About the Nail!

Learn how to give an empathic response, using the principles of nonviolent communication. Location: All Things Local store, downtown Amherst (104 N PLEASANT Street) Time: Saturday, December 6, 3-5 "It's not about the nail" is a youtube video that has … Continue reading

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All Things Local Store grand opening on March 1st 2014

This has been a long project in the making. Years ago we had a name and a model, but not much else. What we really needed then was a location. It seems to me that since the location came into … Continue reading

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All Things Local Store is Preparing to open

Lots of things are happening. The space is being prepared best serve the market. All Things Local has a new website. Plese visit it here: allthingslocal.coop! There is an informational PDF with lots of pictures documenting what happened during a … Continue reading

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Eating Locally

Help All of Us Eat Local? You’re Invited to a Community Forum to Discuss Ideas: Monday, Sept. 23, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the new store site — 104 North Pleasant St., Downtown Amherst Next to Food For Thought Books … Continue reading

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Working group meeting

The Communications working group (John G., Tina and Gabor) had a very energetic meeting on June 13th to plan the Internet presence of the ‘All Things Local store’ (ATL) project. Here is what we discussed: The project will be documented … Continue reading

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Meeting: Growing food in Community

Amherst Growing Food in Community Meeting Amherst Town Hall June 7, 2012 (Pdf version) Who is in the room and what is your interest? Betsy Krogh – growing at home since the early 70’s including an edible forest garden, root … Continue reading

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More feedback from Local Roots in Ohio

At the first meeting on May 22 in Town Hall, about 75 people joined us to learn about food and craft coop in Ohio called Local Roots and to generate a list of questions to be answered at the next … Continue reading

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