Imagine a place where everything is made locally (from pears to pickles, sweaters to soap), where you could shop at a convenient year-round location featuring many producers and pay at a single checkout — a new “All Things Local” store in downtown Amherst. <\/p>\n
To explore this idea we are convening community discussions at Town Hall: first a learning session, followed by a planning session. All are invited, please help spread the word (flyer attached below). <\/p>\n
We will begin by learning from a successful model of a producer\/consumer cooperative in Ohio called “Local Roots” (localrootswooster.com\/<\/a>). The core idea is to create a resilient local community market by employing a model with lower costs (because of significant contributions from volunteers who care about the mission) and shared-risk (items are sold on consignment, rather than taking on debt to stock inventory). The store’s design makes it <\/p>\n Easy for buyers to buy: Easy for producers to sell: We are particularly interested in this as a cooperative venture that supports local livelihoods and community investment. Please come if you can, and help spread the word. <\/p>\n Yours in cooperation, Share these events: Flyers: Local Roots Handout<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imagine a place where everything is made locally (from pears to pickles, sweaters to soap), where you could shop at a convenient year-round location featuring many producers and pay at a single checkout — a new “All Things Local” store … Continue reading
\n\tConvenient location and hours
\n\tYear-round and indoors
\n\tAbility to pick-and-choose among many local producers
\n\tSingle checkout, with all the usual payment options <\/p>\n
\n\tProducers set their own price
\n\t90% of the selling price goes back to the producer where it belongs (no brokers or middle-men)
\n\tfast drop off
\n\tdon’t have to be onsite (lower staffing costs)
\n\tonline pre-sale bulk orders <\/p>\n
\nThe “All Things Local” Working Group
\n\tBernard Brennan
\n\tTina Clark
\n\tJohn Gerber
\n\tEmily Stephens
\n\tJohn White<\/p>\n
\nLearning session: www.facebook.com\/events\/412325108789037\/<\/a>
\nPlanning session: www.facebook.com\/events\/380079648705666\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLocal Roots flyer<\/a><\/p>\n