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A Return to the Soil: The Journey Home

A Return to the Soil: The Journey Home

Nancy Prebilich of Gleason Ranch in this series recounts her story of what it's like to return home and pick up the family legacy of farming in Sonoma County

I pull close the rolling doors of the storage unit, lock down the hatch of my little U-Haul bumper-pull, and with the stroke of a pen sign off my last contractual obligation that had bound me to the south. It had been five years since I first moved to Knoxville with just a plane ticket stub and a couple of suitcases.

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Local Has Its Options

Local Has Its Options

Dear Localista,

I'm from Napa County and stumbled across your website searching for a local bookstore.  One of your members has a location in Napa County.  What difference does it make whether I shop at a local bookstore in Napa, at the Sonoma County owned store, or at our neighborhood Barnes & Noble?

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Move Your Money Video

Move Your Money Video

People all over the country are choosing to move their money out of bigger banks and into smaller, community-oriented financial institutions that generally avoided the reckless investments and schemes that helped cause the financial crisis.

 

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Move Your Money Video
Move Your Money Video

People all over the country are choosing to move their money out of bigger banks and into smaller, community-oriented financial institutions that generally avoided the reckless investments and schemes that helped cause the financial crisis.

Author Terry Garrett Date 01/06/2010 Comments (1)
GoLocal Video
GoLocal Video

Produced in the Summer of 2009, this video provides a glimpse into the GoLocal agenda.

Date 12/08/2009 No Comments
Please Take Our Survey for Residents of Sonoma County
Please Take Our Survey for Residents of Sonoma County

Purdy pleeze, help us out by participating in our Sonoma County resident survey.  We really want to know more about our locals and what you want.  Just click on the link that follows and you'll go to Survey Monkey.  Thanks!

Click Here to take survey

Date 11/16/2009 No Comments
How to GoLocal First!
How to GoLocal First!

Going Local is easier than you may think. Follow these ten simple steps to make a big difference to your pocketbook and our local economy.

Author Kelley Rajala Date 09/03/2009 No Comments
Six Reasons to GoLocal
Six Reasons to GoLocal

We can think of many reasons, but these six are powerful.

Author Kelley Rajala Date 04/28/2009 No Comments
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

GoLocal is the BALLE network for Sonoma County. We chose this model for several reasons...

Author Kelley Rajala Date 04/28/2009 No Comments
The Local Multiplier Effect
The Local Multiplier Effect

The Local Multiplier Effect is a very valuable, hidden feature of our economies. The term refers to how many times dollars are recirculated within a local economy before leaving through the purchase of an import. Famed economist John Maynard Keynes first coined the term "Local Multiplier Effect" in his 1936 book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

Authors Kelley Rajala, Terry Garrett Date 04/28/2009 Comments (3)

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Indigenous Designs Corporation
Indigenous Designs Corporation
We are committed to: Supporting and preserving fair trade wages and artisan cooperatives Investing in natural and organic fibers and environmentally-friendly dyes Spreading the beauty of handmade, eco fashion Knitting in many cultures is a time-honored tradition that has significant cultural meaning and purpose but sometimes does not yield the financial rewards that we feel it should. We are proud to be part of the partnership which continues to elevate knitting and hand looming http://www.indigenousdesigns.com/section/company/garment/artisans.php artisan cooperatives in some of the poorest regions of South America. We allocate more of our production cost to the artisan than typical conventional textile ...
City: Santa Rosa Category: Apparel and Jewelry
Cupcake
Cupcake
A boutique for the trendy tot and mom-to-be featuring the latest styles in children's clothing, shoes, gifts and accessories as well as maternity clothing, diaper bags and much more.
Categories: Clothing and Accessories, Gifts, Shoes and Accessories
Skeeter's Gallery
Categories: Clothing and Accessories, Gift Local Participants, Gifts
D'Argenzio Winery
D'Argenzio Winery

There are three generations of the D'Argenzio family working together to bring you the finest handcrafted Wines.

Uncorking centuries of artisan excellence.

Our grapes are grown in the world-class regions of Sonoma County. They are aged from 18- 24 months in new French oak and American oak barrels. With an outstanding growing season in Sonoma Valley, we are primarily producing vintages from two appellations: Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys. Some special vintages hail from the Sonoma Coastal appellation of Green Valley micro area. Come by and enjoy our handcrafted wines in the newly remodeled Tasting room and Winery located ...

City: Santa Rosa Category: Wineries