Willamette Valley Bioscience Industry Consortium
Oregon's newest emerging cluster
HEARTLAND RENNAISSANCE
This fifteen page article surveys many of the intenational communities and zero's in on those which have good promise for self-sufficiency, sustainability and a high quality of life.
What is different for the Heartland Renaissance: Rural communities which are horizontally based in both broad as well as niche markets and which are vertically integrated from production to the consumer levels, will derive gross income from the "outside" greatly in excess of expenses paid to the "outside". We need to plug the leaks in the leaky barrel and generate a substantial stream of income. Development and promotion of the farmstead concept, where appropriate, will add economic mass and speed the transition to self-sufficiency
The FULL STORY is at: HEARTLAND RENNAISSANCE http://masallp.wetpaint.com/page/HEARTLAND%20RENAISSANCE
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What is different for the Heartland Renaissance: Rural communities which are horizontally based in both broad as well as niche markets and which are vertically integrated from production to the consumer levels, will derive gross income from the "outside" greatly in excess of expenses paid to the "outside". We need to plug the leaks in the leaky barrel and generate a substantial stream of income. Development and promotion of the farmstead concept, where appropriate, will add economic mass and speed the transition to self-sufficiency
The FULL STORY is at: HEARTLAND RENNAISSANCE http://masallp.wetpaint.com/page/HEARTLAND%20RENAISSANCE
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