Summary: This week we discuss the challenges facing our continually eroding local economies, and some possible steps that we can take to reverse this trend. We focus on local merchants versus the less-expensive big box stores, local farmers versus distant food, local banks, and local charities. References: * http://solari.com/blog/?p=10289 * Great silver and gold coin dealer (via U.S. mail): the-moneychanger.com * www.localharvest.org. * Check out local banks at http://banktracker.msnbc.msn.com/banks/ * How To Find and Evaluate a Local Bank * http://www.lehmans.com/ * Intro to permaculture concepts * Greening the desert * Deep bedding for chickens * Black Soldier Fly Larvae * Raising Meal Worms * Paul Wheaton interview on the Survival Podcast
