Mendo Food Futures Gets Hip and Becomes Grange Grains

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Created: Tuesday, 07 December 2010 06:33

Last Updated: Thursday, 25 June 2015 21:32

In 2009 North Coast Opportunities and Willits Economic Localization with support from the Community Services Block Grant and Cal-Endowment created a local food backed currency and called it Mendo Food Futures now called Grange Grains. It's mission was to provide markets for local farmers, increase community food security, and provide an alternative currency to be used in the community. In one year the project created and distributed $10,000 worth of Mendo Food Future notes, sold over 10,000 pounds of local organic grains and provided grain storing and preparation materials to consumers at Farmers Markets. (Read entire article at gardensproject.org) See also "Grange Grains" article.