Economic gardening – Communities gain jobs by nurturing homegrown companies

Primitive humans were hunter-gatherers. Later, they learned to supplement that rich but unreliable source of food with the long-range stability provided by locally produced crops. That principle, applied to business, is at the root of a movement called "economic gardening" (EG).

by M.J. McAteer

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