FarmWorks Investment Co-operative Limited

Canada

FarmWorks, incorporated in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2011, is an association whose members annually purchase shares in a diverse portfolio of local food and farming businesses. So far, members have invested more than CA$2.7 million in 95 local enterprises, and have received provincial tax credits for keeping their money close to home. Learn more on their website.


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Local Futures is an international non-profit organization dedicated to renewing ecological and social wellbeing by strengthening communities and local economies worldwide. We’re building a localization movement called the Economics of Happiness.