“The Onion Man” gives a first-hand account of what is driving farmers to extinction… Read More
The community composting sector could create nearly as many new jobs as currently exists in the coal mining industry, according to the new report released by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR).… Read More
A grocery store owner transforms a food desert into a food oasis… Read More
An Ohio pastor leads the charge against the dollar store invasion in his community… Read More
Mitchell proclaims in the statement, “Google actively extracts resources from communities that need them most and threatens a free, local press that lies at the heart of our democracy.”… Read More
For our final Building Local Power episode of 2022, we invited Co-Founder, David Morris, to offer a history lesson on the self-reliance framework that underpins ILSR’s work. He discusses how that framework has evolved over four-plus decades, the organization’s inherent aversion to bigness, and the successes and hardships of ILSR’s early years. … Read More
On this episode of Building Local Power, Christopher Mitchell and Sean Gonsalves talk about the work that immediately lies ahead for the broad array of communities seeking to free themselves from the unbridled power of monopolistic Internet providers.… Read More
Katie Kienbaum, Senior Researcher for ILSR’s Energy Democracy Initiative made the following statement on the importance of submitting these comments to the agency.… Read More
Data from ILSR is used to report on internet service price increases by the telecom giants.… Read More
