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village under 'lrosl a lo serveihevillage needs

- Faad‘ Abmfl 2n adulls ean siipporl I adull
providing a lood supply; lhio. 5 lo 7 lanuliesean earn a
living lroin lood provis- n, eg open air markel
gaiolens. glasshouse nopeo-op siore lwilh loral lradel,
domeslie livesloek and lishery enlerprise, and a
pan-lime livelihood lrem sale, iood proeessing, and
build goods All surplus ean be sold oll io lelmxs or
loeals ham oiiiarde ihe village proper via a village
inarkei

. Energy Energy needs inrlude spaee healing,
cook g,eleelrie. hol waier. gas, and applianees To
esiablish energy—ellisienl syslerns, plans need lo
inelude prior exrelleni house design. design lor ihe
reirelil ol ineilieieiii houses, insulanon, and good
applianeei Mosi need eapilal lo siarl, inii alrnosi all
amonise in 3—7 years Two lo live hmfll: sari earn a
living Irom house design and relrolii, Wllh some
miner and erlenslon work oulslde ihe village,
hardwaie and applianee mm in me village and lo ihe
disrriel, and inslalling repairing, and lending a village
energy sysrein Over me, some rnanulaerurers in lhe
village would enable a oalaneed nade iri appliaiues

e Vehiehs. nese aie perhaps lhe rnosieossly ilem and
need a sarelul and planned approach, belier on a
village nelwork level lhan on a owvlflnge syslern Two
lo (our livings are indieaied in service. repairs,
mainlenaiue ol village vehieles. oulk luel and oil
supply, in growing, disnlling, or lerinenong ruels ior
engines, and in neel lease and insuranee, speclil yehiele
lease. naelor lease, ele village allianees ean eslablish
Spma| engine or rhassis manulaeliiie.

. piiiaiionl Handling ihe ineoine. loans, aeeoiinling
ol enierprises, and running a eiedii union is an essenlial
iob lora Village, a eompliler is eerrainly needed, as are
aeeounling and managerial skills love people eoiild
perhaps handle lhe linansing a eornoiiinily eredii
union. holding xnsuram money as well as inloines.
ean lurid enlerprlses soeh as energy sysiems,

.dairies,and lood priming eenoes,

. Medioil and pharniaoronoal One or iwo people ean
oller medial and pliarmaoeuoeal sereiees lo die village
or area, meludlng pmpmon, massage, munsellmg,
and local iieanneni. Some medieadons ean be made
and sold more widely, and specific remedies giown or
oianulaerured Communiiy healih should always be
baaedoaiplevennon olmosilllnesses

. nodding- For some lime, a ploiriberebuildere
mechanic can serve village ukibliihmem and laler
malnlenanee needs loeally. and ran pmduc: userul
iurnishings and sale ilenis lor exira ineorue. il a
woodworking aiea is oinde available.

The above oeeupaooiu rover the esseniials of Ihelhrn
lood, eeonoiny. energy, rranspori, and healih This
would iiiioally hind aboul 10 ol lheso households, and
more as nunullmm's dzvzlnp

orher lhan lhe essenlial oeeupalions, rhere aie a
range or porenlial village enierprises Some ean be
baud on land iesoiirses lglasshouse mp. special eiop,

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one lioweis, herbs, pharrnaeeiilieal, proeessed dairy
produeis, hsh and aquasuliuiel Olhers can develop
horn loeal skills ieaeheis are needed (or ehildren, lor
adull eduealion, and ior applied worhshops on she
Caiehil lorwaid planning an yield one or kwn livings
in workshops lersll, iiie ieal, or designl A small
business serviee eenlie may beiieeded in she nudeiei-in.
employing 34 people.

Cnnsunam‘y loroihersiles in aieliiiersuie, landscape.
and design is possible, as is implemenialion and
provision ol planl inaiei-ials lroin a nursery on she.
whieh (in hirilier develop speeial erop ior sire, lire
mnlmL bees, oirliards, or lorages lor animals leomlrey.
iagasasle, ere l Some people Imy like lo sooperaie in an
animaleoreeding programme lor speeial poullry,
pigeon. sheep, on goal breeds asa small snid.

Colupuler servlees to a nerwork, p-vyainming, and
dau bases on spedal siioieels aie now in demand, and
an be plaeed iii hum nibluhing is grearly assisoed
by eoinpuler word pmessmg and allied eompuler
rypeselhng serviees.

Trade. as disiribiilion rigbls, wholesale poieniial,
lmpatbe‘xpcn oade and village lrade iieiworks are yer
aiiollier probable enierprise, as are «an prodiieis lrom
melal or wood workshops, potlery, and an niere is a
modesi inrome limo guesls, mums. and sun iouis il
lhe \‘lllage eoneur, on ihai aspen and lrom sales to
\‘fiflors and IraVth-rs in ihe disiriel, eduealional
seiviees and aeeoininodanon are mesh in demand

All at lhese, and many olhers, need lime lransporl
Many ran operale on sire. and ihe enoperalive sloie
would serve as an oiiilei, lir oiher leasehold ielaileis
ran uller goods and senile-es (or ihe village rhysieal
inerapisis and paramedies, espeemlly in message and
siresseielaled problemi. ohen lmd pleury ol oislomeis
in a rural diso-les

These enierprises depend on iwo basie iaelois saplial
lenough money lo slari up and develop), and
managemenl lraiehil aeosiinling, lorwaid planning.
marker mirth and developmenl, pioduer develop
ineni, sensible eoeiing and sialling eorreei lease and
ienial agieemsnla, appiopriale legal sinieriinsli ihus a
small buslnrss serviee eenlre is eeonomieal and
neeessary lor murmur: businesses

Many small enlerpnses yielding produeis or servises
ean piesell rheir wares lor inilial eapilal, and many
olbers need no rapllal ho slarr up. lnii rhese may need
lime to develop Some small businesses lmassage,
paramedieall need only skills lo siarl. while oihers
lmarkei garden, oiehaid, luininiie making) need skills.
eaplial. and dine

A eaiehil assassrnenl lsl skills and available eapilal
will indieahe pi-lorilies in any village lnrornHai-iung
lor loeal developmeni is a priorily, while olher
sapilaleiniensive sehemes leg eommeisial poneivl
need lo wail. A very reliable early ineonie ean be made
lmm inlorinaiion, by way or workshops and classes.
alihoogh workshop inrome lades over lime as siudenis
gaiii skills inemselves However, workshops yield
rapiial in! nirlher devrlopmenh loeally. and a village