Filmed at the Environmental Studies Center at Oberlin College, Steve Bosserman talks about how a Community Investment Portfoliio (CIP) can be utilized to develop the local food economy in Obelrin and Lorain County. A CIP can enable a community like Oberlin to utilize its assets (financial, time, buildings etc.) to grow opportunities along the entire food value chain, from production to consumption and everything in between (processing, aggregation, distribution, preparation). The CIP creates a more collaborative environment that allows a community to more effectively utilize its existing asset base and identify strategic assets to develop to capture more local food dollars and create community wealth.
