Healthy Economics-Home

WHY IS HEALTHY ECONOMICS DIFFERENT?
Healthy Economics is not a program, but rather an intergenerational network that shares the focus of improving the communities food and educational system by utilizing the school (often the high school) as the center of the community.

Our strategy to improve the food system, is to increase the production and distribution of healthy food within a community by setting up farmers markets and cooperative grocery stores (the main role of mo' better food).

Our strategy to improve the educational system is to increase the governance in the schools, i.e. student government, parent teacher associations, alumni associations (main role of friends of school) and involve these organizations in the development of farmers markets and cooperative grocery stores ( the main function of the intergenerational enterprise).

The community becomes physically healthier from increasing their access to fresh fruits and vegetables and economically healthier from establishing the needed businesses within the community that provide healthy food, jobs, training and community pride.

TYPICAL PROGRAMS IN LOW-INCOME ARE...

BROUGHT IN FROM THE OUTSIDE
Typical programs in low-income communities are brought in from outside the community, managed by others and when they prove to be unsuccessful, another program (also from the outside) is brought in. This process repeats itself.

RUN OUT OF MONEY
Sometimes these programs prove to have level some success, but run out of money before their programs can truly establish community sustainability.

Through the four programs or Hoteps Four Steps the school becomes a complete school and develops the "Big Head" to grow stronger each year through its graduates.

Once the school is complete, the Intergenerational Enterprise helps to bridge the school into the improvement of the overall community.

This is what we call building Healthy Economics!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

CULTURE	MUSIC
HEALTHY ECONOMICS

EDUCATION	FILM