Farmers, fishers, builders, artisans, and makers
The people who produce, build, and make things.
Criteria & scope →
Focus — Category 07
LIVELIHOODS, ENTERPRISE & COMMUNITY PROSPERITY.
Ideas that strengthen how people earn and what a place keeps — producers, small and family enterprises, cooperatives, and community-held wealth.
Areas in this category
WORK, ENTERPRISE, OWNERSHIP, AND WHERE VALUE STAYS.
Small and family-run enterprises
The businesses that employ most people.
Criteria & scope →Cooperatives
Enterprises owned by their members.
Criteria & scope →Community-owned businesses
Enterprises held for and by a place.
Criteria & scope →Informal and neighborhood economies
The trade that most people actually live on.
Criteria & scope →Creative and cultural economies
Culture as a working part of the local economy.
Criteria & scope →Local manufacturing
Small-scale production that keeps value nearby.
Criteria & scope →Responsible tourism
Visitors that leave more than they take.
Criteria & scope →Market access
Reaching buyers who pay a fair price.
Criteria & scope →Community wealth building
Keeping value, assets, and ownership in a place.
Criteria & scope →Every area has its own criteria. Read them before you write to us.