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090 BUSINESS<br />
Local currencies<br />
are being used<br />
in a small but<br />
growing number<br />
of American<br />
cities.<br />
GO MAGAZINE NOVEMBER <strong>2009</strong><br />
BY ALLISON WEISS ENTREKIN<br />
AN APPLE FARMER LIMPS INTO THE RED<br />
Lion Inn in Stockbridge, MA. He’s been picking fruit<br />
for nearly nine hours, and his arms and back scream<br />
in torment. He finds a barstool in the hotel’s tavern<br />
and asks the bartender for a pint. When a frothy mug<br />
is set before him, the farmer slaps down a few bills<br />
bearing the likeness of Moby Dick author Herman<br />
Melville, then takes a long sip.<br />
This may sound like a scene from the turn of the<br />
20th century, but it’s not. Instead, it’s what you’ll find
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