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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 "Fat Head," to grow stronger each year through its graduates.

Once the school is complete, our job is done! Its a complete school and gets stronger with each generation.

This is what we call building Healthy Economics!

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What is Healthy Economics? A systematic approach of bridging volunteers into a communities generation gap to emphasize and promote a sustainable, local, economy that sustains itself through the role each generation plays within the general community. Healthy Economics partners the food and educational systems of the community to achieve building Healthy Economics by connecting four programs or what we call "The Four Steps of Hotep." The Four Steps of Hotep -The Educational Kit for Building Healthy Economics in any community connects "The Tuskegee Institute," to the modern day "farm to school movement."The Book gives a brief history of Mo' Better Food's work and strategy over the past 15 years to connect food grown by African American farmers to predominately African American communities. The 4steps gives an overview of an annual calendar for schools k-12 to incorporate their schools into rebuilding ones community. It outlines how four programs of The Familyhood Connection Inc, work together to create a model that can be used in any community. The Four Steps of Hotep - The Educational Kit for Builiding Healthy Economics 28 page ebook goes on sale on Oct 24th on Food Day for $3.00. (Download only). CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE
The four main programs of Healthy Economics are:
	Main Mission Reconnect African American Farmers to our neighborhood Partner Urban Gardens into our Food System Promote and/or start Farmer Markets/ Grocery Stores /School/Urba/Community Gardens
Mo’ Better Food.com - develops social enterprises that increase access to healthy fruits and vegetables that also support and promote local African American farmers.
	Main Mission Build the complete school! Build the Big Head!
Friends of School.org (community specific)- strengthens: 1) students government 2) pta’s 3) alumni associations, 4) and recruits business partners in every school. Together, they create the complete school and the Big Head!

The Intergenerational Enterprise.com Social enterprises managed by the Friends of the School mentioned above

1stSaturdays.com (monthly action and review) is a reminder date to increase vounteerism in every community to once a month. We call 1stSaturdays the official monthly volunteer day of the Healthy Economics Model. 1stsaturdays.com also promotes other events and other positive events in the community.