From 2005 to today, from The Real Dirt on Farmer John to Peak Moment's "Local Investing Made Easy", TLA has brought readers articles about how people have invested in their local communities with real, tangible results.

When cash is threatened, invest it in a small local business that's also threatened; keep that business going and be repaid in-kind by the business' products or services as well as cash. That's the story of local investing told by a local investing group in Port Townsend, WA. A timely version of this is CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), and a larger version is supporting a farm directly and literally reaping the harvest later in the year.

Here are Glenn Diesen, Professor of Business, History, and Social Sciences at the University of South-Eastern Norway and market analyst, author and former hedge fund manager Alex Krainer, Founder, KRAINER ANALYTICS, I-System Trend and author of "Alex Krainer's Trend Following Bible," "Mastering Uncertainty," and "Grand Deception" (banned). Krainer discusses the West's energy wars, damage to the U.S. dollar, and the collapse of banking systems, as well as preparing for sustainability through these events.

If you cannot watch the entire conversation, be sure to watch from 51:45 to the end (4 min.) where Krainer discusses Share Farming or Community Supported Agriculture as a personal step toward resilience.