Who We Are

All Together Now is uniting Pennsylvania’s rural and urban communities to increase community wealth, reduce carbons, and prepare for climate change by building regional economies that are self-reliant in basic needs.

Our Mission is to:

Connect urban and rural communities, farmers with entrepreneurs, investors with borrowers, producers with consumers, and engage them in a collaborative movement to build just, resilient, self-reliant regional economies in Pennsylvania.

Catalyze local supply chains producing basic needs for our region, while decreasing carbons and waste, restoring eco-systems, and increasing inclusion and economic justice.

Educate the public, business owners, investors and legislators about the benefits of building self-reliant regional economies and model the values needed to transition to a restorative and caring economy.

Celebrate local culture, the joy of community, and the natural beauty of our state.

We envision a restorative and caring economy, where:

Independent, locally-owned businesses and farms comprise a network of prosperous regional economies throughout Pennsylvania.
Business ownership is spread broadly and reflects the demographics of the community. Living wage jobs employ our population in meaningful work where there is opportunity for everyone to contribute their skills and talents.
Resilient regional economies sustainably produce basic needs such as food, fuel and fiber, while exporting excess, and trading products, art and culture that are unique to our region for what is unique to other regions.
Our homes, businesses and transportation systems run on electricity produced by renewable energy. The use of fossil fuels - natural gas, coal and oil - has been eliminated and our poisoned and degraded lands and waters have been restored.
Regenerative agriculture practices, including robust compost systems, produce healthy food and build nutrient-rich soil. Animal factories have been eliminated, replaced by pasture-based systems that work in harmony with nature and provide for the well-being of farm animals. Meat consumption is greatly reduced.
Locally grown and processed plant medicine have reduced the need for imported pharmaceutical products.
Industrial hemp provides the fiber for much of our clothing and has replaced plastics with biodegradable hemp products. Hemp milk, oil and seeds are staples in our diet. Locally produced hempcrete is a common building material.
Waste has been largely eliminated by reducing packaging, using biodegradable and reusable products, and by creating local businesses that make use of recycled materials, as well as linking waste outputs of some businesses to the inputs of others.
Our young people find meaningful jobs and opportunities to start businesses that are needed by their communities.
Independent business ownership and local culture give unique character to urban and rural communities, supporting a robust tourism industry.
We are part of a global economy comprised of a network of regional economies connected by fair trade relationships.
Our eco-systems and wildlife habitats have been restored and we are proud to leave a vibrant and thriving natural environment to sustain future Pennsylvanians.

What We Value

Local Business Ownership

Decentralized business ownership spreads wealth and power broadly, creates local character, culture and identity, and builds local resilience and self-reliance. We value independent ownership, as well as cooperative ownership – consumer, worker and producer cooperatives - and public ownership of the commons, including wild lands and utilities such as water.

Regional Self-Reliance

Local production of basic needs builds community wealth, decreases dependency on long-distance supply chains easily disrupted by weather and social upheaval and builds local resiliency.

Small-to-Small and fair trade

Supplementing local production with small-batch, artisan products made in other regions increases variety, provides cultural exchange and builds a network of cooperative regional economies. What’s not available regionally, such as coffee, chocolate and tropical fruits, is imported through fair trade relationships that benefit the communities where products originate.

Economic Justice

Providing business opportunities and meaningful living wage jobs for economically marginalized populations, such as small farmers, entrepreneurs of color, women, former fossil fuel workers, the underemployed, veterans and returning citizens, builds stronger economies and more resilient, healthier and happier communities.

Healthy Eco-systems

Our lives and the lives of future generations depend on protecting and regenerating our natural environment, including topsoil, air, rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and aquifers, woods and forests, wildlife and other species.

Cooperation

Sharing our experience, knowledge and resources with others is essential to advancing the evolution of human beings and meeting the challenge of climate change and inequality at this crucial time. Ending fear of not having enough for ourselves, we are moving from a worldview of scarcity to one of abundance, from competition to collaboration, from individualism to community, from hoarding to sharing, and from fear to love.