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As grocery delivery is thrown into disarray, one neighbor gets three oranges in return for lending out his cat by Shen Lu and Natasha...

Astarta isn’t getting paid for its sugar, grains and milk: CEO Government promises aid to help sowing in Europe’s breadbasket by Kateryna...

by Erica Pandey We're filling our lives with so much junk that the U.S. now has more self-storage facilities than McDonald's, Wendy's,...

With so many extensive online selling and donation resources, there's no need to get bogged down. by Jaime Stathis IF WE HAVE stuff we...

People quarantined in the Chinese city of Xi'an are bartering supplies amid continuing worries over food shortages. Videos and photos on...

A Holiday Thought on the Possibilities and Virtues of a Recycled Economy by Robert Reich What if we were all more intentional about...

These groups are having a moment, adding some two million participants in the past year as prices rise and concerns grow over waste by...

By Carmen Reinicke When Sherose Badruddin, 38, joined her local Buy Nothing group in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, five years ago, she did...

By Laura Klairmont, CNN "I got to thinking, inside the challenge there is an opportunity," he said. So, he started a program where local...

By Stacey Vanek Smith Like many in May 2020, Demi Skipper was looking for a distraction in the middle of quarantine. As she was racking...

By Verónica Dalto Buenos Aires, Aug 18 - Kid trousers for some milk, a jumper for diapers, two kid joggers for three packets of sugar, a...

By José Rodríguez Jr. Just bartering your way to a new truck, down there in Brazil. Toyota Brazil says it will now let soy and corn...

By Gillian Tett What is the best way for businesses to use data in a way that feels ethical to consumers and does not spark a regulatory...

By Shira Ovide Online charity drives help some in need, but don’t expect them to fill the gaps in the social safety net....

By Neelam Tailor Demi Skipper would like a new house, but she’s not buying one. Instead she’s planning a daring strategy of trades – and...

By Erika Beras https://t.co/160E68SiH5

By Jamie Lafferty Oranges for dental work, milk for English lessons—when COVID-19’s initial lockdown dried up tourism dollars and supply...

By Veronica Irwin Instead of selling their homemade baked goods, this couple barters their loaves to build community in isolating times....

By Luke Fortney At Unregular Pizza, a new way to order Italian-style pies... https://ny.eater.com/2021/2/24/22297003/unregular-pizza-pop-...

By Sheryl Nance-Nash The pandemic has put many households’ finances in jeopardy. While tough times call for creativity, that doesn’t...

by Maria Hollenhorst “My Economy” tells the story of the new economic normal through the eyes of people trying to make it, because we...

by Dudi Fatimer The pandemic has had a great host of economic repercussions, which have led to the blossoming of a number of online...

by Adam Taylor Some Pacific island nations are leaning into their isolation as the pandemic rages, looking to family farming and even...

by Adi Dovrat-Meseritz More Israelis are swapping goods and services through Facebook groups or under the counter and their resentment of...

By Suzanne Bearner Empty shop shelves drove many people to exchange items such as toilet rolls and yeast, but some have carried on...

It’s been exactly four years since Shannon Benjamin planted a filing cabinet on the curb outside her house in Bay City, Michigan, and filled

By Neil Jerome Morales https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-philippines-barter-tr-idUSKBN26N09L

With the long-awaited launch of have|need (https://haveneed.org) approaching this fall, we were very pleased and honored to have been...

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-54005481 #barter #trade #community #coronavirus #COVID #haveneed

By Jessica Jones Amid economic uncertainty – and a desire to connect as we distance – bartering is experiencing an unprecedented rise....

By A.C. Shilton https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/smarter-living/coronavirus-how-to-trade-barter.html

By Michelle R. Davis https://www.aarp.org/home-family/friends-family/info-2020/bartering-goods-coronavirus.html #barter #trade #community...

https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/july/20200717_bartering_fiji #barter #trade #community #coronavirus...

By Brittany Lyte https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/07/the-pandemic-is-transforming-how-people-in-hawaii-get-their-food/ #barter #trade...

Reporting by Dala Osseiran and Alaa Kanaan, editing by Ed Osmond https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-bartering/as-lebanon-c...

https://www.trtworld.com/video/bigger-than-five/nigeria-trade-community-uses-barter-system-to-pay-for-food/5d1c5c5bb9fa6764a9a56d64...

By Maria Hollenhorst https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/25/online-barter-group-community-hot-commodity/ #barter #community #coronavirus...

From food to flowers. toys to tarot readings, communities have been coming together to share their good and expertise By Susie Bearne...

By Michele Mitchell The wine-making region's bartering culture could gain popularity throughout the country as lockdowns strain finances....

By Audrey Conklin https://fxn.ws/2R4Q7Cv #barter #community #coronavirus #COVID #haveneed

By Main Uddin Chisti https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/coronavirus-lockdown-cash-runs-out-barter-begins/cid/1781243...

By Kay Calpo Lugtu https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/06/04/business/columnists-business/bartering-an-emerging-community-commerce-model/729...

Reporting by Reuters TV; Writing by Sarah Marsh; Editing by Bernadette Baum https://reut.rs/302iMNO #barter #community #coronavirus...

By Gemala Darmadi https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-01/as-unemployment-soars-fijians-turn-to-bartering-to-get-by/12303252 #barter...

By Kevin Rector https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-17/coronavirus-economy-neighbors-barter-trade-produce #barter #community...

Some people are bartering just to spread a little kindness. It’s enough to warm your cold quarantined heart. By Michael Waters...

Facebook groups and other avenues are springing up as thousands of people look to swap goods. By Rachel Lerman...

COVID-19 has led to a growing number of people trading food like sourdough starter and flour with their friends and neighbors By Naomi...

Resurgence of bartering across the Pacific with similar Facebook pages in Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu, as people lose jobs By Talei Tora in...

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