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Prosocial Investments | The Food We Eat
Every purchase helps shape the world we live in.
Behind every carton, coffee bag, loaf of bread, and family meal lies a network of farmers, workers, communities, and businesses making choices about ownership, labor, sustainability, civic responsibility, and the future they hope to create.
Prosocial Investments: The Food We Eat explores companies that have chosen a different path—organizations that invest not only in products, but in people. From cooperative enterprises and employee-owned businesses to sustainability pioneers and community-minded brands, this visual field guide highlights alternative ways of organizing economic life.
These companies are not perfect. No institution is. Yet they offer valuable examples of businesses striving to balance profit with purpose, growth with stewardship, and success with responsibility.
Through symbolic maps, accessible research, and striking visual design, this book invites readers to look beyond labels and advertising to discover how ownership structures, workplace practices, environmental commitments, and civic engagement influence the health of our communities.
The choices we make every day may seem small, but collectively they shape the incentives that govern our economy and the values that define our society.
Every dollar is more than a transaction.
It is a signal.
A vote.
A story about the future we want to build together.
Part of The Civic Ledger series, this volume explores how conscious consumption, community investment, worker participation, and environmental stewardship can help cultivate healthier economies, stronger communities, and a more resilient democracy—one purchase at a time.
Product features
– Durable hardcover binding for long-lasting protection
– 100 lb semi-gloss archival paper to prevent fading
– Glossy or matte laminated finish options
– High-definition full-color printing for vivid images
– Compact 8″ x 8″ size, ideal for coffee table display
Care instructions
– Wipe with dry cloth
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Design by Deborah. Image created with Cavna, Genolve and/or Gemini.
THE CIVIC LEDGER
Antisocial & Prosocial Investments
Follow the Money. Scan the System.
Every purchase is a vote inside a system most people never see.
Antisocial Investments is an ongoing series of books, zines, magnets, and visual field guides exploring the hidden political, economic, and psychological systems embedded within everyday consumer life. From grocery stores and pharmacies to hardware chains and department retailers, these projects map how corporate profits are often reinvested into lobbying networks, labor suppression, climate obstruction, dark-money politics, media influence, and competing visions of democracy itself.
Alongside the “Follow the Money” editions, companion Prosocial Investments guides highlight corporations more publicly aligned with sustainability, labor protections, democratic institutions, and social responsibility — offering readers not only critique, but alternatives.
Part consumer-awareness project, part cultural critique, part collectible artifact, this series asks a simple but urgent question:
Where does our money go after we spend it?
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