Phoenix Community Stores
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The Phoenix Community Store is a community-owned business, and specialises in organic, local, Fairtrade and artisan foods and products, including farmhouse cheeses, organic local whisky, recycled stationery and Fairtrade clothing and music. There is also a bookstore and herbal apothecary on-site.

A local currency is in operation, the Eko, which was jointly introduced by Ekopia (the Findhorn Community's development trust
Development trust
Development Trusts are organisations which operate in the United Kingdom that are:*community based, owned and led*engaged in the economic, environmental and social regeneration of a defined area or community...

), Phoenix Community Stores, the Findhorn Foundation
Findhorn Foundation
The Findhorn Foundation is a Scottish charitable trust registered in 1972, formed by the spiritual community at the Findhorn Ecovillage, one of the largest intentional communities in Britain....

, and the NFD (the trading arm of the Foundation) in 2002. The currency is accepted in most of the Findhorn Ecovillage
Findhorn Ecovillage
Findhorn Ecovillage is an experimental architectural community project based at The Park, in Moray, Scotland, near the village of Findhorn. The project's main aim is to demonstrate a sustainable development in environmental, social, and economic terms...

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