Eating local has caught on big in recent years. Everyone seems to get that it can reduce our carbon footprint, help support small-scale farmers and give us access to fresh, tasty food. Becoming a …
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Connecting the Sustainability Dots, Part II: Going Local
A previous post explored how a single activity, such as edible gardening, can help us become more sustainable in a variety of ways. Something else that connects a lot of sustainability dots is “going local.” …
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Shop ’til you drop, but try to keep it local
Thanks to American Express, post-Thanksgiving shopping now encompasses not only Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but also Small Business Saturday. This type of corporate support can do a lot to raise the profile of localism. But the …
How to be a ‘Localist’ in the Delaware River Valley: Buy Local
This is the first in a six-part series on the connections between “going local” and living sustainably. Are you a “localist”? The answer may be “yes” if you make an effort to buy food, …
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Five reasons to buy local
Lots of us are buying local these days, purchasing food from nearby farms and shopping in town rather than heading out to the mall. There seems to be a gut-level sense that buying from …
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