flowerseverywhere
1-11-12, 8:30am
All we hear about is how Americans (and europeans) need more well paying jobs. Well I was thinking, what about if everyone tried to search out opportunities to buy local and keep money in your local communities as much as possible. For what you can't buy local, what about your state or geographic area and so on.
for instance
year round we have a farmers market, in the winter you can get cabbage, carrots, potatoes, onions and other root and storage veggies.
a farm within a few miles of me lets you order beef in the spring. They have cows lolling around the field, and will package up what is ordered. No factory beef here. There are apple orchards there as well.
We have a dairy locally that lists on their webpage the farms they buy from, long term family owned farms. I can get their milk, cheese, sour cream etc. The milk comes in glass bottles that you return for a refill.
We have another cheese factory (hellavagood) within 100 miles of my house.
Seneca also has a big factory near me and their webpage states " The vast majority of supplies for Seneca products are sourced and produced in the United States of America. ". since they are located in the middle of apple and peach orchards and berry farms I would feel comfortable getting fruit products from them.
We have several small local owned restaurants. They don't have commercials like the big chains with sizzling steaks and laughing people having the time of their lives- they simply employ local people to cook and serve and are family owned.
So, what ideas do you have for bringing your spending back in your community? The more we all do this (even if it costs a little more) the better position we will be in when fuel prices go up or as we continue to experience conflicts with our trading partners. Plus we will help the local economy employ local people which is a win win situation.
for instance
year round we have a farmers market, in the winter you can get cabbage, carrots, potatoes, onions and other root and storage veggies.
a farm within a few miles of me lets you order beef in the spring. They have cows lolling around the field, and will package up what is ordered. No factory beef here. There are apple orchards there as well.
We have a dairy locally that lists on their webpage the farms they buy from, long term family owned farms. I can get their milk, cheese, sour cream etc. The milk comes in glass bottles that you return for a refill.
We have another cheese factory (hellavagood) within 100 miles of my house.
Seneca also has a big factory near me and their webpage states " The vast majority of supplies for Seneca products are sourced and produced in the United States of America. ". since they are located in the middle of apple and peach orchards and berry farms I would feel comfortable getting fruit products from them.
We have several small local owned restaurants. They don't have commercials like the big chains with sizzling steaks and laughing people having the time of their lives- they simply employ local people to cook and serve and are family owned.
So, what ideas do you have for bringing your spending back in your community? The more we all do this (even if it costs a little more) the better position we will be in when fuel prices go up or as we continue to experience conflicts with our trading partners. Plus we will help the local economy employ local people which is a win win situation.