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Eat, Drink, Shop & Support Local Businesses

Eat, Drink, Shop & Support Local Businesses

When it comes to purchasing possibilities, the world may indeed be flat. But committing to buying from within a 400-ish mile radius supports local businesses, keeps your wealth in your own community, and increases the prosperity of your neighbors (not corporate CEOs). Inside: how to extend your preferences for local goods into every purchase you make, plus practical ideas for taking your existing local love to the next level.


How to support local businesses in 2021

When it comes to purchasing possibilities, the world may indeed be flat. But committing to buying from within a 400-ish mile radius will support local businesses, keep your wealth in your own community, and increase the prosperity of your neighbors (not corporate CEOs).

Need more motivation? Here are 3 additional benefits to local buying:

1. Reduced shipment-related emissions

2. Encouraged interaction with others  (and expanded neighborhood spheres!)

3. Increased awareness  of available community resources, which may be a potential lifeline in the era of climate change.

 

This week I bring you an interview with Gillian Dahill. Gillian is on the show to encourage you to extend your preferences for local goods into every future purchase you make. She offers practical ideas, too, to take your existing local love to the next level.

Here’s a preview of this week’s episode:

[9:00] How, exactly, it’s possible to eat local in the winter

[13:20] 3 (perhaps unexpected) benefits to cooking with what’s nearby and what’s in season

[29:19] What it means to seek out local vendors by “following the hashtags”

 

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When it comes to purchasing possibilities, the world may indeed be flat. But committing to buying from within a 400-ish mile radius supports local businesses, keeps your wealth in your own community, and increases the prosperity of your neighbors (not corporate CEOs). Inside: how to extend your preferences for local goods into every purchase you make, plus practical ideas for taking your existing local love to the next level.

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