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Buying Local

Buy Local -- How YOU Can Improve the Economy

Michael Salguero | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Custom Made Goods, Small Business America, Small Business, Buying Locally, Buy Local, Buying Crafts, Buying Local, Made in America, HuffPost Home News
Michael Salguero

If you want to improve this economy, don't look to Washington. Try buying local, buy from independent store owners, craftspeople and artists. If each of us changed even a small portion of our purchasing habits, we could collectively dig our country out of this economic mess.

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Certified Organic: The Inspection

Dave Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Dining Out, Certified-Organic, Urban Farming, Farmers Markets, Sustainability, Buying Local, Urban Agriculture, Harvesting, Chicago News
Dave Snyder

Mary I. Wilson, Accredited Organic Inspector, showed up this morning at ten minutes to 9:00 AM. Being up there with a farm inspector made me see the space with new eyes.

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'Living Goods' Barcode App Would Simplify Buying Local

Inhabitat | Diane Pham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: AUG/Living Goods Program, Local Food, Local, Food, Buying Local, Living Goods Barcode App, Greener-Gadgets-Conference, Living Goods, Green News

One of 18 Greener Gadgets finalists, the AUG/Living Goods Program is a conceptual mobile phone app that scans product barcodes and then instantly give...

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Farmer Don: In His Own Words (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Pesticides, Organic Food, Agriculture, Farmers Markets, Farmers, Environment, Buying Local, Produce Stands, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

Will the American public ever be willing to buy blemished food? Part of the reason pesticides are widely used in agriculture comes down to the gen...

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"Local": A Word Worth Saving!

Mike Callicrate | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Buying Local, Local Food, Local Foods, Food Inc., Fresh, Buying Locally, Tom Vilsack, Green News
Mike Callicrate

Most don't realize how dramatically food quality has declined under the industrial food system. They, too, often hide behind the false and misleading marketing provided by their food service company.

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No Impact Man (and Wife) Discuss the Joys of Their Small Carbon Footprint

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Local Farms, Colin Beavan, Consumerism, WalletPop.Com, Colin-Beavan, Sustainable Choices, Eco-Choices, Michelle-Conlin, Buying Local, Shopping Local, Michelle Conlin, Andrea Chalupa, No-Impact, Green News
Andrea Chalupa

I recently saw an incredible documentary about a Manhattan couple who lived "no impact" for a year. This means they did all they could to drastically ...

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Greening Hollywood: Ecopreneur Deirdre Wallace's Ambrose Hotel

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Environment, Nrdc, Usgbc, Vosges Chocolate, Santa Monica, Greening Hollywood, Deirdre Wallace, Burt's Bees, Environmental Entrepreneurs, Bio-Diesel, LEED Certification, Craftsman-Style Hotel, Ambrose Hotel, Sustainable Works, Moa, Ecopreneur, Leed, Ambrose Collection, Green Hotels, Buying Local, Green News
Paige Donner

"In building the hotel, we just made really smart choices. Not necessarily thinking, 'Oh, this is a green choice,' but thinking this makes sense on an economic level."

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