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Buy Local is a HOT Trend

November 24, 2010

Share Demand is exploding for locally grown and made products–which means more support for mom-and-pop stores. The dividend: For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $68 comes back to the community. Only $43 recirculates from national chain stores. The “buy local” ethos has its roots in the farmers markets movement: There are almost [...]

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What’s the Slow Food Movement?

September 22, 2010

ShareSlow Food began in Italy with the founding of its forerunner organization, Arcigola, in 1986 to resist the opening of a McDonald’s near the Spanish Steps in Rome. In 1989, the founding Manifesto of the international Slow Food movement was signed in Paris, France by delegates from 15 countries. The Slow Food organization spawned by [...]

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