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Why Buy Local?

Why Buy Local?. Rachel Rosario CPSP218L-0201. http://www.frugalicity.com/images/farmers-market.jpg. Being a Thrifty Shopper? Yes Being Environmentally Savvy? NO. http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Games/Images/walmart-logo.jpg.

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Why Buy Local?

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  1. Why Buy Local? Rachel Rosario CPSP218L-0201 http://www.frugalicity.com/images/farmers-market.jpg

  2. Being a Thrifty Shopper? Yes Being Environmentally Savvy? NO http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Games/Images/walmart-logo.jpg http://www.yoursdaily.com/var/yoursdaily/storage/images/media/images/business/home_depot_logo/47703-1-eng-GB/home_depot_logo_large.png http://www.kcatodesign.com/images/Target_logo.gif http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a6iYqgZEWe4/S0dgYFOOGiI/AAAAAAAABjs/pdrwf8QrLuE/s320/kmart_logo.png

  3. Why We Choose The Big Name-Brand Store • Low Prices • Convenient Hours • More Selection

  4. Why We Should Choose The Local Businesses http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/main-street-antique-stores-shop1106-de.jpg

  5. Reduces Carbon Footprint Carbon Footprint- measure of the impact of human activities on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced (Lennihan)

  6. Reduces the fuel needed to transport goods and even to get to the market • “Locally owned businesses make more local purchases, which means less wasted fossil fuel for deliveries from afar” (Lillard) • Reduces the amount of packaging needed to carry and hold goods • “Purchases contribute less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss, and pollution” (Lillard)

  7. Money given to local businesses is likely to go to other local businesses Strengthens your community’s economy Buying Local Supports Your Community

  8. Your Money Is More Likely To Stay In Your Community http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/infographic-why-buy-local-ten-reasons-to-shop-local-first.html

  9. More Support for Local Nonprofit Organizations Small business owners donate a lot of money to local nonprofits in comparison to large businesses http://www.liveunitedinvolusiaflagler.org/Miscellaneous/girlscoutsproject/Girl%20Scouts%20Logo.gif http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/uploads/kids-soccer-main.jpg

  10. More Jobs Small local businesses provide the largest amount of jobs nationally

  11. What Can We Terps Do? http://www.sportsdecorating.com/images/college/wallmarx/MARYLAND_WALLMARX_LOGO.jpg

  12. Go To the University of Maryland Dining Office and suggest that we begin to incorporate more locally owned food into our Convenience Stores and Diners • Suggest a per semester farmers and flea market on campus http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/l/local_food/index.html?scp=4&sq=why%20buy%20local&st=cse

  13. Tips for The Average Terp on A Budget • Eat at the locally owned restaurants along Route 1 such as Plato’s Diner • Even if at the Grocery Store look to see where the product you are buying come from • Check out the Farmer’s Market • DC is teeming with them in the Summer • May-November College Park Farmer’s Market

  14. Works Cited • http://www.localharvest.org/buylocal.jsp • http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/eatlocal/index.php • http://www.theheartofnewengland.com/backporch-FromFarmtoFryingPan.html • http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/infographic-why-buy-local-ten-reasons-to-shop-local-first.html • http://www.buylocalbaltimore.com/pages/ind_why.html • http://www.livinggreenmag.com/life_choices.html • http://www.oudaily.com/news/2010/feb/24/eating-green-easier-it-seems/ • http://www.oudaily.com/news/2010/feb/24/eating-green-easier-it-seems/ • http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/article/20100221/CWS04/2210328/1845/WRT04/Buy-local-catches-on • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103003931.html • http://www.heliosnetwork.org/Why_Buy_Local.pdf • http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/l/local_food/index.html?scp=4&sq=why%20buy%20local&st=cse • http://www.lifebeginsat30.com/elc/2006/04/10_reasons_to_e.html

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