Farmers Markets Stimulate Local Economies
Farmers Markets Stimulate Local Economies On the next visit to your local farmers market, take a moment to observe the wheels of your local economy in motion. The rows of fresh, colorful produce. The...
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Food is Community – Univ. of Iowa Study Finds Locavores Proliferating &...
From Sarah Diederich, Iowa Now & the University of Iowa: UI study finds local food movement rooted in relationships and values A new UI study finds more Americans than ever before are shopping...
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North Coast Brewing Co. to Use Mendocino-Grown Hops for New Acme Pale Ale
Courtesy of Sarah Bodnar & the Fort Bragg Advocate-News NCBC to use local hops in new Acme brew By Sarah Bodnar Posted: 09/24/15, 3:17 PM PDT Courtesy Photo North Coast Brewing Company employees,...
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Chow Down Hootenanny! October 10
North Bay Hootenanny & GO LOCAL present the Chow Down Hootenanny on October 10, 2015, from 12:30 to 5 pm at the Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park. The post...
View ArticleLocalization: for people and the Earth
The movement for localization is growing rapidly, worldwide. These international voices from the 2014 Economics of Happiness conference in Bangalore, India, succinctly tell us why globalization is so...
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Shop Local this Holiday Season & Pick Up a Copy of the Sonoma County...
This is the 13th annual edition of Vesta Copestakes’ local holiday gift guide – itself an remarkable gift to the community. Says Vesta: 13 years ago I started publishing the Small Shops guide because I...
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Shop Local & Support Your Sonoma County Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs
Infographic by the American Independent Business Alliance – amiba.net – via Terry Garrett of Sonoma County Go Local. Read Garrett’s piece on the power of spending locally – Buying Local is a Powerful...
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Five Ways Every County Can Help Bay Area Farms and Ranches – Greenbelt Alliance
Here’s a very interesting new Greenbelt Alliance report that highlights ways local governments can help promote, invest in and maintain local agriculture. The ‘Homegrown’ report and text below were...
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So Long G&G – Another Indie Grocer Bites the Dust
Cute or ominous? Is the FrankenApple created to mark this indie/corporate grocer marriage whimsical marketing or a warning of things to come? Petaluma lost its last independent, full-service...
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