Buy Local, save money (and energy)

by Jim Duncan on March 20, 2008

The Charlottesville area offers quite a few options for buying local, including the City Market; who knew they consumed as much energy as 18 homes?

Buy-Fresh-Buy-Local-Charlottesville

People will buy local when it makes economic sense – and right now, buying local makes a lot of sense. Take a moment and look around for local options.

The HooK has a critical analysis of the above-referenced Daily Progress article. This is the CSA we just joined, Regarding the “60 miles” number – I noticed last week that the local Chipotle is getting their pork from Polyface Farms – “60 miles from farm to fork.” And they have great chips!

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