Why Buy Locally Made Products
Carrots on Display at the MOFGA 2010 Common Ground Fair in Unity Maine
Many of our most pressing current challenges — social, economic, environmental — are the result of choices we have made as a society over many years. Our social structures and the connections that exist within families and communities are inextricably tied to how and where we work, where our food comes from, and how we create future opportunity for our children. As our economy has changed, so too have our communities. It is hard to maintain a high level of involvement with our community when we must travel far from home each day to work, when work does not pay a wage sufficient to meet our basic needs, or when the hours of work required leave little energy for anything else.
As our national economy has evolved into a model that rewards aggregation of capital and specialization of production, our communities have lost more than jobs. They have lost the ability to create wealth and security through the creative deployment of local resources– both human and material. New England has been deeply affected by these trends — a drive through any former mill town will tell the tale.
Dudley Farm Market, North Guilford, CT
Re-localization is a strategy to strengthen communities and reduce our impact on the environment by restoring depth and variety back into our local systems of production and commerce. Common Good Market is dedicated to promoting locally made products to the people of our region while fostering collaboration among our members to further this cause.
Belfast Farmers' Market, Belfast Maine
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