Buy Local
Grow Local
in the Capital District, New York
Mission Statement
Mission Statement
Buy Local, Grow Local provides an online resource which:
Buy Local, Grow Local provides an online resource which:
1) Promotes locally owned and operated businesses that emphasize sustainability and/or social responsibility in their business practice. (Buy Local)
1) Promotes locally owned and operated businesses that emphasize sustainability and/or social responsibility in their business practice. (Buy Local)
2) Encourages the growing of food locally by residents and farms. (Grow Local)
2) Encourages the growing of food locally by residents and farms. (Grow Local)
Buy Local, Grow Local is built upon these foundations:
Buy Local, Grow Local is built upon these foundations:
1) Revenue increases by and for the community
1) Revenue increases by and for the community
2) Resilience in response to limitations of the global supply lines
2) Resilience in response to limitations of the global supply lines
3) Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for a healthier community and climate
3) Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for a healthier community and climate
4) Address white supremacy through socially responsible business practices
4) Address white supremacy through socially responsible business practices
Through Buy Local, Grow Local we can build community by working together for a stronger and more financially secure Capital Region.
Through Buy Local, Grow Local we can build community by working together for a stronger and more financially secure Capital Region.
Build Community
Build Community
By working together as a community we can acquire the ability to recover from and adjust to misfortunes such as the pandemic we are now experiencing.
By working together as a community we can acquire the ability to recover from and adjust to misfortunes such as the pandemic we are now experiencing.
Renewable Sources of Energy
Renewable Sources of Energy
We must reduce our green-house gas emissions by 40% by 2030 as authorized in the NYS Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
We must reduce our green-house gas emissions by 40% by 2030 as authorized in the NYS Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
Local Prosperity
Local Prosperity
Think! before you shop at a Big Box store. For every $100 spent locally, $68 stays in the community. - Forbes.
Think! before you shop at a Big Box store. For every $100 spent locally, $68 stays in the community. - Forbes.
Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens
Healthy affordable food grown locally in backyards and community gardens improves food security and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Healthy affordable food grown locally in backyards and community gardens improves food security and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
On this website at the bottom of each page, our featured local artist is Marion Honors, CSJ who is an organic gardener and vegetarian. She generously provided her art to Buy Local Grow Local because, as she said, "It's a good cause."
On this website at the bottom of each page, our featured local artist is Marion Honors, CSJ who is an organic gardener and vegetarian. She generously provided her art to Buy Local Grow Local because, as she said, "It's a good cause."
(Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this copyrighted material without express and written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.)
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