It’s so easy to duck into the supermarket to pick up a few things for dinner, or to do one big shop to get it over with, but there are lots of good reasons to shop local. Buying from your local green grocer, butcher or bakery has many benefits – from keeping your dollars in your community, to being positive for the environment through reduced distances your products need to travel to get to you.
As well as supporting local business by shopping local, even more opportunities to buy direct from farmers are popping up through farmers markets. Not only can you buy fresh, you can chat to the person who actually produced the food!
Other markets are popping up all the time where you can source items made locally. Whether it be homewares, clothing or accessories, check out what’s on in your area. Read more
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I am excited to be writing about my new adventure – my mission to help reduce, reuse and recycle! For a while now I’ve been making small changes in my life to reduce the amount of plastic I use, how much food I throw out, where and how often I shop and how much I buy. I’ve found that by changing my habits, one at a time, I am reducing how much I throw away, and ultimately – my impact on the earth. I am being more mindful of my choices as a consumer and what I actually need (does all that stuff really make me happy?) and this has led me to want to write about what I’m learning and how easy it is to make some changes that seem small for one person but that can make a big difference at a collective level. Read more
