Buying Local First
RESOURCES
General Websites
Local Food System
- Sustainable Connections Food and Farming Program http://www.sustainableconnections.org/foodfarming; including information on Food to Bank On, the Farm Map and the Buy Fresh Campaign
- Bellingham Farmers Market http://www.bellinghamfarmers.org/
- Whatcom County CSA Farms http://www.communityfoodcoop.com/pdf/CSAs2005.pdf
- Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) information http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
Local Economy
- Sustainable Connections Think Local Campaign http://www.sustainableconnections.org/thinklocal
- Business Alliance for Local Living Economies http://www.ivingeconomies.org
- Summary of some Local Economic Studies:
http://www.livingeconomies.org/localfirst/studies/ - Economic multiplier video clips:
http://www.livingeconomies.org/localfirst/clips/ - The New Economic Foundation has some good info on "plugging the
leaks": http://www.pluggingtheleaks.org/ - White Dog Café http://www.whitedog.com Great Example of a very active local business - the founder of BALLE!
Films
- Architecture to Zucchini http://www.arnoldcreekproductions.com/AtoZ.htm
- The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream http://www.endofsuburbia.com/
- Independent America http://www.independentamerica.net A film about two former network journalists who travel across the US without stepping foot into any chain stores. Follows their journey to discover the state of the mom and pop business.
Books
- Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, Bill McKibben, Times Books (March 6, 2007)
- Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age, Michael H. Shuman, Routledge (September 2000)
- The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition, Michael H. Shuman, Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 2Rev Ed edition (August 1, 2007)
- Small Giants: Companies that Choose to be Great Instead of Big, Bo Burlingham, Portfolio Trade; Updated edition (March 27, 2007)
- Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack, Donna Fenn, Collins; New Ed edition (May 8, 2007)
- Growing Local Value: How to Build Business Partnerships that Strengthen Your Community, Laury Hammel & Gun Denhart, Berrett-Koehler Publishers (January 1, 2007)
- When Corporations Rule the World, David C Korten, Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 2nd edition (May 10, 2001)
- Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, E.F. Schumacher, Harper Perennial (September 27, 1989)
- Diet for a Small Planet, Frances Moore Lappe, Ballantine Books; 20th Annv edition (May 12, 1985) http://www.smallplanetinstitute.org/
- Omnivores Dilemma, Michael Pollen, The Penguin Press (April 11, 2006)
