A philosophical / ethics question
We have been thinking of having some farm t-shirts made for a couple of years. Naturally, we would want them made as local and sustainable as possible.
A google search, just by luck, turned up a facility in Monroe that made t-shirts. Initial thought was “that is local”.
More investigation turned up TS designs [...]
Best definition I have run across is from Local Harvest:
“For a while now, many of us have used the word ‘local’ as shorthand for food that meets a certain, somewhat ineffable quality standard. In this context, ‘local’ means something like this: This food is grown near here, on a human scale, by people who care [...]
There is a big buzz for local, sustainable food but little talk of the infrastructure to support local food.
Growing up, there were 3 feed mills, 2 farm supply stores, and a hardware store where you could buy anything from a chainsaw to a deer rifle and refrigerators and stoves in between within a 6 mile [...]
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