When you start your holiday shopping, you may want to think about where your money goes once it crosses that counter. If you buy locally grown, produced, manufactured goods and do it from locally owned businesses, then there is a good chance that the majority of that money will make its way back into the local economy. The same is not necessarily true for large corporations and franchises.
Recently I came across an organization whose mission is to promote “Local”. It is called LocalGoods.org, and worth checking out to better realize how much is made right in our own backyard. From musical instruments, to furniture, to tools, to clothing, to goat cheese, to wood products, to… well the list goes on. Click here LocalGoods.org to go to their website and find out more. I’ve also added them to the “Links” column.
