You Can Support Local
So how can you support your local community? Here are just a few ways to start:
- Visit a nearby farm
- Shop at farmers’ markets
- Volunteer or intern on a farm
- Donate items (tools, buckets, work clothes, etc.)
- Shop at the Co-op
- Educate others about the benefits of local
- Participate in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA: Supporters cover a farm’s yearly operating budget by purchasing a share of the seasons harvest, ask at the Co-op for more details)
- Eat with the seasons
- Invest in a farm for the purchase of capital, implements, an irrigation system, etc.
