Local Industry Gifts

'He may be a super-villain to you, but do you have any idea how many jobs he's created for the local area?'

Local food for local consumption

"Are you mad with us, Mrs. Bimmelman?"

Let's all go to a farmer's market.

Investments: Yes, we have organic, local & cruelty-free stocks.

Investments: We have locally grown stocks.

"Ooh look, the high street's evolved to survive!"

Frank N. Stein - Evirnomentalist.

Mom & Pop Grocerette

Tips for a green Christmas by Indian Wild Animals.

'Spending and consuming - that's my kind of patriotism.'

'I remember when it was a row of quaint little coffee bars and boutiques.'

"Local shopping, local eating, and...I married the girl next door."

MADE IN CANADA "Buy Canadian"..."Eh!"

Balloons vs. Rockets

'If we let this happen, soon we'll be swamped in chain stores.'

"We find shopping at the farmers' market to be more self-congratulatory."

One cappuccino please, and I wanted to give you this. A note. How formal. Dear small local independent coffee house ... I went to Starbucks this morning. I'm sorry. Can you ever forgive me? What if I agree to purge what I ate? The written apology is sufficient.

"Come on. I always browse the Mom and Pop stores before buying online."

Today's special: Roadkill stew.

Frank's Butcher Shop. Ernie's Bakery. Starbux Coffee. It hasn't been the same since the candlestick maker went out of business.

Support your local bookstore

'Were the lemons grown locally?'

Locally made, handcrafted cars - no two alike.

'Locally? Take a look at where this license plate is from.'

"Now there are many farm raised ones, but I prefer my eye-of-newt locally sourced."

"You should be ashamed of yourself. Growing your own instead of supporting your local, massive, out-of-town hypermarket."

"He was a mainstay of the economy. Now two brewries and a whiskey distillery are on short time and one tobacco wholesaler has gone completely bankrupt."

I Promise to Buy American Beer.

Great Streets

Locovores

High Street

"Our 'Buy Locally' ad campaign boosted sales. And we saved money by outsourcing to an overseas ad agency."

"Buy local? Isn't it enough I buy stuff assembled in this country from foreign parts?"

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