Local Purchasing: Local Purchasing, Empowering Communities Through Conscious Consumerism

By Fouad Sabry

What is Local Purchasing

Local purchasing is a preference to buy locally produced goods and services rather than those produced farther away. It is very often abbreviated as a positive goal, "buy local" or "buy locally', that parallels the phrase "think globally, act locally", common in green politics.

How you will benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Local purchasing

Chapter 2: Fair trade

Chapter 3: Local currency

Chapter 4: Marginal utility

Chapter 5: Import substitution industrialization

Chapter 6: Local food

Chapter 7: Community-supported agriculture

Chapter 8: Sustainable industries

Chapter 9: Farmers' market

Chapter 10: Agribusiness

Chapter 11: Food miles

Chapter 12: History of fair trade

Chapter 13: Civic agriculture

Chapter 14: Lorenz curve

Chapter 15: Tableau économique

Chapter 16: Domestic sourcing

Chapter 17: Peasant economics

Chapter 18: Impact of farmers' markets on economies within the United States

Chapter 19: Food sovereignty in Bolivia

Chapter 20: Alternative purchase network

Chapter 21: Elasticity (economics)

(II) Answering the public top questions about local purchasing.

(III) Real world examples for the usage of local purchasing in many fields.

Who this book is for

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Local Purchasing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable
• Release date: Apr 15, 2024

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