Local Purchasing: Local Purchasing, Empowering Communities Through Conscious Consumerism
About this ebook
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.
