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Our Programs: "Making the Connection" speaker series |
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 Lisa Hamilton, author of "Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness" will be speaking as part of our "Making the Connection" speaker series at RiverRun Bookstore on Saturday, June 27 from 6 to 8 PM.
 In her new book, Hamilton interviews a Texas dairyman, a New Mexico rancher and modern pioneer family in North Dakota who reject the passive role that modern agriculture has insisted they accept and instead reclaim their place as stewards of the land and leaders within society. They are the David to the Goliath of agribusiness corporations, a story many local business owners can relate to. They also connect us with our nation's strong food heritage.
Slow Food Seacoast is co-sponsoring this event, and we have all kinds of fun things planned for your evening out on the town. You won't want to miss the debut of Slow Food's new game "Who Wants to be a Locavore" 'cause there will be prizes galore and as always, refreshments of the local variety will be served. See you there!
Up next: On Tuesday, Aug. 11, Woody Tasch, author of "Slow Money," will be our guest.
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Our Programs: Seacoast Local Festival |
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The fourth annual street fair drew a festive crowd on Saturday, June 6. Learn more at SeacoastLocalFest.org.
And our great community photography exhibit has gone online. Check it out at SeacoastLocalPhoto.org..
Thanks to our sponsors: Broadreach Research and Consulting, Whalen Public and Media Relations, Seacoast Asset Management, and local volunteers.
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Help build a strong local economy by purchasing with purpose! |
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Make Your Purchases Count
Do you want to rebuild our economy and strengthen our community? The 10% Shift will do just that.
 If the five million households in New England shifted 10% of their existing purchases from non-local businesses to Local Independents (locally owned and independent businesses), we would see thousands of new jobs created and billions of dollars of new economic activity in New England, all without raising taxes or spending a dime more than we planned.
The 10% Shift is a coordinated call to action led by local-first organizations, just like Seacoast Local, all across New England, and it has the power to stabilize and transform our economy, today, with just a few small changes from each of us.
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When big box stores and malls go vacant, what's a community to do? "America’s retail infrastructure — its malls, supercenters, big boxes and other styles of store-clumping — has come to be characterized by rampant abundance. This has been a decades-long trend. But it has taken the economic downturn, with chain stores liquidating, mall tenancy slipping and car dealerships scheduled for closure, to focus popular attention on the problem with our retail infrastructure: there is too much of it," writes Rob Walker in the New York Times.
10% Shift grows across America: Check out Joe Grafton's nationwide road trip, condensed, on NPR's Here and Now.
Large businesses get too much of a share of corporate welfare: It's frequently (and accurately) said that small business will be pivotal for our economic recovery. Revoking the power of large corporations to rig competition in their favor is one key to unshackling the potential of America's entrepreneurs, writes Randy Bullerwell of Belknap Independent Business Alliance in The Boston Globe.
Does Local Food Cost More? Based on one family's food expenses during one week last September, the common-sense assumption that local food has a higher price tag may actually be wrong. Read about it in Vermont's Local Banquet.
NH Commercial Fishermen go local: Seacoast Local and Seacoast Eat Local are supporting the New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen's Association effort to advertise their catch as locally caught. Correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern reports on the program for NH Public Radio. This story was also picked up by National Public Radio!
How the Locals Are Trying to Save Small Business: Wall Street Journal blogger Raymund Flandez takes note of how small businesses are taking economic matters into
their own hands, with shining examples from around the country, including Seacoast Local.
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