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Quotes About Local

asked the local media not to mention it, but
~ John Sandford
So all of it—local and archived data—went up with the lab building." Vann glanced over to me with an expression that I suspect meant these people were sloppy.
~ John Scalzi
If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres.
~ Alexei Sayle
I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown!
~ Paul Prudhomme
Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.
~ Tom Allen
Whatever shift is necessary is dependent on the scale on which it can be implemented, which is to say in your local community and family.
~ Peter Buffett
My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.
~ David Guterson
We need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders, and to stem the tide of division, fear and scapegoating.
~ George Takei
Just as all politics is local, all good history is personal.
~ Marcia Clark
If we can have a fast food restaurant on almost every corner, then we can certainly have a garden.
~ Bill de Blasio
Nowadays, food needs to be healthy, local, sustainable and not filled with too much fat, salt or sugar. It should be slow-cooked and seasonal. That's my vision.
~ Alain Ducasse
It's time to transition beyond our fossil fuel addiction to a just economy based on green jobs, renewable energy, and local organic food.
~ Winona LaDuke
Supporting local food production is so much healthier for people. It's better for the local economy, and it's a lot of fun.
~ Jack Johnson
Just ask the local people for the best food. Don't rely on a guidebook.
~ Masaharu Morimoto
Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for food, basic goods, or services.
~ Robert Zoellick
What makes the farmers market such a special place is that you are actually creating community around food.
~ Bryant Terry
I imagine a certain amount of consumer impulse will be replaced by community connection. You can already see it starting with things like the local food movement.
~ Bill McKibben
Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.
~ Gaines Adams
Where your food comes from is as important as how you smoke it.
~ Steven Raichlen
Local and regional food systems are about opportunity.
~ Tom Vilsack
You should ask where your food is coming from.
~ Sylvia Earle
To have 95% of the ingredients sourced, food and wine, within 100 miles radius, that's a dream come true for any chef.
~ Gordon Ramsay
Intervene globally, lose freedom locally.
~ Robert Higgs
This flexibility meant that local political arrangements influenced the location of urban expressways, thus allowing engineers, truckers, or planners to remodel American cities.
~ Unknown