you will be financially supporting your local community & thus family farms that may be struggling against the multinational corporations.
If you boy locally, you will be both supporting tne farmers whom provide the food, and the merchants whom sell it. You will also be supporting your community on a more social level; personal interaction with local sellers and growers will strengthen the bond between the two. Such forgings of belief and understanding are the foundations of strong communities. You will protect the environment more because the food miles of locally-sourced food are minimal. Little fuel will be used be and little pollution will be generated from, the transport which brings locally-sourced food to a local store.