She helped found Local First Utah in 2005, just as similar groups were emerging across the country. Today, the number of groups promoting "local first" or "buy local" campaigns is at an all-time high.

“Buy Local”—you see the decal in the store window, the sign at the farmer’s market, the bright, cheerful logos for Local First Arizona, Think Boise First, Our Milwaukee, and homegrown ...

The Buy Local movement didn't start this year, of course. One well-established program is the Buy Fresh, Buy Local campaign launched in Iowa in 2003 by the Center for Energy and Environmental ...

Econ desk: ‘Buy Local’ Is Just Nonsense The holiday-shopping injunction to “buy local or buy from small businesses . . . is pure nonsense,” opines Kevin D. Williamson at National ­Review ...

The "slow food" movement has led to a comparable "buy local" movement that is giving ... Called the Slow Food Movement, that first push 28 years ago has become a global organization that has ...

Kunoa Cattle Co.: Nakasone likes to buy local beef in bulk here. “We recently went out to the processing facility in Campbell Industrial Park and bought a family package of about 20 pounds from Kunoa ...

The first phase of the Arroyo Grande Buy Local Gift Card Program has officially ended, with organizers calling the launch a success.