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Post Carbon Fellow Michael Shuman was quoted in this article on the continued growth of the Slow Food Movement despite the economic recession.
From the article:
Rather than struggling in this economy, local food businesses are becoming more competitive with larger chains and franchises, said Michael Shuman, research director for the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, a network of locally owned independent businesses across North America.
"Slow Food, while many of its people embrace it as a lifestyle and social choice ... it really in the end is about economic development," he said.
Keeping businesses local, Shuman said, has a "multiplier effect," meaning the more times a dollar is spent within a defined geographic area, the more income and wealth it produces. When input travels shorter distances, he added, it also makes for a smaller carbon footprint.
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