The Great News about Local (retailers, businesses, farms, and more) How locally owned and operated businesses create financially secure, socially supportive, and all-around healthier home towns Publication Date: October 2006 Order your copies today! Or get more information by calling Eating Fresh toll-free at 877-921-4563.

Modelled on the highly successful and widely praised Great News about Grass, this 12-page, full-color booklet is being developed in partnership with Michael H. Shuman, noted economist, attorney, and author of the just-published The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition.

The Great News about Local reaches out to community members, business owners, policy makers, and government officials and offers compelling arguments in support of small-scale, independently owned businesses and retailers. In The Great News about Local, consumers learn exactly why it matters when they bypass big-box retailers in favor of businesses and stores that are independently owned and operated. And they receive valuable tips on how to become a strong supporter of locally owned and operated businesses.

Retailers, businesses, farms, and organizations that support independently owned businesses can contact by e-mail at info@eatingfresh.com or by phone at 877-921-4563 for samples or bulk copies of The Great News about Local.

PRICING: The pamphlets are available in packages of 50 for $12.50 per pack plus shipping.

A PDF version of The Great News about Local will be available soon and may be downloaded for viewing and evaluation. However, unauthorized printing or copying of The Great News about Local is prohibited without express permission from Eating Fresh Publications.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Eating Fresh Publications is committed to reaching consumers, businesses, and policy makers with information about the benefits of local food and strong, local economies. Businesses and organizations that are in alignment with this philosophy are invited to sponsor The Great News about Local. Your support makes it possible for small businesses and related organizations to reach consumers with the important message about creating healthy local economies. And sponsorship of The Great News about Local puts your business or organization in front of thousands of consumers and influential individuals with a positive and compelling message.

For more information, download our Great News about Local Sponsorship Guide or send e-mail to Wendy Rickard at rickard@eatingfresh.com.