Emily Brooks and the Edibles Advocate Alliance (TM) nurtures social entrepreneurs & social innovators to build local, living economies and to:
- construct local food webs & raise sustainable community food systems,
- create sustainable businesses & employ sustainable marketing solutions,
- connect their communities to the sustainability movement,
- implement corporate environmental & sustainability solutions,
- engage in local agriculture, and
- Utilize Clear Energy Solutions to reduce environmental impact.
Buy Local Connecticut ® is a website that focuses on locally produced foods in a buy/sell/trade/barter/donate platform!
Buy Local Connecticut ®is a Local Food Web which builds a Sustainable Community Food System and allows consumers to find locally produced food in another (NON-farm market) venue, provide producers with a separate sales venue, and allow for the donation of food to those in need. Buy Local Connecticut ® is a state-wide food distribution system allowing farmers, producers, and consumers to connect directly over the internet - in ONE interactive space and platform. Buy Local Connecticut ® is an online farmer's market and food-bank rolled into one. Food that might potentially go to waste can also be listed for donation to participating charities and food banks.
Buy Local Connecticut ®works like an INSTANT ONLINE SELLING classified ad section and is available for free to all producers, farmers, and consumers.
Buy Local Connecticut ® is designed to create a Sustainable Food Alliance Umbrella where consumers who are shopping for local food have immediate and direct access to supportive organizations, institutions, and passionate nonprofits who specialize in other separate, but equally important, areas of the Pro-Agriculture Support Chain.
Emily Brooks and the Edibles Advocate Alliance (TM) believe that collaboration is the only way to best meet our collective goal. We believe that we are all pieces of the same jigsaw puzzle and that collective collaboration will lead to long-term profitability and growth in our agricultural sector and increased preservation of our farmlands.