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You have certainly heard that buying local is “greener”. You have probably also heard counter-arguments: a product made more efficiently but shipped some distance may beat out a local product. But all that talk is merely theoretical if you don’t know where your stuff comes from anyhow. And in the new global economy, the “made in” tag on a product does not tell half the story. What is the discerning consumer to do?
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