Thinking About The Text: Spriggs/ On buying locals

1. Spriggs convinced me of the importance of buying local, and also establishes the importance of her topic by giving lots of detail, and facts from reliable sources on the benefits of buying local, and how it can help economies on a small and large scale.
2. One counter argument that Spriggs presents is that some may say we shouldn't be trying to grow food that is sustainable in that particular environment. She then goes to agree with that by explaining how we should just buy what we actually can grow.
3. One section of Spriggs essay that strikes me as powerful was when she responded to a claim that Alex Avery made. She then gives a solution, and explains even more ways why buying local is good.
4. The photos really added to my sense of understanding the issue by giving me a visual representation of exactly what shes talking about. Especially figure 1 where we see locally grown goods being sold for a cheap price of only 60 cents each.