Huda Kattan Quotes

Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients.

I'm obviously very hippie-like, and I'm always in a different city and town and country, and I thought, 'Why is it that the big food chains are always so promoted? I want the whole ingredients. I don't want preservatives. I want what this town and these farmers produce and see how their chefs create.'

We need to confront honestly the issue of scale... You may need a large corporation to run an airline or to manufacture cars, but you don't need a large corporation to raise a chicken or a hog. You don't need a large corporation to process local food or local timber and market it locally.

Everywhere I go, I always look for creative entrepreneurs, whether it's artisans and craftsmen, small farmers and gardeners, or restaurateurs who use fresh, locally sourced ingredients. I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.

Supermarkets don't really sustain a community, and they completely remove people from the food chain.

Local and regional food systems are about opportunity.

The biggest thing you can do is understand that every time you're going to the grocery store, you're voting with your dollars. Support your farmers' market. Support local food. Really learn to cook.

I am incredibly passionate about craft but am just as passionate about supporting local craft companies.

I love checking out aspiring bakers' offerings at local farmers' markets when the weather is nice.

We might hope that the law as a profession does not vanish, because justice may vanish with it - but we could probably do with far fewer lawyers. Since I think agriculture will come back closer to the center of life, I think there will be many vocational opportunities there - especially with the so-called 'value-added' activities associated with food production. That's a windy way to say more local wine and cheese-makers - and probably fewer giant factories producing cheez doodles and Pepsi Cola.

Small businesses are the backbone of Oklahoma's economy, creating a large portion of jobs in our state.

The last thing I'm gonna do is, 'This is dynamite!' That's not my gig, man. I love the mom-and-pop joints. I love giving them recognition, but I'm not gonna blow smoke. We walked out of locations; we've changed locations.

We know that trade doesn't just help Wall Street or even just Main Street; it also helps businesses on the side streets, such as Elston Avenue in my home district.

I grew up in an agricultural family, and I never distanced myself from where the food comes from. I think it's quite natural.

Iowa's small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities and the engine behind our economy.

I don't think my wheelhouse is comfortable in Wall Street. My wheelhouse is small-town America.

I grew up spending summer Saturdays at the local farmers' market, where my mom was a vendor. It fueled my passion for regional foods.

Small business is the backbone of America.

Strong communities are built around local, real food. Food we trust to nourish our bodies, the farmer and planet.

We have a wonderful district with lots of fun little stores and companies and farms.

The economic importance of small businesses in Mississippi has always been significant, and it's well positioned to increase.

Don't accept what a grocery store has for you. Tell the store to get you want you want. If you want honey from a local farmer, organic honey, you tell them. We are in control. It's up to us as the consumer to get what we want.

I love to shop at the farmer's market or grab something from the garden and roast that.

When we look at the investment decisions into the city of Compton, the small business community and global corporations and retailers and all of those types of services that decide to come into the community to serve it, they look at the perception, how does the brand work with the local community.

As a consumer and a mom, I've always been interested in local products.