We need a strong farm bill that gives assistance to farmers during times of drought, creates markets for local goods, protects our environment, and helps struggling families bridge the gap between hard times and a full dinner table.
My swadeshi chiefly centers round the handspun khaddar and extends to everything that can be and is produced in India.
I use no Porter ... in my family, but such as is made in America: both these articles may now be purchased of an excellent quality.
I'm proud to say all our products are made in the U.K.
Inasmuch as it is intended to people the Island of the Manhattes first, all fruits and wares that are produced on the lands situate on the North river, and lying thereabout, shall, for the present, be brought there before being sent elsewhere....
I think local shopping areas and markets are terribly important, both for tradespeople and the local feeling of an area.
I don't buy a lot when I travel, but when I do, I like to send gifts from wherever I am. It's fun to find the local post office.
Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel - these are things which should in their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible and above all let finance be primarily national.
