Let’s talk about all these tariff-loving, bring-businesses-back-to-America folks out there—the ones preaching that tariffs will magically fix everything, forcing companies back into American hands. Sounds great in theory. But let’s look at reality for a second.
Where do you buy your vegetables?
Where do you buy your fruit?
Where does your meat come from?
Where do you get your clothes?
If you’re still rolling into Walmart, grabbing mass-produced goods shipped in from overseas, then let’s be honest—you don’t actually care about supporting American businesses.
Outside Atlanta, GA, there’s a farm where you can buy a cow or pig, have it butchered, and freeze the meat—supporting an American business in the process. You could do that right now. No tariff required. Just direct action.
But you’re not.
Because price and convenience matter more to you than the economy you claim to care so much about.
Let’s be real—how many of you are calling up a local seamstress when you need clothes?
How many of you are driving past the grocery store to pick up eggs from a local farm instead?
How many of you are willing to pay a little more for produce grown right in your own community?
Most people won’t do any of that—because supporting local means paying more, planning more, and adjusting habits that are deeply ingrained in modern consumer culture.
Tariffs won’t magically fix America if you’re still choosing foreign-made goods over local ones.
And don’t pretend it’s impossible—because plenty of farms, including Huckleberry Farms, accept EBT, meaning accessibility isn’t the issue. The issue is that people don’t want inconvenience, even when it means investing in the country they claim to care about.
So before you go preaching about tariffs saving America, maybe ask yourself—how exactly are YOU supporting the country you think those tariffs are going to help?
Because if you won’t even spend your own money on local businesses, why do you expect corporations to do it for you?
Let’s talk about it—what’s your excuse for bypassing local farms and businesses when they’re right there? Pull up a chair. This one’s gonna sting.
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Recent US (Trump)heavy tariffs on Canada suddenly forced people here to wake up out of La-la-Walmart Land, to think a little more about what they are consuming, (and why), to regain some patriotism, and to BUY LOCAL — before that both our local and national governments were having a mega heyday pushing “Big Farm-a”, feeding us on frozen processed foods, GMOs, and imports, etc. So, like him or lump him, Trump’s tariffs did Canadians a BIG favour. Let’s hope they really “get it” and keep buying local.
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Exactly! This is precisely the kind of shift we were talking about. Tariffs, in isolation, won’t fix anything—but when they act as a wake-up call that pushes people to re-evaluate their consumption habits and actively support local, then they serve a real purpose.
And you’re right—it’s not just the U.S. that needed this reminder. Every country benefits when its citizens choose to invest in local food systems, small producers, and ethical supply chains. That’s how we build resilience from the ground up.
That said, COVID showed us something sobering: when discomfort fades, so does the motivation to change. Folks were baking bread, buying from farms, and skipping box stores when shelves were empty—but once convenience returned, many reverted just as fast. The challenge now is figuring out how to make that support stick, not just when systems break—but when they’re functioning enough to lull us back into old habits.
We’re so grateful for folks like you who do get it—and keep showing up for local, even when it’s not the easiest choice.
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…we’ve got “buy local” posters, billboards and ads flying up everywhere here these days, and like you are hoping it GROWS!!! Crazy busy lifestyles force people into poor choices. We need to support our small local growers and the market gardens are jam packed now, but would like to see them develop year-round locales that give box stores the BIG BOOT 🥾
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I love this! When you say year-round locales, are you talking about seasonal eating or growing things in greenhouses/hothouses out of season?
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Yes, would really love to see more year-round market garden-style stores that are friendlier, smaller, family-owned, and home to loads of seasonal fresh foods, locally grown/sourced produce and other goods, with ready access to local hothouse/greenhouse and producers/suppliers year-round, but with a really strong focus on “Farm to Table”. I’d even prefer to shop at a store called “Farm to Table” — what better way to brand “buy local”? 🤗
If I could envision a better world and healthier food store model altogether I would also go for a fresh market garden style grocery store strategically designed to be truly homey and welcoming with plenty of natural skylights and pot lights, add a healthy juice bar, an eatery, a “real” fresh bakery, with plenty of wide spaces full of natural fresh foods — and with zero to limited aisles of any packaged stuff unless it is part of the “buy local” market like fresh local pastas, etc.
I guess a girl’s gotta dream. Meanwhile I am glad we are seeing a trend towards more “buy local” — it’s a great step in the right direction. 🤗
We need to find a way to stop big chains from ruling the roost and sucking the life out of consumers, leaving tired busy customers and families feeling more exhausted after running around with carts full of empty calorie frozen foods and canned goods and a few fresh foods on the side. Let’s face it — we all hate these mega stores and the glaring fluorescent lights that sap our well being and offer more and more frozen foods instead of fresh. We don’t always have access to the “freshest” in the big chain food stores anyway and they are definitely getting more pricey by the day. The soulless big chain places can leave us feeling the best thing left in life is checking out “best before” dates. It’s a convenience model that has worn us out and left us going to InstaCart to shop — just to avoid the hassles. It’s time for a change!
I like to envision seasonal shopping and new market garden-style stores as a “new wave” in buy local —- where suppliers and the market garden style stores are both benefiting and the public is too. We are all ready for a much nicer natural way of living/shopping and doing life. I’m hoping something like this catches on and grows like crazy!
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