Buying+Local+Foods

Democracy and Active Citizenship Project
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__Problem Statement:__
Consider a community that is completely dependent on food resources hundreds of miles away from your hometown. Most people are not familiar with the benefits of consuming local foods for both their community and their health because the purchasing of local foods is not as accessible. We want to educate people as to why they should buy local foods and we want to hold a rally to help make people aware of the benefits of local foods.

__Bill or Policy:__
Policy for Getting Dave’s to Become More “Local Oriented”:
 * 1) Sent the letter to Dave’s Marketplace.
 * 2) If Dave’s wants to help our project, then they will point out the local foods that they sell. We will do this by…
 * 3) Creating signs that catch the attention of shoppers that say “LOCAL” and where the food is purchased from.
 * 4) We will also organize a special section of the store that has all the local foods so that shoppers will find all their local foods in the same spot.
 * 5) To educate people as to why they should buy local foods, we will put our brochures that provide information about local foods in the front of the store when you first walk in, in the specific section where all the local foods are, and by the register when you check ou


 * __Lobbying Plan:__**

 **Statement on your project: In this economy the purchasing of local foods is very low due to intense competition with global businesses. ** **Our project is to encourage people to buy local goods. **   **Timeline: ** We will send our letter to Dave’s Marketplace at the beginning of summer when the crops harvest is in full bloom. We will follow up with our letter in the middle of the summer. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">We will follow up with our letter by calling to make sure they received it or by going to the store. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Find a sponsor (State Rep, Town Council, School Committee): ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Our sponsors will be local farmers who understand the situation (i.e. Casey Farm, Schartner’s Farm, and Stamp Farm) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Build coalitions of support: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">What other groups or individuals will be asked to help you? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Co-ops and restaurants that sell local foods <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Try to work with your opposition: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Who is organized against you? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Big businesses who sell their food to supermarkets for cheap prices. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Are there ways for you to work with opposing groups? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Make them realize that we are not dissuading people to buy their foods

__Direct Action Plan:__
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Our goal is to convince people to “buycott” local goods.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">With our direct action, we will get as many people as we can to go to our rally at Schartner’s Farm and we will have signs that promote local buying. The signs will say “Go Local and Support Your Community”. These will draw peoples’ attention.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This will be held during the summer when the weather is nice and people will be outside.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Hopefully this will bring awareness to buying local foods and getting more people in Rhode Island to realize why buying local foods is important
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">At the rally we will have the below listed peoples speak at the rally:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Doctors, Farmers, Families who are local, and Dave’s Marketplace

__Leaflet / Flyer:__
Click below to see the "GO LOCAL" brochure.

__Press Release:__
For Immediate Release Contact: Kaiya DiPippo May 26, 2011 Cell: 401-793-1857

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 33px;">Buycott Local Goods **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Local famers and citizens join together to advertise and educate about local businesses. ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">North Kingstown, RI – July 8th, 2011- Local farmers, physicians and families will join together at Schartners Farm, to advertise and encourage people to buycott local goods to help the local economy. More than 100+ people are expected to attend the buycott where these people will be introduced to the benefits of purchasing local foods. The festivities, including local businesses selling their goods, is scheduled to start at 10am.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">“Most people don’t know what the benefits consuming local foods can do for both themselves and their economy,” GO LOCAL’s spokesperson Kaiya DiPippo said, “Hopefully this buycott will educate them as to how to make purchases that help their community.”

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">This buycott is a way to encourage people to buy local foods because of their benefits for your health and your economy. With over 10 local businesses at the buycott, people will be able to see for themselves the benefits and learn more about how to help their community.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">The buycott will have the leaders of Farm Fresh RI, the owner of Schartner’s Farm and local pediatrician Dr. Lauren Noel speak about why you should purhcase local foods.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 20px;">Go Local’s mission is to provide people with the information they need in order to make smart purchases to benefit their communitty.

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__Letter to Elected Official:__
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 32px; left: 0pt; position: absolute; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto; z-index: 251657728;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Ravie; font-size: 27px; padding-bottom: 4.35pt; padding-left: 7.95pt; padding-right: 7.95pt; padding-top: 4.35pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">GO LOCAL! || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Kaiya DiPippo & Meghan O’Brien <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; font-variant: small-caps; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">NKHS Democracy Projects <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">401-268-6236 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: right; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">kaiya_dipippo@STUDENTS.NKSD.NET <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">meghan_obrien@STUDENTS.NKSD.NET <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">150 Fairway Drive <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">North Kingstown RI 02852 <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 2.25pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; padding-bottom: 4.35pt; padding-left: 7.95pt; padding-right: 7.95pt; padding-top: 4.35pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">To help your community…

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">May 25, 2010 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Luke Dinezza <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Dave’s Marketplace Store Manager <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Dave’s Marketplace <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">125 Tower Hill Road <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Wickford, RI 02852

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Dear Mr. Dinezza, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">As students of North Kingstown High School, we have been working on a democracy project to benefit our community. Over the past 10 years or so, the amount of food bought from local businesses has decreased due to increased competition with large corporations. For our project we are trying to encourage people to consume more locally grown foods and we are also trying to educate the public on the benefits of purchasing local foods. The local economy will prosper with the increased purchase of locally grown foods. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">We have created brochures that are meant to enlighten people on the benefits of buying local foods and we were wondering if Dave’s Marketplace would display our brochures to help us advertise. In addition to educating the public about local foods we would also like to take a stand to show people the availability of local foods in their town. Dave’s Marketplace is known for being a local market that competes with global businesses like Stop & Shop and Shaw’s. We would like to provide a way or encourage you to point out the foods that you sell that are locally grown or within a 100 mile radius of you. We believe that this would benefit Dave’s Marketplace because it would encourage customers who rely on Dave’s for their local foods to come to Dave’s instead of going to the big businesses. It would also benefit the economy because the amount of local foods purchased would increase. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Please consider our suggestion and let us know. We really think this would help both Dave’s Marketplace attract more loyal customers looking for local foods, and the local economy and producers. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Thank You. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Sincerely, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Kaiya DiPippo <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Meghan O’Brien <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">

__Public Service Announcement:__
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">PSA <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Length: 15 Seconds <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">AN IMPORTANT RALLY IS BEING HELD ON FRIDAY, JULY 8, AT 2:00P.M TO SUPPORT “GO LOCAL” AND THEIR TASK TO EDUCATE OTHERS ABOUT BUYING LOCAL FOODS AND HOW IT SUPPORTS YOUR COMMUNITY. THIS RALLY WILL BE HELD AT SCHARTNER’S FARMS AT 1 ARNOLD PLACE IN THE BLUEBERRY FIELD.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">REMINDER: Dialogues for Democracy will be held at 7:00 PM Thursday June 9th in the high school cafeteria. You are required to be there.

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