Where possible it's good to buy local. There is lots of reasons for this. * Firstly you're more likely to know more about the goods and the conditions in which they're produced. * Transport and fuel use. It often takes much more energy to transport the goods we use to us than it takes to produce the goods themselves. Fossil fuels are cheap financially but the hidden cost on the earth via pollution and mining them in …showed first 75 words of 303 total…

…showed last 75 words of 303 total…average worker and much profit for large multinational companies. On average only 18 cents of every dollar, when buying at a large supermarket, will go to the grower. 82 cents go to various unnecessary middlemen. * Labour conditions. With industry in Australia, we Australians, have more control over wage conditions and workers rights. Often the exploitation that comes to be a way of life for many workers around the world is financed by our dollars through imported products.