Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Is Local on Your Grocery Receipt?

It may be if you're buying from a co-op.

Seward Co-op in Minneapolis made a big announcement this fall announcing P6. It's Seward's way of letting customers know how much of what they buy is local or grown or made by a small producer or produced by a nonprofit cooperative business.

If a product meets two out of three criteria, it's designated P6, with stickers or signs. And the receipt will say what percentage of purchases fall in the P6 category. Read More

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