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Did you know that spending $100 at your neighborhood’s independent businesses creates $68 in additional local economic activity, while spending $100 at a chain produces only $43 worth of local impact? What other benefits are there to buying locally?

Ever wonder how products make it onto the shelves of Grassroots stores? Or why some supposedly “green” products simply don’t make the cut? As the new product researcher at Grassroots, I’m presented with torrents of new “eco-friendly” products on a regular basis. But how much of this is merely green-wash?

As a leader in environmentally friendly products we have a responsibility to thoroughly research and review products using a number of screens and criteria. At Grassroots we have a questionnaire that we circulate to potential suppliers so we can get to know them, and their products, in a quick, efficient way…

She has never carried a banner and she’s never waved a placard at a protest, but Lee Ann Santos is an active member of one of the largest, most powerful environmental groups in the country – parents of young children.

Welcome to the first installment of the Ecopreneur blog – an informal and personal extension of the business side of my life you’re already familiar with if you shop at Grassroots or attend our workshops. I hope you’ll enjoy getting to know me on a more casual level, join the discussion, share your views and experiences.