{"id":15093,"date":"2019-11-29T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15093"},"modified":"2019-11-29T00:07:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T06:07:12","slug":"tennessee-department-of-agriculture-says-small-business-saturday-has-big-community-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2019\/11\/29\/tennessee-department-of-agriculture-says-small-business-saturday-has-big-community-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Department of Agriculture says Small Business Saturday has Big Community Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TennesseeNashville, TN <\/strong>– The Tennessee Department of Agriculture reports that during last year\u2019s Small Business Saturday, 104 million American shoppers spent a record high $17.8 billion. Small Business Saturday is November 30th, 2019 and the support that Tennessee\u2019s independent business owners receive this weekend will produce an economic ripple that can help encourage and strengthen entire rural communities.<\/p>\n

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Shopping local has a major impact and ripple effect on the success of local commerce.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cIn a small community like Jamestown, supporting local is very important to the economy,\u201d Fentress County\u2019s Highland Manor Winery owner Rhonda Moody said. \u201cOur gift baskets promote local products and hopefully lead to repeat sales for the businesses represented in them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Typical businesses with local products include on-farm and farmers market retail stores, gift shops, florists, wineries, food co-ops, or regional diners and restaurants. Some of these small businesses specialize in gift baskets made with Tennessee products and can ship those baskets nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cShopping local has a major impact and ripple effect on the success of local commerce and development,\u201d Stephanie DeYoung of All Around Southern Mercantile in Lewis County said. \u201cWhen people work together to stimulate a local economy, it can positively impact the entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShopping locally means every dollar spent goes directly into helping a community grow and thrive,\u201d Williamson County\u2019s Made in Tennessee owner Ilex Pounders said. \u201cOur community is made of families and individuals who are pursuing a dream, sharing a talent, and supporting their own families and lifestyles.  There’s no better way to shop than by supporting your own community growth and success!\u201d<\/p>\n

Find farm-related businesses across the state at www.PickTnProducts.org<\/a>. Shoppers can connect directly to a business or producer website, and products can then be purchased from the producer.<\/p>\n

Pick Tennessee Products is the Tennessee Department of Agriculture\u2019s program to connect customers to local farm products. Find farms and retail stores with local products, seasonal foods, wineries, and gift baskets online<\/a> or with the Pick TN mobile app. Follow Pick Tennessee on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Agriculture reports that during last year\u2019s Small Business Saturday, 104 million American shoppers spent a record high $17.8 billion. Small Business Saturday is November 30th, 2019 and the support that Tennessee\u2019s independent business owners receive this weekend will produce an economic ripple that can help encourage and strengthen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[4741,9343,549,284,2467,8779,261,1632,4212],"class_list":["post-15093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-fentress-county","tag-lewis-county","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-pick-tennessee-products","tag-small-business-saturday","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-department-of-agriculture","tag-williamson-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15094,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15093\/revisions\/15094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}