There are many social, environmental, cultural, health, and economic reasons for building and promoting local economies.

Socially, a global economy is as good as the local economies that contribute to it. Stronger communities create stable spaces for collaboration and networking.

Relying on foods and products that are produced and distributed locally decreases the cardon emission effects, lowers the costs of goods and services, and preserves natural environments for more suitable plants and animals.

Local economies are easy to integrate with cultural norms and local systems that make it easier to integrate with other aspects of public life.

Eating foods and using local products are healthier and allows for human bodies to live in a healthier rhythm. A body of evidence is growing, suggesting that eat seasonal foods instead of eating only what is “good” or what a person prefers all year around has many health benefits. For example, eating summer vegetables and fruits in the summer and winter fruits and vegetables in the winter is more beneficial than eating summer vegetables and fruits all year around.

Corporate produced goods and services destroys local, indigenous ecosystems that are better connected socially, culturally, economically, and healthily.

All this does not mean that local communities and local economies should be fully and totally isolated from the global community. It merely prioritizes local community-based economies and business practices over global corporations models whose primary and only mission is to build wealth for their investors.

Local economies and local communities that are stable and healthy can collaborate, share resources, and enter into mutually beneficial arrangements that benefit both communities without destroying one local economy so that a corporation gains a monopoly.