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Follow The Money, and The Good Vibe; Why Shop Local – An Essay

Jen Villa
Written by Brian Tarcy

HYANNIS – “No one has ever come by here and said, ‘I am going to go buy that on Amazon,” said Rachel Anderson, owner of the nautical home decor company, Shining Sea Farm of North Falmouth.

Anderson was standing at her booth at the recent Love Live Local Fest in Hyannis selling her hand-carved designs of mermaids, whales and more when she was asked why someone should shop her designs if they can get the same thing on Amazon.



“They can’t get this on Amazon,” she said.

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About the author

Brian Tarcy

Brian Tarcy is co-founder of Cape Cod Wave. He is a longtime journalist who has written for the Boston Globe, Boston magazine, the Cape Cod Times and several other publications. He is the author of "YOU CAN'T SELL RIGHT FIELD; A Cape Cod Novel." He is also the author or co-author of more than a dozen mostly non-fiction books, including books with celebrity athletes Cam Neely, Tom Glavine and Joe Theisman. His previous book was, "ALMOST: 12 Electric Months Chasing A Silicon Valley Dream" with Hap Klopp,who created the iconic brand, The North Face.
For more information, see Briantarcy.com
Brian is a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan with a long-running NFL predictions/political satire column connecting weekly world events to the fate of his favorite team, now at Whatsgonnahappen.com.

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