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Chuck schumer and grover norquist and what should happen next. how to avoid the rush this weekend, but first, the most searched items on price grabber black friday. topping that list, 11 inch televisions followed by the play station slim console. that is followed by the x-box 460. then rebel black slr digital camera kit and the ipod touch fourth generation media player. you got that? yeah. small businesses in austin texas are thinking local. mason arnold runs greenway which distributes produce from green gate forms and baked goods from that city's little blue stem. they're championing the ...

I hope a lot of people buy atlanta and everywhere. >> shop, shop, shop small businesses. >> thank you so much. small business saturday is all about getting customers to support their home grown businesses. nowhere is the buy local movement greater than in austin, texas. it's there that local farmers and suppliers are working with distributors to supply residents the opportunity to stock up with items from their own backyard. >> here piggy, wiggies. >> it doesn't get more local than this. green gate farms located on the outskirts of austin, texas raise rare breed hogs in a wide range of organ...

Venture capitalist. he understands why investors shun local small businesses like green gate, greenling, and little blue stem. >> if you're using financial speak, most of the things that we actually want to preserve in our communities don't make the grade. >> that's why he started an organization called slow money. to encourage investments that pay off by making our communities better places to live through agriculture. >> it's a network of investors and entrepreneurs who are committed to rebuilding local food systems. >> robby larkin is a local austin angel investor. and a member of the slow ...

We broke even. we've been farming in the worst drought in history here this past year. >> green gate is a very small, very local business. it provides food for about 100 families a year. and at the same time, provides income to a fair number of other local businesses and suppliers. >> we're growing. they need organic feed that supports the feed mill. we need fencing. that supports the supply stores. then there's a butcher i need to hire who's going to start making sausages who will sell it to a restaurant. >> more and more local business owners are discovering that spending their money within ...

Which distributes produce from green gate farms they're chapel being the buy local movement and helping the economy of their communities. ♪ [ man #1 ] i was fascinated by balsa wood airplanes ever since i was a kid. [ man #2 ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. to design and create the next greatest thing, takes a lot of imagination and a lot of courage. [ man #3 ] i always wanted to be one of those guys