My father owned a small grocery market, and we prided ourselves on local ingredients and handmade products. I even helped make the sausage, not my favorite task, but it was popular in our neighborhood, we got away from locally based food sellers and growers in the past, but in recent years there is a movement to' eat and buy local.' We can use this enthusiasm to change the way we produce food. We can create jobs and revitalize neighborhoods by making the right investments hand in hand with the good work local governments and community organizations are doing across Ohio and in cities and towns across the country.