Thursday, December 18, 2008

The economy on our San Francisco Tours

On our San Francisco Tours, we are affected by the economy just like most of us. The question for us is how we react on our San Francisco Food Tours. Do we turn to what appears to be the lowest cost suppliers or do we take a more realistic views of what is really the lowest cost on our San Francisco Culinary Tours?

The question confronting us on our San Francisco Tours is confronting all of us.  When we engage in a race to the bottom for costs, we end up pushing others in our communities lower and set up the path for us to follow. As we see on our San Francisco Food Tours, when we force to compete with others making less than a living wage, our incomes as go down, as all of us end competing with other making less than a living wage.  As we see on on our San Francisco Culinary Tours, when we advocate to lift up others, we are all lifted up.

On our San Francisco Tours, the coffee we enjoy is fair trade coffee. That means on our San Francisco Food Tours, we can enjoy the coffee, but also feel good about it, knowing that the people growing are making enough income to support their families. Or, we know that the bread from the bakeries on our San Francisco Culinary Tours supports our communities.


Sunday, December 7, 2008

Buying Locally on our San Francisco Tours

On our San Francisco tours, we realize the importance for buying locally.  In a slow economy, this becomes even more important.  Buying locally supports our neighbors in a time when they need our help the most. As we see on our San Francisco Food Tours, we see how shopping in our communities lifts us all up.  These local merchants can adjust to our local needs. It can be tempting to forget this in difficult times. As we see on our San Francisco culinary tours, we need to look beyond the short terms and shop in a way that supports our communities in the short and term.