David ResSeguie: Our guiding mission is that we’re individual people and we have our own individual needs, but we come together to nourish community, and community nourishes us in return.
Brisket (50501): Hello Eugene. This is Brisket, your friendly neighborhood activist urging you to support one of your local grocers.
Presenter: From the protest group 50501, your friendly neighborhood activist Brisket is boycotting the billionaire-owned and Amazon-affiliated food store Whole Foods. Brisket has been asking why it’s so important to support local producers and distributors, and recently visited with David ResSeguie at Sundance.
David ResSeguie (Sundance Natural Foods): There’s a lot of value to be had from independent businesses, local businesses, keeping money local. That’s why we tend to focus on that at Sundance. We try to encourage small vendors who are just starting out and we’ll give them the space that they may not deserve in terms of sales, just give them exposure and to give them a chance to succeed…