I believe that supporting local businesses is so important. It helps sustain the local economy and supports local community members. One of my favorite local businesses is CAROLINA GROWN. They source from local North Carolina Farmers and Ranchers and deliver their fresh, seasonal LOCAL products to your door! That's right they even deliver!

What does Carolina Grown believe in? Eat Healthy. Eat Local. Eat Well. "By choosing pastured meats and fresh fruits and vegetables, you choose foods filled with numerous dietary benefits not typically found in mass-produced foods. By choosing Carolina Grown, you choose meats and produce from farms and ranches in North Carolina, keeping state farms functioning and contributing to the local economy. By choosing us, you choose humane treatment of animals, nutritional food, and a wide variety of goods that will create your family's menu without breaking the bank."

I've been a very happy subscriber to Carolina Grown for many months now. I love that you are able to choose which products you want delivered each week and that you see exactly where you products are coming from. I typically order: farm fresh milk, farm fresh eggs, farm fresh heavy whipping cream, seasonal fruits and vegetables {that I'm not growing myself} and grains.


When I was approached by BlogFrog to write a post about a local business I love I knew it would be Carolina Grown. I love what they're doing in our community so much so that I've nominated them for a for the Intuit Love a Local Business campaign.

You can Vote for Carolina Grown OR you can nominate your own favorite small business by visiting Intuit’s Love a Local Busines page.

Have fun being the voice of online entrepreneurs!

Bonus: Why not go and nominate yourself for Intuit’s Love A Local Business competition, and then encourage your readers to vote for you? Intuit is helping small businesses achieve their dreams by awarding $25,000 each month to a local business! Note – votes are like raffle tickets – the more votes a business has the more chances they have to win.

It’s been very exciting starting my own business, so I’m curious to know: What dream business would you love to start? By replying you will be entered to win an iPad 2!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Intuit’s Love A Local Business competition. The opinions and text are all mine. Contest runs July 6 to August 9, 2011. A random winner will be announced by August 11, 2011. Official Contest Rules