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This is Part 2, a continuation of Aiman's visit to a local nursery, Glendale Farms in Milford, Connecticut to buy plants and vegetables for his mom's backyard garden. In this video, Aiman talks about the importance of buying locally whenever possible. Some of the reasons include reducing pollution and waste, strengthening local economy, providing and creating jobs especially to local teenagers, build community, reducing or lowering taxes, increase property valuation, giving back, encourage local prosperity - amenities, better school, parks, beaches etc.... The name of the nursery is Glendale Farms. This is one of Aiman's parents favorite nurseries for many many years. It is a huge nursery. They have everything a gardener wants and wish for. They're not only inexpensive as opposed to big box stores and garden centers such as Lowes and Home Depot or local grocery stores such as Walmart, Shoprite, Stop&Shop, Adam's, Iga etc., but there are many benefits to buying and supporting your local family-owned businesses. We will explain in greater details the benefits of supporting local businesses in second part of this video coming up next... Glendale Farms is a third-generation family-owned farm specializing in annuals, vegetable plants, ground covers, seasonal ornamentals, hay and straw. In business since 1917, Glendale has earned an excellent reputation as one of Connecticut's oldest and most respected growers. It is located at 203 Herbert Street. It's website is http://www.glendalefarms.com/aboutUs. About Glendale Farms: THE ASTRIAB FAMILY...founded Glendale Farms in 1917.Through the 1950's it was a typical New England "truck farm." We raised vegetables, maintained a small apple orchard, and cared for a milking herd of about twenty Holstein cows, a dozen or so hogs, a few dozen chickens and a handful of mules and horses. By the end of the 50's, virtually all the livestock was sold. During the 60's, the second generation of our family began expanding our greenhouse operation, growing flowers and vegetables for wholesale and some retail, and taking care of our own need for vegetable plants to put out in the fields. We also expanded our vegetable growing operation on leased land in Milford and Orange. Beans, our principal crop, were harvested with one of Connecticut's first mechanical bean harvesters, making us one of the state's largest producers at the time. We also grew tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, peppers, squash, cucumbers, eggplant and pumpkins. With the arrival of the 80's however, most of the land was lost to development, and vegetable farming was no longer viable. During the 80's and 90's, the third generation of our family continued expanding our greenhouse operation, and now grow some 300 varieties of annuals, vegetables plants, ground covers, poinsettias, mums and Easter flowers in a 35-greenhouse, 150,000 square foot facility, serving both the wholesale and retail markets. Glendale Farms 203 Herbert Street Milford, CT 06461 203-874-7203 . ⊰⊱ EYEONAIMAN (Eye On Aiman) ⊰⊱