by Jen Risley | Blog, Eat Indie Local, News
For our second week of Eat Indie Local Month, we’ll focus on the land. Who is cultivating farmland and healthy soils in your community and throughout North America? Follow along on social media, and share your discoveries (please tag your posts with...
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
From Local First (CO): Farm to Fingers is a full-service catering company that works with local farmers and small businesses to integrate their ethically produced goods into grazing boards and catered meals. The company began as a small operation, primarily making...
by Jen Risley | Blog, Independents Month, Move Your Money, News
“Amid the chaos and breakdown of our time, imagining such a thing as economic system change can seem daunting, overwhelming, impossible,” said Marjorie Kelly, a distinguished senior fellow at the Democracy Collaborative. “The truth is system change is already emerging...
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
From Business NH Magazine: Modern grocery stores may have rows of checkout lines and massive aisles half the length of a football field chock full of products, but Monadnock Food Co-op in Keene has created a welcoming place that makes sure no matter a person’s...
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
Please & Thank You Cookie Shop, based in Louisville, KY, received last year’s US Today Readers Choice Award for Best Cookies in America. Brooke Vaughn owns this bakery/record shop. “I wanted it to feel like your living room,” Vaughn said....
by Jen Risley | Indie Local Businesses, News
From Alaska Journal of Commerce: If you live in Anchorage, you know the bakery is “line around the corner” popular. Sure, part of it is because of their delicious baked goods and cozy, welcoming spaces, but it’s also due to their investment in community, from jazz...
