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This Halloween 🎃 Choose Indie Local
Halloween is a great time to Choose Indie Local. Total Halloween spending is expected to reach a record $12.2 billion, exceeding last year’s record of $10.6 billion.
This Fall 🍁 Shop Small
Why promote Shop Indie Local early this holiday season? Because more of us are shopping early for holiday gifts.
Nicole Barnett, Owner of Rubber Rose Books
From IndieBound: Nicole Barnett single-handedly owns and operates Rubber Rose Books & Print in...
Carlo Petrini, Founder of Slow Food: Good, Clean, and Fair
We celebrate this month’s Local Legend, the late Robyn Van En who co-founded the very first community supported agriculture (CSA) project on this continent.
Local and Regenerative: Rethinking Food Systems
How are communities working regionally and locally to ensure their food system is as robust, regenerative, and fair as possible?
Good Food Collective: Colorado Local Legend Award Winner
From Local First (CO): Good Food Collective (Durango, CO) connects local farmers, producers, and...
Robyn Van En: Pioneer in the North American CSA Movement
We celebrate this month’s Local Legend, the late Robyn Van En who co-founded the very first community supported agriculture (CSA) project on this continent.
What’s Our Why? Eat Indie Local
What’s Our WHY? Help us shape our answer. As we prepare for our second Eat Indie Local campaign, we want to dive into our WHY.
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Shining a Light on Local First Arizona
In this issue of The Main Street Journal, we’re pleased to interview Kimber Lanning, the founder and CEO of Local First Arizona.
Unfulfilled: Amazon and the American Retail Landscape
A new report from Civic Economics: Unfulfilled: Amazon and the American Retail Landscape builds a deep understanding of how Amazon affects small businesses and communities across the nation — and how those impacts have changed over the years.
Support the California Employee Ownership Act
From the American Sustainable Business Network TAKE ACTION: Sign-On to Support the California Employee Ownership Act California Senate Bill 1407, the California Employee Ownership Act, introduced by Senator Josh Becker in February 2022, will educate business owners...
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2022 Independent Business Survey: Top Challenges and Policy Priorities
ILSR’s 2022 Independent Business Survey looks at market concentration in our economy and how it is impacting independent business owners.