Small Business Saturday is held each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The focus is to shop small business and celebrate local community. When you shop small business, you are helping communities to thrive. Small businesses can have anywhere from 1 to 150 employees. Small businesses are your local pizza shops and restaurants. They are your friends Etsy shop or direct sales business. It's the consignment sale you go to twice a year, and the car wash ...
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Locavore Directory: Top 6 From the First 6 Weeks
We are now six weeks into our Locavore Project, and I'm amazed by how easy it is to get our fresh items close to home. I'll admit, I have purchased produce that is grown out of the region (lemon and pineapples), but we chose to support a local, privately owned business when we did. We have been investigating many small businesses, farms, and purveyors over the last month and we are beginning to compile a directory of our favorites. Here are the top 6 from the first 6 ...
Locavore Project
Over the next 90-days, my family is going to give up the grocery stores in an effort to eat locally and sustainably. Can we get what we need to nourish ourselves from local, independent sources? I can't wait to share our journey with you! Where Did This Crazy Idea Come From? Two years ago today, I read an article called Our Year Without Groceries by Clare Adams. It circulated on Facebook for a while, and when I read it, it resonated with me. It was our second ...
Picture This … Grocery Shopping in a Small Town
Picture this ... You are walking down the sidewalk of your town's main street. There is a butcher shop mid-block selling beautiful steaks, chops, and poultry. You walk in. The butcher greets you by name, asks how's the family, and then the conversation goes to what are you looking for today. You trust this artisan, so you tell him you need a roast that will serve 6. Not how many pounds of meat, or which piece you want off of a shrink-wrapped styrofoam board. ...
Xfinity: Bringing the Smart Home to the Next Level
** Thank you to Comcast Xfinity for sponsoring this post. #XfinityMoms #AD Growing up, we watched The Jetson's with their video phones, computers, and autonomous homes. I remember being a kid, adjusting the rabbit ears on my father's television, and laughing, "Do you think we will ever have video phones?" Less than 30 years later, and not only do we have video phones, we have extremely powerful computers that are small enough to fit in our pocket. These ...