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100 Years, 100 Chefs, 100 Recipes
Let’s face it – you can only turn 100 once and you’re lucky if you do. If Local First Arizona makes it to this esteemed ripe old age, a party of epic proportions should ensue. Parades, concerts, huge signs on the highways – all those perks that the state of Arizona gets, we want them too. Continue reading
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Tagged 100 years, 100 years 100 chefs 100 recipes, Arizona, arizona centennial, centennial, cookbook, member spotlight, recipes
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A Local Guide to Keeping Your Dog Happy
If you’re a new dog owner or know of anyone new to the Valley who has a dog, then you know how challenging things can be when the summer hits. How long can you leave little Fifi outdoors? How do you console Fido during the monsoon storm? What native plants are poisonous to Alfie? Continue reading
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Tagged book, dog, dog park, Greater Phoenix, guide, happy dog phoenix, member spotlight, pet
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A Paperback Writer
We’ve always entertained the idea of taking the plunge, leaving the 9 to 5 world, and writing a trashy romance novel. Life as a writer must be heavenly: a room of our own, sleeping children who actually nap, hours of silence, wearing a gold turban filled with amazing plots and adjectives, and subsisting on cups of strong black coffee all day long. Continue reading
Buy local efforts at the neighborhood level
TweetThe concept of buying locally has been taken one step further with the creation of a neighborhood yellow pages. Kathy Seid, a resident of a North Central Phoenix neighborhood, sent an email to her neighbors explaining the benefits of buying … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Businesses, Greater Phoenix
Tagged local, minibuk, neighborhood, yellow pages
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Shopping with the online giants is “green”? Nope.
TweetSome folks shop online thinking that they’re saving money and our fragile ecosystem with a couple of mouse clicks. Not sure how to break it to them, so here’s a video to do it for me. (But about the “saving … Continue reading
Posted in 10% Shift, Books, Economics, Financial, Local First Movement, Shift Arizona
Tagged Books, green, internet, online, shopping
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Big-Box Swindle – A Book By Stacy Mitchell and ILSR – Home
TweetBig-Box Swindle connects the dots between the rise of big-box corporations and the decline of independent businesses. “In less than two decades, large retail chains have become the most powerful corporations in America. In this deft and revealing book, Stacy … Continue reading