Jessica's Blog — shop local
How Do We Care For Each Other? or Creating the Shtetl We Want to Live In.
Posted by Jessica Duncan on
We can care for those we love, and we can care for complete strangers. We see it every day. We do it every day. Community care happens despite atrocities. Community care happens because of atrocities.
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- Tags: Community, Connections, Conscious Consumers, Conscious Entrepreneurs, Ethical consumerism, Ethical Values, Giving Back, Human Rights, Local Business, Local Food, shop local
Reciprocity
Posted by Jessica Duncan on
“You might rightly observe that we no longer live in small, insular societies, where generosity and mutual esteem structure our relations. But we could. It is within our power to create such webs of interdependence, quite outside the market economy. Intentional communities of mutual self-reliance and reciprocity are the wave of the future, and their currency is sharing. The move toward a local food economy is not just about freshness and food miles and carbon footprints and soil organic matter. It is all of those things, but it’s also about the deeply human desire for connection, to be in reciprocity...
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- Tags: Connections, Conscious Entrepreneurs, Ethical Entrepreneurs, famers markets, Farmers' Markets, Female Entrepreneur, Food Banks, Granola, independent businesses, Indigenous Rights, Local Business, shop local, Small Business, Social Justice, Successful Business
Gone Camping?
Posted by Jessica Duncan on
To thank you for doing your part to lower the curve while supporting BC businesses, I am continuing to offer you a 10% discount on all orders over $50.00 between now and Labour Day.
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- Tags: buy local, BuyBC, Camping food, Discount, Easy breakfast, Gone Camping, Grain-Free Granola, Healthy Eating, Local Food, Promo, shop local, Singing Bowl NO GRAIN Granola, Summer food, Vancouver Island Food
7 EXCELLENT REASONS TO HOTFOOT IT TO YOUR LOCAL FARMERS’ MARKET
Posted by J & G Duncan on
Sometimes, small really is beautiful. Especially when it comes to sourcing what we eat. Hands down, the shopping experience at the farmers’ market always gets more thumbs up than throwing our dollars at the big, ever-growing corporate chains. Each and every time you visit a farmers’ market and spend a little of your hard earned cash, the entire community wins big. You walk away with some amazing local products while your local producers walk away to spend your money within your shared community. Everybody walks away connected and happy that they have played an important part in some one else’s...