Community Building Tip: Shop Local

For my current set of tips, I'm using the list "101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City.

87. Shop local. It’s simple, straightforward, and an easy addition to your routine that supports local businesses, provides community jobs, and reduces transportation costs and carbon emissions.

https://winnebagobuylocal.com/top-10-reasons-to-buy-local/

https://connectourfuture.org/tools/buy-local-campaign/


Find local crafters and other businesses:

https://icraftgifts.com/shop-local.php

https://mylocalcrafters.com/

https://www.independentwestand.org/support-independent-business/search/

https://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/10322/the-ultimate-list-50-local-business-directories.aspx

https://www.podium.com/article/local-business-directory-sites/

Find community supported agriculture, farmer's markets, family farms, food coops, and U-Pick farms near you.

Mushroom Recipes

It occurred to me to look up mushroom cookbooks.  These are listed in approximate order of interest, but all of them seem promising based on the table of contents.

EDIT 1/10/22 -- Bravo! 365 Yummy Mushroom Recipes ordered, other three mushroom cookbooks discarded from list for various reasons.

Bravo! 365 Yummy Mushroom Recipes: A Yummy Mushroom Cookbook for Effortless Meals
Paperback – Illustrated, September 17, 2020
by Mavis Olsen

Mouth Watering Mushroom Recipes: The Only Mushroom Cookbook You Will Ever Need
Paperback – November 9, 2020
by Heston Brown

The New Mushroom Cookbook: Delicious Mushroom Recipes for Every Meal (2nd Edition) Paperback – February 25, 2019
by BookSumo Press

Mushroom Cookbook: Recipes for White & Exotic Varieties
Hardcover – Illustrated, August 19, 2005
by Mimi Brodeur


I found this collection of exotic mushroom recipes.


And I stumbled across this, which costs more than I really want to spend on something I wouldn't use frequently:

The Native American Herbalist’s Bible • 3-in-1 Companion to Herbal Medicine: Theory and practice, field book, and herbal remedies. Everything you ... know from the fields to your apothecary table
Paperback – February 9, 2021
by Linda Osceola Naranjo