Month: June 2026

You’ve probably seen the bumper stickers. You’ve heard the pitch around the holidays. Shop local. Buy local. Support small businesses. It’s easy to nod along and then click “add to cart” anyway, because convenience is powerful and the price difference is real. But here’s what the data actually shows: shopping local isn’t just a feel-good gesture. It’s one of the […]

There are towns in Arizona that announce themselves with billboards and big box stores. Patagonia is not one of them. Tucked into a green valley at 4,000 feet elevation between the Santa Rita Mountains to the north and the Patagonia Mountains to the south, this former silver mining town of under 1,000 people hits you quietly — brightly painted storefronts, […]