Category Archives: farmer’s market
Worth It
Infographic reprinted with permission of the clever folks of CustomMade.
Eat Local Challenge!
Happy May Day–and welcome to the SIXTH (–are we counting right, Stefanie?) Annual Eat Local Challenge. You can register and officially accept the challenge here. Just email (HogtownHomeGrown@gmail.com) your: First Name Last … Continue reading
Gainesville Compost keeps on rocking
Awesome update from our friends at Gainesville Compost! EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS: * Recently, we have become involved in a mentor group along with five other recycling small businesses in the Gainesville area. … Continue reading
What’s going on
Brighten your dreary day with some cool happenings: (Presented, as always, in no particular order) Today is the Spirit of Gainesville Awards, and you bet we’ll be covering that. Read … Continue reading
Found.
It’s that time of the year again . . . when we first hear . . . This. On a different note, here’s just a few things we’re looking forward … Continue reading
Whirlwind
Happy 20th Birthday to Wild Iris Books, one of few locally-owned independent book stores. Stop by and celebrate at their “Living History” event tonight, starting at 7:30. The guys from … Continue reading
Tree Gators and other things….
Are LOCAL Foods Are Worth the Cost? A CEO of a big-box organic grocery store weighs in—what do you think about LOCAL? Have seen/heard about the Rock Paper Scissors Tournaments … Continue reading
Indie businesses–by the numbers (or, why local?!)
Number of new independent bookstores that have opened since 2005: 437 Increase since 2002 in the number of small specialty food stores: 1,414 Increase since 2002 in the number of … Continue reading
What to Do? This, this, this, and this.
Happening this weekend (that you don’t want to miss!): Tonight is ArtWalk. We love ArtWalk. “The mission of Artwalk is to promote the arts as an active, vibrant, and essential … Continue reading
You asked, we answer
1. “How did you get started?” Indiegainesville was started when we saw the need to share the extraordinary independent businesses and supportive community in this city. While we didn’t expect … Continue reading
