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The Turquoise Room at La Posada

June 29, 2012 By admin

Celebrating Southwest Flavors Winslow, Arizona · By Gary Paul Nabhan When you leave the noonday heat of the Painted Desert and come into the cool, colorful halls of the historic La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona, it sometimes feels as though you are going back in time. Designed by pioneering Southwest architect Mary Colter at […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Arts and Culture, Business - small (<20 employees), Culinary Arts, SW book

Phyllis Hogan’s Winter Sun

June 29, 2012 By admin

Reverence and Reciprocity Flagstaff, Arizona · By Ashley Rood and Rose Houk Phyllis Hogan lives life according to her own script. Applied ethnobotanist-trader, mother-community leader, mentor-scholar, activist-musician – these are the many roles she assumes as part of her philosophy of reverence and reciprocity. Phyllis’s business, Winter Sun Trading Company, is in a historic building […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Arts and Culture, SW book

Southwest Windpower

June 29, 2012 By admin

Doing Good for the World Flagstaff, Arizona · By Rose Houk Andy Kruse’s story is a classic one: he and a friend started messing around with wind turbines in a garage “out in the cinder hills” near Flagstaff, Arizona. The year was 1987, and he and David Calley had visions of harnessing this source of […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - small (<20 employees), Energy and Green Building, New Mexico, Renewable Energy, SW book, Wind

Stargate Valley Farms

June 29, 2012 By admin

Realizing Dreams under the Stars Holbrook, Arizona · By Roger Clark To many people in their sixties, retirement means days filled with hitting golf balls, playing bridge with friends, or traveling the world. But Carol Poore and Dennis Swayda had another dream: to own a farm and raise goats. The couple milk sixteen dairy goats […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - family, Direct: farmers markets, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Processing, Sheep and goats, SW book, Value added, Vegetables

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