At Tony Caputo’s Market and Deli, purchasing a holiday gift of chocolate is not a trivial indulgence. Amid its wisely cultivated selection of what really are the kings and queens of the chocolate world is the sense that a gift of food can be a deeply memorable, thoughtful, and socially conscientious gesture during this holiday [...]

Keeping in line with the emphasis on local entrepreneurship for the holiday season, the People’s Market, a popular offering during the summer in downtown Salt Lake City, will reopen for two sessions, Dec. 5 and Dec. 12, at Trolley Square’s south amphitheater from noon to 8 p.m. each day. The market, according to founder Kyle [...]

In David Hess’ new book, ‘Localist Movements in a Global Economy: Sustainability, Justice, and Urban Development in the United States,’ the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor, a widely acknowledged authority on the values and economics of public policy, sees the significance of the “buy local” movement in terms of revitalizing the economy and escaping “from the [...]