Small-Town Auctions Sell Food, Good Times
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Country auction are drawing customers from far-off country towns into a swirl of barbeque and homemade pies and twangy music.
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From their trucks to your favorite restaurant's tables.
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Stay close to home for lower food prices.
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It's barely a town &#151; a country crossing is more like it. Not much to it, really, except for a Thursday-night auction hall, a spring-fed swimming pool and a few homes framed by cornfields.
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It's cool to have a lock on a fast-growing market. Or two. Or 12.
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Sometimes the best way to do good is to use a little entrepreneurial spirit.
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The Badgley Mischka spring collection offers a grand mix of town and country.
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Advocates for small farms aim to parlay success of coffee sales to other consumer food staples. By Michael Hill. Mark Van Wormer is a fair trade coffee guy.
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Mr. Market's recent mood offers some valuable lessons.
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Investing in small caps that have big bets in one market can sometimes bring rich rewards.
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By Randy Myers, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 15--Good deeds hold more value than fat wallets in the tight weave of the Friendly Favors Web community.
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Sep. 12--An empty lot does our city no good, especially in a thriving business district. So, when a market such as Rancho Liborio comes knocking in a town where people have been wanting more business, it seems only natural to expect a welcome mat.
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You could smell the excitement and the enthusiasm as dinner cooked at Doeâs Eat Place in downtown Little Rock on Wednesday night.
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Low-income families eat better when given vouchers to farmers' markets.
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The local merchant social network brings some complementary elements to Citysearch's offering.
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When taxis began to arrive from the railway station bearing a small flock of art dealers from London, the small country auction rooms suspected something was up.
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In this small town near the Amalfi Coast, people are deeply conscious of their role as keepers of a noodle tradition for a nation.