You can tell when a shop actually cares about where its products come from. Not just a sign on the wall saying “support local.” Real relationships with the people who make the things on the shelves.
This little Idaho shop is full of work from local hands. Pottery from a woman who digs her own clay. Jam from a family orchard that has been around for three generations.
Wool blankets knitted by a grandmother who still does not use a pattern. I picked up a ceramic mug and the shopkeeper told me the potter’s name, where she works, how long she has been throwing clay. That is the difference here…