Little lessons from the prairie.

The boutique owner on Main Street and the farmer selling produce and meat from their farm: They're part of our economy, and their money circulates in our communities, too. Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books taught me to be grateful for the luxuries of modern life on the Kansas prairie. But with the supply chain disruptions we're seeing, those prairie dresses may be all that's available to us for the foreseeable future. [Extracted from the article]