Mirador

Mirador Community Store is a store in Portland, Oregon. Mirador offers vegan and vegetarian cookbooks, “uncookbooks” for raw foodists, special diet books such as for food allergies, health books, juicers, dehydrators, canning equipment, bread making supplies, sprouting equipment, herbal tinctures, flower essences, homeopathics, candles, massage products, essential oils, goods from recycled products, and more.

At the same time that we were deciding how to make a living in a satisfying manner, we were getting increasingly involved in issues of peace and justice in the Portland community. It gradually became clear to us that we didn’t want to spend our lives just protesting bad things; we wanted to be a place that manifested how we wanted the world to be. We were especially interested in helping to rebuild local community. Fortunately for us, the area of Portland that we live in has been undergoing a resurgence in locally-owned businesses for the last few years. There is a lot of character to these businesses and it makes being out in the community a real joy. We wanted to be a part of that because we think it is vital that America stop the slide to corporate commercialism and return to its “main street” roots, albeit in a manner that is more conscious of the implications of what locally owned business means to the greater community.

We feel that putting our energy into Mirador satisfies our need to earn a living, our desire to take an active part in our local, regional and global communities, and our hope of making the world a better place, while supporting people in becoming more conscious of the choices they make while living in this world.