The Executive Summary - 11/24 - 11/28

This week, a special edition of The Executive Summary, on the business and economics of Thanksgiving.

How far would you go for your pumpkin spice? Probably not as far as early explorers did in their quest for cinnamon. 

How Americans celebrated Thanksgiving in 1918.

The Swinomish tribe's climate action plan to save the "first foods" - including clams, oysters, and salmon - in northwestern Washington.

Many people canceled their Thanksgiving plans this year. How’s that affecting the market for turkeys?

The first Black Friday, in 1869.

Mesquite has been a staple in indigenous diets for centuries. As the planet warms, could it be the future of sustainable agriculture in the Southwest?

Send any suggestions, leads, or other ideas for this section to Associate Editor Ashton Merck, who is still locked out of her Twitter account.