Around 2012, the Sonoma County Food System Alliance (FSA), while working under a funding grant from Sonoma County Health, composed an incredibly comprehensive Food Action Plan following a thorough analysis […]
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A Crisis Hits Home Sonoma County’s affordable housing crisis won’t end until we stop seeing homes as strictly investments Oscar Wilde once said, “A cynic knows the price of everything
In turbulent times, local cannabis farmers face extinction: Part 1. Two years ago, Sonoma County had a thriving cannabis cultivation community. The number of actual growers is hard to estimate
High Tech vs. High Touch Amazon Go, a technology-driven retail grocery experience, announced recently it was opening to the public after a few rounds of beta testing with Amazon employees.
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Preserve Farm Kitchens makes a specialty brand by diverting local produce from the compost bin. Most Americans are wasteful. Not because we’re mean, but because we’re so accustomed to
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The 43% Solution Oliver’s Market president Steve Maass gives employees a stake in company. Over the last few years, Steve Maass, founder and president of Oliver’s Market, started thinking about
Over the last few years, Steve Maass, founder and president of Oliver’s Market, started thinking about how he might want to retire in the near future. How could he do
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No Dinner Out. Santa Rosa renters collectively spend approximately $432 million a year on rent. Thousands of these people are considered “rent-burdened.” What does that mean? If you pay 30 percent or more
A Farmland Mystery. Why is Sonoma County agricultural land so expensive? I’ve almost accepted that asking this question is like asking, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”. But here’s
Legal Cannabis Farming Could Lead to Unique Farmpreneur Mashups. As Sonoma County regulators and policy makers work to figure out where and how to permit cannabis cultivation, a prime opportunity
