Crafting Community
SAY Dream Center finds kindness literally coming out of the closet. The new residents settling into their rooms at Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) Dream Center this year won’t be storing […]
Crafting Community Read More »
Grow Local
Kelp!
Ocean Rich Seaweed is a regenerative super food that can help heal the earth. All we have to do is to eat it. The Pacific Ocean heaves forward one breath
Growing Together
Late in September, on a hilly, sun-baked property at the foot of Sonoma Mountain, Vince and Jenny Trotter spent three days in the heat hand-shelling late summer beans, grown on
Fruit of the Earth
In praise of the amazing, indestructible, utterly delicious, hard-working mushroom. The largest living organism on Earth lies just under the ground in Eastern Oregon. Spanning some 2,200 acres, it is
Fruit of the Earth Read More »
U-Cut Christmas Tree Farms
It’s a safe bet that every farm listed for U-Cut Christmas trees will be open the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve, but it’s always wise to call ahead and
U-Cut Christmas Tree Farms Read More »
A Growing Crowd
Barnraiser’s bumper crop of innovators bring the sexy back to food. Barn raising was the original crowd-sourcing. Back in the day, members of a community got together and literally hoisted
Pressing On
Sebastopol Farmers’ Market manager Paula Downing set to retire. In 1991 or so, Paula Downing was newly transplanted to Sonoma County from rural Oregon, working as a paralegal and having
Golden Globes
Where to go to pick—and pick up—your pumpkin this autumn. Eastside Seasonal Farm and Pumpkin Patch eastsideseasonalfarm.com Meet Wink the donkey, pet goats, climb and get lost in hay
Ancient Activism
Local gleaners save the harvest, just as they’ve done for thousands of years. Food waste is a hot topic in 2015. According to a report by the National Resources Defense
Coming Into Bloom
The slow flower movement takes seed in the North Bay. As the founder of California Sister Floral Design Co., Nichole Skalski knows flowers. Still, it wasn’t until she was struck