Rabbit Redux
A European ancestral staple, rabbit meat is on the comeback—unless it rains. In 2013, a disease outbreak ravaged the North Bay, and when the dust had settled, Eric Shevchenko’s small […]
Issues
Saving the Season
Putting up the harvest doesn’t just fill our pantries—it preserves community. Abundance is something we can influence, but not control. A bumper crop operates on its own schedule, forcing you to
Folks You Should Know – Amber Twitchell
Director, VOICES Sonoma. Amber Twitchell is the director of VOICES, a youth-developed and -led community center that provides services to former and current foster youth, homeless youth, and other disconnected
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Food Action Heros!
Follow the Rooster to support the system. Riley has committed to visiting a farmers’ market every week. Siska is hosting a farm-to-table dinner at home. The Sandoval family is joining
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Look Around You
A letter from the editor. I had a little breakdown in a La Pine, OR, grocery store this summer. It wasn’t merely the Foodie Snob Sob of someone regularly privileged
Suds and Spirits – Sep/Oct
Thinkin’ to drinkin’, we offer a rotating round of spots we love. BEER CLOVERDALE ALE COMPANY’S RUTH MCGOWAN’S BREWPUB ruthmcgowansbrewpub.com | 707.894.9610 131 E. First St., Cloverdale Open Monday-Thursday,
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YIMBY
With Sonoma Compost’s imminent closure, clamoring for waste in our backyards. Feedlots, otherwise known as Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), are agricultural systems defined not simply by how many animals
Double the Money
New farm market economics. It may not be fishes and loaves, but the amount of food a CalFresh recipient can purchase at many farmers’ markets has just doubled nicely. Farmers’
World on a Plate
The ‘OAEC Cookbook’ encourages us to eat widely and well. There are perhaps some things that the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) folks can do that you can’t. Live
Yes, There Is Such a Thing
Free lunches for students in Sonoma County. The Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) is committed to helping to feed the estimated 82,000 of your neighbors who go hungry each month—even
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