Taking a New Take
‘Innovation’ isn’t just about tech; it’s mostly about yield. Growing, producing, and selling local food leads to greater local self-reliance, pure and simple. Currently, we grow less than 1 percent […]
Issues
Tough Love
Quince isn’t a cash crop—it’s a cult crop. Quince is hard to love, and that’s because it’s not easy to eat. Unlike an apple or pear, you can’t simply pluck
Grain Gain
Will our local heritage grain movement save us from ourselves? When Peter and Mimi Buckley started Front Porch Farm, east of Healdsburg in a valley near the Russian River, they
Community Supported What?
Canvas Ranch suspends its CSA as the concept devolves. Deborah Walton doesn’t mind admitting that she’s probably cutting off her nose to spite her face, because she is exactly that
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It’s On
A Letter from the Editor. It’s on. Soil amended and watered and coaxed through the drought; seeds planted and watered and coaxed through the drought; trees pruned and lightened and
Historically Delicious
On the mysterious trail of the Bodega Red potato. This is a story of buried treasure. The tale of a wayward sailor, Luther Burbank, Chilean immigrants, Mexican land grants, an
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Love’s Labors
‘The Organic Life’ documents a couple’s year on the farm. When Austin Blair met Casey Beck in college, he had just dropped out of an engineering program and she was
Question Authority
Naturalist Peter Bergen helps kids understand the world by asking questions of it. The trick is this: Your Ring of Awareness should be larger than your Ring of Disturbance. We
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Folks You Should Know – David Goodman
Executive Director of Redwood Empire Food Bank. With this issue, we launch a new page that gives you a quick snapshot of a North Bay resident we think you should
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Miles of Aisles
Amid an increasingly corporate landscape, local grocer longevity really matters. Our local markets are ablaze with candles, and yet none of them look a day over 29. It is with