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Carnivorous Inclinations: Your Guide to Locally Sourced Meat by Playalina Nelson In challenging times, looking for angles of optimism can help us get through—and writing this piece, I think I […]
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Stories of Hope One Stitch at a Time: How a few women created the mask-making machine of North Bay Sewists Unite! It was not the kind of spring “break”
Locavortex – “Grow Local” Program & Snapshot of a Local Maker
If you’re one of the first female vintners in the county, what might you do with your influence? For Judy Jordan, formerly of J Vineyards and Winery, the answer was
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Locavortex: Small Farm Doesn’t Mean Low Tech
For many, the countryside of Sonoma County epitomizes a certain rustic chic, a nostalgic adventure through a bygone era conjuring up lopsided barns, rusted pitchforks, and apples overflowing from splintered
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Locavortex: A Green New Deal for Agriculture
One of America’s earliest nationwide ecological disasters unfolded a century ago. Urged by railroad companies, land speculators, and the U.S. government, farmers flooded the American West, bringing unsustainable practices to
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Locavortex: After the Flood
In late February, as most people already know, a stalled atmospheric river caused severe flooding in Guerneville, Sebastopol, and other areas, partially or totally destroying many businesses and homes across
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Locavortex: Slow Food
2018 Snail of Approval Winners Last year, we wrote about the very first Snail of Approval awards from Slow Food of Sonoma County, which recognize local restaurants and food producers
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Locavortex: Farmer Trading Cards & more
In August, CAFF/The Farmers Guild premiered brand-spanking-new farmer trading cards at the Gravenstein Apple Fair. We talked to Evan Wiig, director of membership and communications, for the stats on the
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Locavortex: Out and About
Who doesn’t love a good map? In this hyper-digital era, old-fashioned paper maps hold the promise of true adventure and explorations of places otherwise missed with the quick scroll of
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Lunch at the Library The Lunch at the Library program was developed by the California Library Association in 2013, after librarians noticed an influx of hungry kids acting up and