Celebrating cactus and Mexican heritage
July 22, 2014 – When people ask me how to save water in their edible gardens during this year of drought, my answer is two words: prickly pear. It’s a joke that I find knee-slapping hilarious—but also...
View ArticleFirst Olive Growers Festival set for Carmel Valley
October 21, 2014 – Local growers will celebrate the early 2014 olive harvest at the 1st Annual Carmel Valley Olive Growers Fest on Saturday, November 8, 2014. “We have beautiful oils here. They can...
View ArticleBattlefields to Farmfields: Farmer-Vet Movement is heading our way
October 28, 2014 – After debuting in dozens of cities and towns around the United States including California, the award-winning documentary Ground Operations: Battlefields to Farmfields is finally...
View ArticleSanta Cruz SLOW FOODIES RETURN FROM TERRA MADRE ENERGIZED AND INSPIRED
November 11, 2014 – With a whopping 100,000 members worldwide, Slow Food International holds the largest food event in the world every two years. It’s called Terra Madre and is held in Torino in the...
View ArticleMOVIES ON FOOD AND FARMING INFILTRATE THE MAINSTREAM: FOOD CHAINS AND OCCUPY...
November 25, 2014 – You know popular culture is changing when documentaries about food and farming open at mainstream multiplex theatres rather than at, say, your local church basement. With its...
View ArticleSoil is the Solution at 35th EcoFarm Conference
December 23, 2014 – The Ecological Farming Association conference has put the “eco” into “ag” for over three decades, providing a forum for people to learn to grow food organically with the support of...
View ArticleOrganic Pioneers Grew More than Organic Produce, they also grew a Market for It
Jan 27, 2015 – The 35th Annual Ecological Farming Association Conference (January 21-24, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California) offered many take-away messages with its eight plenary...
View ArticleIN THE FIELD: OUR DAILY BREAD
Reclaiming wheat on the Central Coast Local wheat. Photo by Angela Aurelio Photography by Angela Aurelio, Margaux Gibbons and Liz Birnbaum “A wheat breeder friend once said to me, ‘If we don’t get...
View ArticleChef and author Deborah Madison talks veggies, meat and avocados
March 16, 2015 – Deborah Madison is by turns funny, emphatic, and quirky, with a questioning mind and sparkling eyes. Given her long list of honors, including three James Beard Awards and two Julia...
View ArticleTOMATO TALK: A Q&A WITH TOMATO ‘JEDI MASTER’ NADINE SCHAEFFER
In spring, when tomato-maniacs are deciding which varieties to squish into their home gardens, there are more tomato events—talks, workshops, sales, etc.—than you can shake a stick at. Less so in fall....
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