Food Access Focus: City Slicker Farms Gets a Permanent Home
November 19, 2010
Urban Farming in West Oakland gets a much needed boost.
The Transparency Business
November 5, 2010
As the number of farmers markets goes up, market managers work to maintain
transparency despite flawed infrastructure.
A Local Loaf
October 22, 2010
Expert tips on the best local ingredients for baking artisan bread. Recipe included!
Fresh and Frozen
October 15, 2010
Fishing for sustainability? Alldrin and Sons catch, freeze and sell wild Alaska salmon.
Growing School Gardens
October 8, 2010
Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachel Pringle of the SF Green Schoolyard Alliance spell out their new how-to book on school gardening and the garden-based education movement.
Fresh Off the Presses: Two New Artisan Tortillas
September 24, 2010
Handmade tortillas aren’t just delcious, they’re also the kind of added-value product that help makes sustainable farming possible.
A Plot of Her Own
September 3, 2010
Annabelle Lenderink is in a unique position to grow the unusual and heirloom vegetable varieties she finds most interesting.
Eating Local: More Reasons Than Meals in the Day
August 27, 2010
The local food movement is about much more than food miles. Advocates sound off about compelling reasons to support local farms.
The Good, The Bad, and the EVOO
August 20, 2010
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO). It’s a label you’ll find on a wide variety of products, but what does it really mean?
Stop! Pickle Time
August 13, 2010
Happy Girl Kitchen has been selling traditional, fermented half-sour pickles at the Ferry Plaza this summer. And, “people have fun eating them in the market place like a popsicle.”
A Walk in the Ag Park
August 6, 2010
Urban farming is on the tip of everyone’s tongues these days. But what about peri-urban farming, or growing food at the urban edge?
The Farmer and The Fisherman
July 23, 2010
Farmer and fisherman agreed that the issue of water in California is less about agriculture versus fishing than it is about big business versus public interest.