Waste Not, Want Not

November 19, 2010

An interview with author and food waste expert, Jonathan Bloom.

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?