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DOUG GOSLING Mother Garden Biodiversity Program Coordinator at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Garden /Manager at Food for Thought If you’ve ever had the good luck to visit the Mother Garden at the Occidental Arts […]
Free the Seed
Farmers and seed growers return locally grown, open-pollinated and open-source seeds to the head of the table. At first glance, the three women hunched over tomato starts in a garden
Adventures in Switchel
A west coast switchel. One of the best developments in millennial drink culture is the embrace of historical beverages that are healthful and delicious with a relatively low carbon footprint.
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Locavortex
California Farmers Climate Pledge As California farmers and ranchers, our livelihoods as well as the ability to feed America entirely depends on the climate. Workingclose to nature, we are the
A Letter from the Editor
Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of On Being, the podcast in which host Krista Tippett interviews the world’s leading thinkers in spirituality, religion, and neuroscience. I was delighted
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Letter from the Editor
I’ll be the first to say that I would be nothing without my community. As a writer, I lean on my friends and colleagues for support, feedback, and cheerleading on
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A River Runs Through It
The Russian River Confluence brought dozens of organizations, county officials, government agencies, and common folks together on March 27 to discuss a unified vision to celebrate and regenerate the Russian River Watershed. In other
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Steers to Skateboards
Youth-driven 4-H clubs from Geyserville to Petaluma grow into the 21st century. On a Saturday afternoon at the 4-H Foundation headquarters in Rohnert Park, the audience for the 2017 Fashion Revue stands for
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Group Hug
At three local spots, food, heart, and community come together as one. We all need that place in our life—more than ever, it seems—where everybody knows our name. A place where conversation and
Flavors of the World
A new book explores the life of Paula Wolfert, local cookbook luminary and renegade spirit. Sonoma County has its fair share of food luminaries, but few have the chops and pedigree of
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