Lessons from a Fire Ecology
Lessons from a Fire Ecology By Leilani Clark A few times a year, Edward Willie tends to the last remaining dogbane patch in Sonoma County. Situated on a three-acre preserve […]
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Watershed Protector Powers, Activate!
How an unprecedented disaster led to an unprecedented coordinated action to keep toxic ash out of the Russian River watershed. For 26 years, Jim Cadden lived with his wife Carol
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Locavortex
Sonoma Family Meal: Healthy, Dignified Comfort Food for Fire Victims. Erin Havstad’s life lately has been awash in compiling personal property lists, managing a complex home rebuilding process, commuting to
A Letter from the Editor
Nourish, Recover, and Rebuild. Like everyone else in Sonoma County, I was impacted by the devastating North Bay fires. On October 8, just before 11pm, I ran out of my
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Locavox
Ronni Sands Garden Teacher at Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm Willow Summer Author and Garden Teacher Soon after meeting, Willow Summer and Ronni Sands knew they would write a book
A Spot for Tea
Local tea businesses brew up different approaches to an ancient commodity. Originally embraced by Buddhist monks in China who drank it for medicinal and spiritual purposes, tea has grown in popularity
No Spray Zone
The Toxic Free Future campaign wants to end the use of Roundup on public land in Sonoma County. Hidden Valley Park on the northeastern edge of Santa Rosa lives up
What’s in our Made Local Holiday Gift Bag?
I’m convinced that food—when chosen expressly with your giftee’s particular taste buds in mind—is the very best holiday gift. It doesn’t have to be stored for long periods of time,
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Relief in Sight The holidays are a perfect time to give to our communities. And as the North Bay recovers from devastating October 2017 fires, there’s no better time to
Sonoma County Farmers’ Markets
Cloverdale Cloverdale Community Farmers’ Market Good eats and good farmers. 225 N. Cloverdale Blvd., in the empty lot next to Plank Coffee. TUE through December, 3pm to 6pm. Rain
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