New law aimed at stemming farm market fraud whacks good producers instead. Change is coming to California certified farmers’ markets, and while consumers may not notice the difference, vendors and […]
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A letter from the editor. “Thank you dirt, thanks a bunch, for my salad, my sandwich, my milk, and my munch. Cuz dirt, you made my lunch.” ~ Banana Slug
What we can learn from fresh beef, canned corn, and other million dollar groceries. There are 493,000—give or take a new baby or two—of us residing here in Sonoma County.
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‘On Her Own’ documents the last generation on Gleason Ranch. If one were under any misapprehension that farming is romantic work in which one dreamily moves from field to flower
A food forest grows at Chickweed Patch in Petaluma. Suzanne Mackey leads the way through a berry bush-lined path of her backyard, next to a greenhouse made entirely of recycled
All the many reasons why Phil Coturri covers his crops. April 1 is an auspicious day to meet famed organic grape grower Phil Coturri, because April 1 is the day
How carbon farming might be the Earth’s last best chance. Since the advent of agriculture about 10,000 years ago, when the tilling and disruption of soil became a signature mark
From green bin to black gold at Sonoma Compost. Halfway through a tour of Sonoma Compost, on a hill above the green rolling valleys of Petaluma, I stick my hand
Singing Frogs Farm and the great no-till, mega-compost experiment. Editor’s note: This excerpt adapted with permission from ‘The Drought Fighter,’ originally published in ‘Craftsmanship Magazine.’ The complete article can be
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Executive Director of California Climate and Agricultural Network (calCAN). Renata Brillinger is the co-founder and executive director of the California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN) coalition, which is devoted to advancing public
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