We are continuing the process of downsizing our production in order to accomplish some of our goals, such as building an agritourism vacation rental to generate income, and to build ourselves a place to live so we can stop paying rent. As part of this plan, we have leased out…
Overlapping the Slow Food North Bay region is the California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) garden club, many members of which are also Slow Food members. CRFG is in 35 countries, but kept the “California” name as its where it started. A recent club meeting had 105 varieties of fruit to taste! Founded…
The Gravenstien apples are here! With an early harvest, the apples are now available throughout Sonoma County. Gravenstein apples are avialable at local farmer’s markets, Oliver’s Markets in Santa Rosa and Cotati, and Andy’s Produce Market in Sebastopol. If you’re looking for a simple delicious recipe that highlights the Gravenstien…
No water = no food. No water + no food = no life. It’s that simple and yet human beings here and around the world have done nearly everything possible to pollute the world’s water supply and to treat it with contempt. We are water and we live on a…
This is an introduction to a series of bog posts I have been planning. I’m calling it: What We Have Forgotten: The Lifestyle of Simplicity in Food and Human Nature In today’s world, with our thirst for entertainment, and a desire to while away the time, we depend on popular culture…
When I was a toddler, my favorite food was escargot. There were only two restaurants in our town and one of them was French. My parents and older siblings didn’t tell me I was eating snails; they were too amused watching me smack my lips in delight as the butter…
Over the months of April, May, and June, I had the pleasure of observing kids working in the Steele Lane Elementary School Garden Project. First of all, the garden is amazing. And so are the students, teachers and volunteers who manage the program. The first day I was there was…
In 2011, Tomio Endo joined fellow college student Mac Hart and began tending a garden on a small plot of land south of Sonoma State University. The garden was originally part of Hart’s environmental studies research project exploring student-grown food economies. With the cooperation of a private landowner, Hart grew…
Here I am at AT&T Park on a Thursday afternoon for a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres. I’m here with Diane and David Albracht from Sebastopol, who used to belong to Slow Food Russian River and who might be called foodies. They…
Santo Isadoro is a small, coastal Portuguese village rising above the ocean mists of the Atlantic. On sunny days, tourists flock to the neighboring city of Ericera, where they can enjoy the waves, go to surf school, and read billboards in English. While two miles away, the residents of sleepy…
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