A huge part of what we do here is gardening and raising livestock. But with that comes a lot of cooking and baking to prepare the foods we harvest. And let’s not forget that while going a year without groceries we have to process all of our food so anything that saves time and makes…
Information taken from Projects for Public Spaces Markets for All: Celebrating National Farmers Market Week Posted by: Craig Raphael Categories: Blog, Markets, PPS Video, Public Markets and Local Economies Rows of brightly colored produce; freshly baked breads and blueberry pies; mingling of friends, neighbors and strangers: there’s no limit to the joys of a local farmers market. The spectacular resurgence of…
I have always been concerned about what was in my personal care products. I first became interested in it because I am against animal testing. Now I am interested because of health reasons. Most people don’t give it a second look and assume that what they are putting on their body, sometimes 20 products…
Photos by author. There is an interesting shopping area in Costa Mesa called The Lab Anti Mall. A lot of the materials are reused and there are great softscape spaces to sit and enjoy the amazing weather. Definitely a great alternative to the big box stores. There was also shopping across the street, The Camp,…
Solar powered taco truck serving healthy and fresh vegan dishes This Thursday, I want to highlight two places doing some out of the box (or should I say bag) thinking when it comes to eating fast food, bringing you better food and honoring our environment at the same time. What was really interesting to me,…
So, I had two free passes to the Green Festival last weekend. I have been to so many of these over the years, but I figured lets go check it out and see if there is anything new. There were a variety of vendors, food, speakers, organizations and schwag. It is about the closest thing…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
