You had created quite the stir among the urban farming community with your book My Empire of Dirt. And it was ugly. But before I passed judgment I decided that I should read it myself. I wish I hadn’t. Let me start off by saying that it took me forever to read this book. Not…
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…
This week, I went to hear author Azby Brown discuss his latest book, Just Enough at The Green Arcade. I went in to the book reading thinking it was about modern Japan but actually found that it was about traditional Japan, specifically during the Edo Period. This was an urban setting with over a million people…
Source: www.farmerjane.org Last night, I attended a “Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat“ event presented by Kitchen Table Talks and CUESA at the Ferry Building. It was an interesting open panel discussion about the contributions of women farmers, producers, chefs, and food system activists. The panel consisted of three women: Temra Costa, author…
Sun Oven Christening, originally uploaded by Earthworm. I don’t really like to watch the news so much. It is always so negative. Why do we have to focus only on that? The good news (haha) is that we don’t have to! There are plenty of other sources to balance it out. I need inspiration. I…
making cheese – tomme – river valley cheeses, originally uploaded by donuts!. I was walking around the Farmer’s Market and came across this store with antique garden supplies. I was drawn to these old french cheese molds. They were awesome. They were also $95 each. It got me excited about the thought, though. Ok. I…
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…
Best $1 ever spent. We went on a book hunt this weekend. I am excited to report on two really cool books. One old and one new. Both made me delightfully happy. The first place we stopped to look for books was the book and plant sale at the SF County Fair Building in Golden…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
