Because it isn’t great and they know it. They know that if people see their product labeled they won’t buy it. So now they are looking at spending $100 million dollars to fight labeling. California is the battle ground. It’s the people (you and me) against Monsanto, Dow and Bayer. They have deep pockets and…
Yesterday, as I was picking up my lunch at Dad’s Sandwiches I overheard two people talking about SB1221. These people were, according to their conversation, in favor of the bill and possibly on the lobbying team in support of it, which is contrary to my position on the bill. I also had to explain this…
“Last year it rained into late June and the year before that it rained in July.” Around here it generally never rains past mid May. Most people that I say this to give me a funny look. They don’t believe me and then wonder how I even remember that. To them the weather is a…
Oh how I love the three day weekend. With the days getting longer all I can think about is hanging out in the yard and playing with the critters. But this weekend, this three day weekend I’ve got some big and not-so-big plans. And I have a lot of them. Fava beans need to get…
Even though we can’t give tours doesn’t mean you can’t go check out some other amazing urban farms! Farms on the tour include: Indigoat Farm Shattuck Farm Tiny Berkeley Garden Pluck & Feather Farm Beegrrl Gardens The Algarden & DaTerra Food Forest Pineheaven Farm
Unless you’re talking about licking your own elbow “I can’t” is one of those phrases that is such a downer. I like to help people. I like to help them solve problems or move out of their comfort zone. I like to help people get more power over their lives. Maybe that’s kind of obvious….
Cash has become this imaginary concept. Its value was once tied to gold but then the government removed the gold standard. Then it became just pieces of paper and metal that we exchanged for goods. Today we barely use physical money and instead use debit cards and credit cards. It’s now become this imaginary thing that has this arbitrary…
When your primary focus is growing food sometimes other plants get overlooked. I have to say I’m definitely guilty of this. In a race to use all of our available space to grow food we made the dumb decision to rip out our landscape that was filled with flowers. Soon after we moved the chickens…
Blogging is a labor of love. I love sharing with you what we’re up to and what we learn. I really hope that all of my readers learn a little something from our adventures and can become more self sufficient in their lives as well. I spend several hours every week researching, writing, finding guest…
Our meet your farmer posts feature a small family farm that we feel exemplifies the type of food system we all need to support. They show passion and dedication to raising and growing food sustainably. This month we got a chance to go visit Foggy River Farm which is located in the Russian River Valley…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
