Folks You Should Know
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The End Bit
Meet an Author: SHUGRI SAID SALH Shugri Said Salh was born in the desert of Somalia in 1974 and spent her early years living as a nomad. In 1992, she emigrated to North America after the civil war broke out in her home country. She attended nursing school at Pacific Union College and graduated with…
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Always the Sun – The Sunrise Movement in Sonoma County
The Sunrise Movement has risen in Sonoma County & they won’t stop until they get a Green New Deal. Growing up in Koreatown, a neighborhood west of downtown Los Angeles, Janina Turner didn’t go camping. She didn’t go to the park—there weren’t any near her home. Driving past oil wells and derricks was normal. Smog…
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LOCAVOX: Stories from the people who make our food system go
SHEBA PERSON-WHITELY Executive Director at Sonoma County Economic Development Board Earlier this year, Sheba Person-Whitely became the new executive director of the Sonoma County Economic Development Board. We spoke to her about what she’s observed about the local food system over the last couple of months. Made Local Magazine (MLM): What are your thoughts on the…
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On the Move: Mike Hudson Distributing
For fifty years, Mike Hudson Distributing has been the hard-working middleman between local vendors and markets. And they just keep going. Today’s breakfast is a piece of toasted sprouted wheat from Alvarado St. Bakery in Petaluma, smeared thick with Clover Sonoma butter, both of which I bought at Oliver’s Market. Most of us who are…
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LOCAVOX: Stories from the people who make our food system go
JESÚS GUZMÁN Board Chair at Graton Day Labor Center The State of Working Sonoma 2018, paints a devastating portrait in data of a split in Sonoma County, between the rich and poor, with an economic gap that continues to widen. Prepared by Jesús Guzmán, a graduate of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and…
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Driven by Ambition
‘Empire on Main Street’ tracks Crista Luedtke’s boon to Guerneville. A boon is something helpful, beneficial. It’s a word with many definitions in entrepreneur Crista Luedtke’s life. Her rescue dog is named Boon because he was found in Boonville and was a helpful, beneficial addition to her life; her restaurant and hotel are named after…
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Folks You Should Know – Robert Weiss
Healdsburg Artist Throws a Pot on Mt. Everest for Arts Scoloarship Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. When Robert Weiss attended a high school graduation in 2003, he was gratified to learn that the graduating class had racked up 122 scholarships among them to help offset college costs. But he was also horrified. Only one of those scholarships…
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Folks You Should Know – Lowell Sheldon
Owner, Peter Lowell’s Restaurant. In the spring of ‘03, Lowell Sheldon had just finished college and was planning to move home to Sebastopol. He was cooking at a rustic Italian restaurant in Seattle when, over a glass of wine one evening after work, he started to bat around an idea: What if the time was…
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Folks You Should Know – Amber Twitchell
Director, VOICES Sonoma. Amber Twitchell is the director of VOICES, a youth-developed and -led community center that provides services to former and current foster youth, homeless youth, and other disconnected youth in our community. Her staff consists of 22 young people between the ages of 16-26, all of who have direct experience in various systems…
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Folks You Should Know – Miriam Volat
Miriam Volat, director and designer of Farm School. Miriam Volat is the director and designer of Farm School at the Permaculture Skills Center, which is committed to supporting new farmers in to be successful in their regional food economies. For over 20 years, Miriam has worked directly to ensure access to healthful food for all…