Jul/Aug 2018
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SPONSORED: Clover Sonoma Family Farm Spotlight
Meet Organic Pastured Egg Producer Jessica McIsaac Here at Clover, we’ve got something besides our beloved dairy cows to crow about! Introducing Clover Organic Pastured Eggs, brought to you straight from happy hens strutting the fields at Neil McIsaac & Son Dairy Farm near Tomales, California. Clover’s long time relationship with the McIsaac’s began in…
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Letter From The Editor
Summer’s here! It’s show time for cold drinks, swimming, potlucks and barbecues, lying in the grass reading a good book, camping, quality downtime with friends and family, and lazing around in the sun. Plus, all the blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, basil, and tomatoes your heart desires. Consider this issue of Made Local Magazine your ultimate guide…
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Eating Well on a Tight Budget
Surviving on a low income doesn’t mean sacrificing local, seasonally grown, whole foods. Given the skyrocketing cost of living in Sonoma County, it can be a challenge for low-income families to eat healthy, locally sourced meals. But, it isn’t completely impossible. Anna, a 36-year-old single mother, takes a creative approach to meal planning at home.…
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Locavortex
Lunch at the Library The Lunch at the Library program was developed by the California Library Association in 2013, after librarians noticed an influx of hungry kids acting up and asking for snacks during the summer. Food insecurity for a growing population of low-income people continues to be an issue in California—including Sonoma County—and kids…
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Cool It
Keep the good vibes going all summer long with these tasty, sweet, cold drinks Sunny Liang grew up in Sichuan, China where bubble tea is easy to find among countless street vendors and corner shops. When Liang moved to Rohnert Park, the then 18-year-old couldn’t find a decent bubble tea within 50 miles. She had…
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Handle with Care
Prickly pears bridge the wild and the cultivated, giving us a fruit that’s adored by some and ignored by others. When did you last eat a prickly pear? Most Westerners have probably seen hundreds more of these hardy fruits than they’ve actually consumed. In the fall, they ripen on the lopsided, many-lobed cacti in the…
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Adventures in Drinking
Blissness at The Nectary Food is medicine—that’s the motto Gia Baiocchi lives by. The Sebastopol native spent a formative decade on the island of Kauai where she was one of several partners in a vegan, raw foods restaurant called The Blossoming Lotus, eventually becoming head chef at a spin-off juice bar and bakery. In 2014,…
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Into the Light
Mercy Wellness of Cotati will deploy advanced LED lights and the Korean Natural Farming system in their new cannabis cultivation warehouses. Will these methods cut their carbon foot print and help them stay ahead of the pack? Cannabis growers embrace of technological innovation began quite by accident in the early 1980s, when the Reagan administration’s…
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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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Savorbang!
Welcome to our regular recipe column from local teacher and stand-up comedian Sarah Whitmore. In this installment, Sarah takes a firm stance on eating at the beach and explains why we should go home and make pico de plums instead. Pico de Plums You know what would improve the natural environment of Doran Beach? Seven…