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Sep/Oct 2017

Real Food To Go

Americans are moving faster than ever and the options for fast food are plentiful but rarely nutritious. And the sad truth is that healthier to go options sometimes lack in flavor and satisfaction. Chef Rob Hogencamp is well aware of this dichotomy. As the owner of Three Leaves Heritage Foods in Santa Rosa, he’d like…
What’s in your locally grown bouquet?

On a recent Wednesday morning, the Sonoma Flower Mart, which exclusively features locally and domestically grown flowers, was abloom with a dazzling, kaleidoscopic array of blooms. Located inside The Barlow in Sebastopol, the wholesale flower mart is open to the public and sources to florists with wholesale accounts. They are on a mission to “grow…
The FoodRescuers

The Sonoma County Food Recovery Coalition wants to divert edible, nutritious food from the waste stream and get it to people in need. Imagine filling a ship the size of Titanic with uneaten food and dumping it all into Bodega Bay. This is the amount of food that ends up in the Sonoma County landfill…
Locavox

Stories from the people who make our food system go. MAI NGUYEN Heirloom Grain Farmer Mai Nguyen farms heirloom grains on three leased plots in Sebastopol, Two Rock, and Bodega. She’s also the cofounder of the California Grain Campaign, which launched in October 2016. Originally from San Diego, Nguyen has been outspoken in her support…
Arriba La Basura

Traduccion por Luis Santoyo-Mejia Los Teamsters, líderes laborales y ambientalistas se unen para exigir que las empresas locales de manejo de desechos se comprometan a ofrecer trabajos con salarios dignos, salvaguardar la seguridad de sus trabajadores e implementar prácticas respetuosas del medio ambiente. Hace veintisiete años, a instancia de sus hermanos que habían encontrado trabajo…
Up with Trash

Teamsters, labor leaders, and environmentalists unite to demand local waste management companies make a commitment to living wage jobs, worker safety, and environmentally friendly practices. Twenty-seven years ago—at   the urging of his brothers who had found jobs with a local waste management company— Patricio Estupiñan immigrated from his hometown in Central Mexico to Sonoma County. Within…
Adventures in Wine

Horse & Plow Toss an empty wine bottle into the recycling bin and it makes a satisfying clink. Job well done! Less satisfying are the economics of recycling glass compared to other materials——even the can and bottle pickers who comb the streets at night eschew wine bottles, which don’t match the redemption value of beer…
All Aboard!

Becoming Independent and SMART partner to build work skills through local food concessions. As the SMART (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit) trains start running on a regular schedule, ferrying passengers from north Santa Rosa to San Rafael, the views of rolling dairy fields, breweries, and vineyards will probably stoke up thirst and appetites. With that in…
Methane Be Gone

When Richard and Marilyn Hughes purchased 182 acres off Bodega Highway in 1976, they didn’t aspire to become leaders in climate-smart farming. As first-generation dairy farmers, they did have passion for the work, and a desire to make a living while raising two children. As Hughes puts it, “We came here with a hope and…
SavorBang!

Thai Basil Pesto Story, recipe, and photos by Sarah Whitmore It’s important we share tips for reducing our carbon footprints and minimizing the waste of resources (like food!). Also important is not wasting the patience of other people by yammering on about how green we are. Walk your talk but keep calm and zip it. …