A marriage of convenience? Maybe not. She was petite with soft smooth skin that hid her true age and he was a tall ex rugby player, now a dairy farmer by day. George’s leather tanned skin... Read more >>

Vegetable gardening has many benefits—for the environment, your health, and your wallet. Yet growing your own does not come without its disappointments and part of this has to do with the simple... Read more >>

Have you noticed that you crave different foods in different seasons? Your body knows best what it needs and when it needs it. Foods that are in season provide us the most flavor, freshness, and most... Read more >>

So much green garlic at the farmer’s market yesterday in Santa Cruz; everyone was tripping over them. I couldn’t help but buy some. I also bought some fat Shitake mushrooms and plump local... Read more >>

I recently read with horror that over 1,500 farmers in India committed suicide after being driven to debt by crop failure. The crop failures, which took place in the agricultural state of... Read more >>

Last year about this time, I decided I wanted to be a chicken farmer. I’d heard of an auction the first of every month that the Amish normally attended and farmers from all around came to buy... Read more >>

As local eating gains currency and eaters find that having strong connection to food they eat feels good and tastes good too, more and more people are going beyond buying locally to grow some of their... Read more >>

Eating locally has been gaining cultural clout in the past few years bringing with it waves of seasonal recipes in the food sections of newspapers, a slew of popular books on the subject, and the new... Read more >>

“Fe, fi fo, fum . . . I smell the blood of an English-MON. Be he alive or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make MY bread!” Grandma Dot’s booming voice echoed throughout the... Read more >>

The sun slowly mounted the sky, swallowing the blue of the night in its orange pool with each second. Suddenly, the shrill, grating cry of the cock echoed through the silent hills. The sun had risen... Read more >>