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WEST Lacto Fermentation class – 3 part series San Francisco, CA Feb 13 Exploratorium: Kid Camp Junk Food San Francisco, CA Feb 17 Re-Imagining Agriculture Los Angeles, CA Mar 7 CENTRAL Soap Making Caldonia, IL Feb 18 Greening Humboldt Park Rooftops Chicago, IL Feb 23 Native Plant Seminar Compton Hills, IL Feb 26 Hustle Up [...]

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Nationwide TEDx Changing the Way We Eat Webcast Join or host a viewing party Jan 21 WEST Emerging Land Issues in African Agriculture Palo Alto, CA Jan 12 Stinky Spoke Poker Ride Woodinville, WA Jan 14 High Design, Low Impact – LivingHomes speaker Los Angeles, CA Jan 25 CENTRAL Beekeeping Class Chicago, IL Jan 21 [...]

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EAST Farmer’s Ball NYC Brooklyn, NY Dec 15 Intro to Orienteering New York, NY Dec 17 Centerpiece Workshop Reading, PA Dec 18 WEST For Kids: The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming San Francisco, CA Dec 18 Mushroom Cooking Class at Millennium San Francisco, CA Dec 18 Primitive Firemaking Skills Los Angeles, CA Dec 17 CENTRAL [...]

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Buy Nothing Day Nov 25 Shop Local Nov 26 WEST Free Vegan Thanksgiving Day Meal – Cafe Gratitude San Francisco, CA Nov 24 Tour of Embarcardero’s Green Businesses San Francisco, CA Nov 29 Politics of Food Santa Rosa, CA Nov 30 EAST Haudenosaunee Friendship Day New York, NY Nov 19 Cities Alive – Green Roof [...]

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WEST Reskilling Fair Sebastopol, CA Oct 22 Lecture: State of Change – Early CA Ecosystems Los Angeles, CA Oct 27 Creating Ritual of Family Meals San Francisco, CA Oct 29 CENTRAL Bucktown Apple Pie Contest Chicago, IL Oct 16 Lifeways & Greenways: Connectivity Chicago, IL Oct 28 Opens: Resorting Earth Chicago, IL Nov 4 EAST Asian [...]

The Four Most Important Letters

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By Cassidy Campbell Mueller of Riverdog Farm in Guinda, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop I bet you’ve heard it before, the big 4 letters so important to farmers, food processors, and eaters: USDA, or the United States Department of Agriculture, which is responsible for the federal government’s policies on agriculture and food. You would [...]

Irene Hits Farms

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By Pia Hinckle While damage varied from state to state and even within the same county, Tropical Storm Irene hit many farms from North Carolina to Vermont hard. Growers reported everything from flooded fields and broken trees to collapsed sheds and damaged fruit. Unrepaired roads, washed out bridges and power outages still occurring in some [...]

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EAST Night Hike & Campfire for Adults Sep 16 Philadelphia, PA Tasting Fest – Locally Grown September 21 New York, NY Fall Butterflies at Confluence of Potomac and Occoquan September 25 Woodbridge, VA WEST Helping Businesses Grow Healthy September 7 San Jose, CA Butterflies and Bulldozers – film screening September 28 San Francisco, CA Learn [...]

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WEST Dr. Vandana Shiva Talk Sep 14 San Rafael, CA Heirloom Tomato Festival Sep 10 Santa Rosa, CA Cool+Cloudy Herbs: Growing Herbs in San Francisco Aug 31 San Francisco, CA EAST Fair Food Farm Tour Sep 17 Philadelphia, PA Tomato Peak Party Sep 3 Camden-Wyoming, DE National Honeybee Awareness Day Aug 20 Plumsteadville, PA CENTRAL [...]

The Hoes Down Festival!!

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By Judith Redmond of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop The 24th annual Hoes Down Harvest Festival falls on Saturday October 1st this year. Folks up and down the Capay Valley organize this extravaganza as a way of showcasing and celebrating all the elements that make our rural Capay Valley extra special. [...]