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More than A Meal
Photos courtesy of St. Anthony's Dining Room SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Hudson is holding a pear in his left hand and wearing a big smile. “I love fruit! Oranges, plums, nectarines. Fruit is good for …
Orange Soup Warms Heart
Butternut Squash is Comfort Food By Pia Hinckle When the weather turns damp and chilly, a heart-warming butternut squash soup is one of my favorites. This is one of those soups that will turn …
Thanksgiving Craft You can Eat: Apple Turkeys
Thanksgiving Crafts you Can Eat By Pia Hinckle Thanksgiving, when I was a kid, was always a massive affair. My mother would roast a monstrous turkey that barely fit in the oven; friends and family …
Steamboat Acres Historic Pear Farm
The Sacramento River Delta was at the center of the California Gold Rush. The northern California town that would be the future state’s capital was the gateway to the goldfields in the Sierra Nevada …
Sonoma County Grape Harvest is Family Tradition
The Crush By Pia Hinckle COTATI, CA -- My mother’s family has been making wine since before she was born. My great-grandfather Giocondo Benedetti, who we called “nonno,” brought winemaking from …
Coco Ranch
Coco Ranch in Davis, California is a labor of love for the House Family. Jennifer and Greg House met at the University of California Davis where they were both studying agriculture. Their certified …
Irene Hits Farms
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 …
Pino’s Pasta
By Pia Hinckle My Calabrian friend Pino made this dish during a visit to California in 1999. This is a traditional southern Italian pasta made with fresh tomatoes, olives, capers, and basil. Now I …
Big Apple Goes Green: High Line Gets High Marks
New York has become a leader in urban green renewal. On a visit in June, I found that most of Broadway is now a bicycle path, Times Square is a pedestrian mall, and on the West Side, an abandoned …
Simple Steamed Broccoli
Mother always said to eat your broccoli, one of the most nutrient-packed veggies in the list of Food That is Good For You. But I have heard many sad stories about broccoli from both kids and grown-ups …
Jack LaLanne 1914-2011: Grandfather of the Wellness Movement
Obituary Jack LaLanne was a typical teenager. He ate fast food and candy, loved soda pop, had acne, and didn’t exercise much. But at age 15 his mother took him to hear a lecture by health food …
Fitter than a Fifth-Grader?
Long division? Check. With fractions? Check (ish). Book report? Check. Year of the Boston Tea Party? Check. Maybe you’re smarter than the average fifth grader, but can you pass a fifth-grade fitness …
Obama Signs Food Safety Act into Law: Small Farms Are Exempted from Some Provisions
On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into law the $1.4 billion Food Safety and Modernization Act, the most sweeping overhaul of the nation’s food industry in 70 years. The law will give the …
Chicken in the Pot: Get Three Meals Out of One Bird
There’s nothing better than a great home-cooked meal. Except one that can turn into two or three home-cooked meals. My favorite three-for is roast chicken. For many years I bought wonderful roast …
New Food Safety Bill Passes Senate: Amendments Support Smallest Farms
The U.S. Senate passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act (S. 510) on November 30th, 2010, the most sweeping overhaul of food safety regulations of the century, spurred by food-borne illness …
The Season of Soup: French Country Soup is Family Favorite
I love soup. Fall and winter is the perfect time of year to enjoy healthy soups that can be made for one meal and then eaten again for lunch or frozen for later use. One of my favorites is what we …
Office Potatoes: Standing Can Burn Calories, Improve Health
Do you ever feel like your office chair has become an appendage rather than just a place to sit? What if you found out that appendage could put your health at risk? Recent studies have found that …
Pest Policy Questioned: Panelists say Quarantines Unfair to California Farmers
The Light Brown Apple Moth is an indigenous pest considered harmless to crops in New Zealand, Hawaii, Australia, and the UK, all countries that are free to export fruits and vegetables to U.S. markets …
Mothra Update
In March, California held senate hearings on the status of the state’s eradication program for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). FruitGuys founder and CEO Chris Mittelstaedt testified in defense of …
