From Riverdog Farm, courtesy of  Capay Valley Farm Shop July 2, 2012 Summer crops are beginning to fill the fields and coolers; pallets of beets and greens are sharing space with summer squash and …
white peaches
Tale of a Scientist Farmer
Ed Magee spends his days thinking about sunlight. When he isn’t working on his  38-acre orchard of white peaches and nectarines in Vernalis, California, he’s in a  lab studying the energy of …
Cats and Peaches
When my grandfather was in his 80s, weak and suffering through the New Orleans summer heat, a dark yellow cat appeared at his back door in Metairie, Louisiana. The house was raised on cinder blocks …
Good Morning Starshine
Here are two things that I secretly wish sometimes:1. That interpretative dance was an acceptable way to start a company meeting.2. That I hadn’t tried to leap from my desk and spin on the …