by katie | May 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cottage Food Law Would Make it Easier to Prepare Value-Added Foods for Market AB1616, the California Cottage Food Bill, has been progressing through committee with unanimous support this spring. The new law would make it possible to produce popular market items at...
by katie | Apr 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
GMOs and pesticides are in almost everything, including “natural” cereals… In Around the web on April 27, 2012 at 7:14 am From NATURAL NEWS Thanks to Ron Epstein Three facts you need to know about GMOs before you read the explosive test results below Before you view...
by katie | Apr 26, 2012 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Pruning, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
Rural farming The economies of farming kept eluding me till I realize again and again that it’s not about financial returns, making lots of money, or what seems a fair wage for my hours. Instead it’s about quality of life, and a community alive . A...
by katie | Apr 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
This movie is now available to purchase or to rent, netflix etc. Really good movie to see about what farmers or small food producers are up against. The corporations are seeing us small market gardeners, food producers as competition. They are fighting to keep us...
by katie | Mar 31, 2012 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
Today, reading and thinking about rural cultures that still have an agricultural base. Where local food is produced by small farms and you can buy and eat seasonal vegetables, fruit and even meat and local dairy products . Where a farmer or rancher can sell a quarter...
