by katie | Oct 16, 2012 | Farming, Self sustainability
It was the best of times, it is the best of times. It has been so hard to slow down enough to enjoy what we have built here. Tonight I got to put the chickens away, a job Dennis usually does. It is Indian summer here the last few days, and really hot for our north...
by katie | Sep 22, 2012 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Self sustainability
the California Homemade Food Act, was signed into law today. The California Homemade Food Act legalizes the sale of homemade, “non-potentially hazardous” foods by creating a two-tier system of “cottage food operations” based upon the point of sale. Having captured the...
by katie | Sep 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Kristen Farrar would like to sell the cakes, scones, and muffins she bakes, using figs, walnuts, and citrus from farms near her home in Fresno, Calif. But the home-schooling mom of two can’t afford to rent commercial kitchen space or pay the $50,000 she estimates it...
by katie | Sep 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Observatory — September 11, 2012 11:30 AM What does ‘healthier’ mean? Coverage of organic-food study plays loose with the term By Curtis Brainard TAGS: agriculture, antibiotics, bacteria, chemicals, farming, health, organic food, pesticides One...
by katie | Sep 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
The problem that we are seemingly unable to countenance is the end of growth. Today’s system is predicated on the progressive conversion of nature into products, people into consumers, cultures into markets and time into money. We could perhaps extend that growth for...
