Today’s New York Times examines the continuing draw of food festivals in California, where many of the favorite local foods being celebrated are increasingly threatened. Patterson, longtime home of an apricot festival and self-proclaimed “apricot capital of the world,” is growing fewer apricots these days due to low-cost imports of dried apricots from Turkey. Gilroy, [...]

Earlier this week, Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas told what he called a “blogger inside baseball” story. While the story may be inside baseball, a passing remark in that story hints at an aspect of community that is sometimes overlooked.
If you believe that a community should serve a specific purpose, then you might think that [...]

A few weeks ago, Evan wrote about the awesome box of veggies he gets from a local farm each week. My wife and I subscribe to the same community supported agriculture program at Full Belly Farm. We are very lucky to have something like this where we live (Berkeley, CA).
For those of you [...]