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Tomatoes galore

By • on August 11, 2006

Last Saturday I began harvesting tomatoes from my garden in earnest. All of a sudden — at least it seemed to me — they were ready to be picked, plucked. A

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Calling all Californians to raise their voice

By • on August 6, 2006

If you care, like I do, that local control of our seed and plant heritage is maintained and not given

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Digest: Toxin-free tilapia, sexy food fashion statements, plus irradiated pineapple for the people

By • on July 28, 2006

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: A Seattle-based firm is marketing what it calls

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Nurturing community: one bite at a time

By • on July 28, 2006

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. -- Virginia Woolf Recently, our home became a bed-and-breakfast of sorts. First,

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Iowa: land of cheese and wine

By • on July 21, 2006

I'm back from my week-long trip to Iowa, to visit family, friends, and the family farm -- and to get myself away from my computer and all of the drudgery

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Garden developments

By • on July 7, 2006

I thought it was about time to give an update on how my organic garden is progressing

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Celebrating Farmer Joe’s arrival

By • on June 30, 2006

Last Saturday was like a national holiday for my up-and-coming Oakland neighborhood, the Dimond district -- or, as the SF

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