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Food and Farming on the menu at Bioneers 2011
The annual Bioneers conference heads to the San Francisco Bay Area again this October - as it has for over twenty years - with a terrific lineup for the Food and Farming portion of the program. If...
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Take an environmental road trip with the creators of YERT
Mark your calendars for the West Coast premier of the award-winning documentary "YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip." The epic eco road trip that informs the film ended in San Francisco, and now its...
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San Francisco mayoral candidates weigh in on urban ag, green schoolyards, water
San Francisco residents interested in healthy and accessible food, urban agriculture, the greening of schoolyards and the management of water resources are invited to hear the City's mayoral...
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Rise to the challenge: eat local today
If you live in the Bay Area it should not be too difficult for you to join the challenge issued by Bon Appétit Management Company and enjoy a meal today made only from local ingredients. The truth is,...
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Bioneers in motion at Moving Image Festival 2011
Beginning on Friday, October 14 with a showing of The Last Mountain, and continuing on through the weekend, the Moving Image Festival portion of the upcoming Bioneers conference promises to delight...
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Cooking with Economy and Grace
Speaking at a recent conference, Mollie Katzen of Moosewood Cookbook fame wondered, "Where did cooking go? And can we search for and rescue it?"Well, for anyone who thinks the clues to its rediscovery...
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Prep for Meatless Monday with 'The Compassionate Cook'
Another Meatless Monday is coming up -- and Monday, October 24, 2011 is Food Day 2011 (Find a Food Day event in San Francisco!). Are you ready to eliminate a little meat and/or dairy from your...
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Forage for wild mushrooms with an expert guide
If the early fall rains have got you thinking ahead to wild mushroom season, you are not alone. Already the ForageSF Wild Mushroom Walks are nearly fully booked, although if you're quick you might...
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Finding good food jobs
You know you're not the only one eager to find a good job that feeds on your passion for food when there's a website out there called 'Good Food Jobs'. You can also be...
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Seed Savers Exchange book tour comes to the Bay Area
Are you already planning this year's garden and looking for a little advice or inspiration? There are two great opportunities coming up this weekend to connect with one of America's preeminent...
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Edible Institute heads to Santa Barbara in March
Edible Communities, the publishing and information services company that creates community-based, local-foods publications in distinct culinary regions throughout the United States, has just announced...
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Reading up on good food in March with Omnivore Books
Since it opened in November 2008, Omnivore Books on Food in Noe Valley has endeared itself to the local San Francisco food scene. With a focus on antiquarian cookery books as well as new food and...
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Food flicks feature at 2nd San Francisco Green Film Festival
The San Francisco Green Film Festival (SFGFF) returns March 1-7, 2012, with local premieres of 40 films from around the globe and 50 visiting filmmakers and guest speakers. Included in this year's...
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On the long road back to conscious consumption
Book Review: The Mindful Carnivore, by Tovar Cerulli (Pegasus Books)When Tovar Cerulli was twenty, he was moved by the compassionate words of Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh and concerns about the...
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10 great choices for container garden vegetables
San Francisco is blessed with several farmers markets where growers from nearby farms sell seasonal fare. With recent changes to San Francisco's zoning code making it easier for farms to operate...
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SF Sustainable Food: April 9-13
It's a notable week here for sustainable food on a few fronts: the Bay Area stars in the pilot episode of Food Forward, premiering this week on KQED in San Francisco, and the California Homemade Food...
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SPUR releases report on use of public land for urban ag in SF
The San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association (SPUR) has just published a report, Public Harvest, about expanding the use of public land for urban agriculture in San Francisco. It's a...
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The Bioneers Conference returns to the Bay Area
Each year - for the past 20+ years - the Bioneers organization has brought its national conference to the Marin Center in San Rafael, just across the Golden Gate from San Francisco. It's a gathering...
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Graton Rancheria plans organic farm in North Bay
As part of an agreement negotiated with the State of California, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria will turn over 320 acres north of Highway 37 in Sonoma County to LandPath to be managed as an...
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Project Open Hand plans indoor greenhouse
Sourcing sustainably grown organic produce for the thousands of meals it provides each day is about to get a lot easier for Project Open Hand (POH). The venerable San Francisco charity is planning...
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