Trent on July 21st, 2010

We are proud to show you Mrs. Lane’s 1st grade classroom in action.  She was gracious enough to invite us to photograph, film and ask questions of herself and her students about their experience.  There’s really no need for much of an introduction.  Caryn Lane sums it up so beautifully in this short video.   [...]

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Trent on July 9th, 2010

Participant Media (Producers of such films as An Inconvenient Truth, Food Inc., The Soloist, as well as the upcoming Waiting for Superman) has recently featured My First Organics in their June newsletter!  We were so honored to be mentioned amongst the many social action movies and campaigns that Participant Media in involved with.  And by [...]

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Trent on April 2nd, 2010

Last Friday we had a visit from the Santa Cruz Sentinel.  The coverage has helped generate more awareness about the community garden we are helping install at the Christ Lutheran Church in Aptos, CA.  See the article here. More importantly, residents of Santa Cruz County who saw the article and would love to have a [...]

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Melanie Larson on April 2nd, 2010

Save the Date:  Grand Opening Sunday, April 18th at noon. This is an update for the Aptos Community Garden Please join us for a blessing of the garden by Pastor Dale Sollum-Brotherton.  Come and meet our donors, Board Members, local officials, and the people who have signed up to have garden plots.  Guy Routley will [...]

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Trent on November 18th, 2009

Our product was chosen by the ladies over at Cool Mom Picks (CBS Early Show, Real Simple Magazine, Martha Stewart Radio) and featured in the “Future Tree-Huggers” category and “Gift under $20″.  They run an awesome blog based in New York that is always on the lookout for the coolest indie-items.  Getting a good review [...]

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Mother Nature Network‘s Matt Hickman continued his popular 40 Farmers Under 40 blog post with a follow up recently—The Readers Choice 40 Farmers Under 40.  Now it’s hard to say whether or not we were actually #39 and #40 respectively due to our popularity, our age, or just because they really wanted a strong finish!   [...]

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Linda on April 30th, 2009

I’ve been a mother for six years and a farmer for four over here near the Pacific Ocean. But before this move, I spent 36 years of growing up, going to school, and building my professional and personal networks in the Silicon Valley. Those roots are still strong, and I often yearn for those days [...]

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Linda on April 29th, 2009

One of the best things about this Green world we’ve immersed ourselves into are the great people we meet who share the same ideals. I found Wendy Gabriel’s cool site, My Green Side, and told her about us and what we’re doing. And next thing you know, she asks to interview ME for her column [...]

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Linda on April 3rd, 2009

I have to confess. It took a while for us to jump into the blogosphere. The websites we manage, not to mention the businesses, take up our working day. The thought of dealing with yet another web property overwhelmed us. Being a marketing pro, I knew we had to do it, and I have to say, [...]

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Linda on March 26th, 2009

We were recently featured on Redding.com and the WantNot blog. We’re not only pleased with the coverage, but happy to have found new friends in the blogosphere! Debra Atlas, who wrote the “Going green can taste good too” article last Friday, also pens the Environthink blog. Mir Kamin, who ran a fantastic (and popular!) contest [...]

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