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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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 [...]
Our recent post on Jamie Oliver covered his acceptance speech for the prestigious TED prize. The speech says volumes about Mr. Oliver and his dream. Today we cover just a few of his achievements to date. Let’s take a look at what motivates this young chef to help so many people. James Trevor Oliver, born [...]
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Organic has been commandeered by government and now corporate food giants. Is ‘Locally Grown’ headed down the same rabbit hole?
Thanks to countless hours of hard work by Gene Sanden, the site for the cistern is ready to go. Capitola Pump delivered the cistern, donated by Patty Quillin, and will return with a crane to set it in place. We extend our thanks to Capitola Pump for donating their services on this part of the [...]
How did we get involved with our community garden? We met Jeff and Adele Talmadge, owners of Talmadge Construction, at our city’s annual Shortest Parade in the World and Pancake Breakfast on the 4th of July this year. We were introduced by our dear friends, Kim and Pete Mansfield. Kim used to watch their son [...]
Food What?! Youth Dig In A big reason why more of us don’t buy organic food is because of the price. Of course, growing your own sustainable garden is an inexpensive option. The National Gardening Association’s recent study “The Impact of Home and Community Gardening in America” cites that a well-maintained food garden can yield an [...]
Smart Choices. We all need to make them every day. If I am not smart enough to look both ways before crossing a street, I could be hit by an 18-wheeler (probably loaded with processed food). Thus, I have developed the habit of looking first. I was taught this at an early age by older [...]
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We just had our first tomato sale this weekend. We sold about 15 lbs of tomatoes, making $45 in 4 hours. It may not seem like much, but if you consider our rural location you would agree that it’s pretty awesome. Aidan was a huge help and loved weighing them, making change and asking each [...]
We love Slow Food Nation, an organization founded by Alice Waters. Here’s why: Slow Food USA seeks to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system. We reconnect Americans with the people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils and waters that produce our food. We inspire a transformation in food policy, production practices and market [...]
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