Trent on February 19th, 2010

Organic has been commandeered by government and now corporate food giants. Is ‘Locally Grown’ headed down the same rabbit hole?

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Trent on February 16th, 2010

While our President attempts to reform our shattered health care system, Michelle Obama has taken a slightly different approach.  Our First Lady has made childhood obesity public enemy #1, and for good reason.  Sedentary lifestyles, food choices that leave them little choice but to harm themselves, and a school lunch program that has been hijacked [...]

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Trent on November 18th, 2009

We’re so excited!  Linda and I have worked so hard on our children’s book, and after months of hard work we just received our first copy.  And, despite sounding vainglorious, it is really beautiful! The book was something we decided to write to supplement the Classroom Bundle and Homeschool Bundle that we have just launched.  [...]

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Trent on September 21st, 2009

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 [...]

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Linda on July 27th, 2009

TLC hired Kelly Ripa (From Regis and Kelly fame) and her production firm, Milojo, to cast a new show about women and their inventions. Those who are selected will have their product mass manufactured and sold on HSN! We couldn’t make the casting call in Los Angeles, so we submitted video instead. We don’t know [...]

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Linda on March 21st, 2009

If Alice Waters on 60 Minutes wasn’t enough to make growing your own organic produce the mainstream, let’s hope that her dream of seeing an edible landscape at the White House makes it so. This week, the White House has begun the process of planting an organic garden as “a means of educating children and communities about healthful eating, [...]

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Linda on March 19th, 2009

We just read this amazing article in the San Jose Mercury News! It was great to see our industry peer, Renee Shepherd, owner of Renee’s Garden Seeds, agrees with our view: “I see a trend for younger families wanting to become more self-reliant and to live simpler lives…Younger gardeners are focused on reducing their carbon footprint and want [...]

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