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?
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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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 [...]
December was a very busy month for the Aptos Community Garden. The Rotary Clubs of Santa Cruz, Sunrise and Aptos/Capitola put in numerous days volunteering as they erected the remaining fence that will protect the garden proper. The Aptos Community Garden Board met for the first time on Dec.16, 2009. Board members include: Trent and [...]
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