Sustainable

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 February 11th, 2010

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 [...]

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Linda on December 15th, 2009

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 [...]

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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 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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Trent on June 6th, 2009

Our 5 day vegan cleanse comes to a close. Read this and all of our posts on the experience, results and conclusions!

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Trent on May 11th, 2009

So excited to be sharing this one.  LifeLab has been around for 30 years assisting schools in the creation of sustainable gardens.  If you are anywhere near the central coast on May 30 between 10am and 2pm, head up to the UCSC farm and garden.  Free Admission!  Here’s a snippet of the festivities: 10:30am: The [...]

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