Wrote 2 articles for Sonoma County Gazette on Recycling, Sonoma Style, hoping to rebutt my partner, Wayne's contention that "recycling is a myth". Sigh. At that point, The Ratto Group was sited as having delivered up to 50% trash in its recycling - just outworn equipment and bad policy. I [...]

So glad our farm lady, Abigail, got us out of the house yesterday to attend the first ever Transhuman Festival at David Yearsley River Center, Petaluma! Was a sweet, oddly intimate, yet special event with all the right elements - delish Cowgirl Creamery cheese and meat appetizers, a flock of [...]

So watched the Handmaid's Tale PBS series, noting my partner, Wayne, recalled the book being banned at his high school! Many friends read the book or watched the recent or 1990 film or TV series. MUST BE IMPORTANT! The series is brilliant in my eyes. It brings all manor of [...]

Paul Hawken's DRAWDOWN holds 80 solutions of over 100 studied, which, if implemented, could actually reverse the horrific effects of global warming. The book and movement of the same name: DRAWDOWN — The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming - and also the most purchased environmental book [...]

We the Future conference at Petaluma campus of SRJC was well attended and fearless in its presentations, free and even included lunch. We treat our young students well in this (Petaluma) town! I very much enjoyed the presentations of Joey Smith, Let's Go Farm, and Wendy Krupnik, Farmers Guild/CAFF, with [...]

We were moved by the Wendell Berry film, Look and See, screened at Rialto, Sebastopol courtesy of Farmers Guild/CAFF. Important if you want to know what farming in Kentucky, in America, really is. Scary, too, as reality is so often these days. Farmers talking dirt, talking their love of the [...]

Farmers Guild is offering two free screenings of a new Wendell Berry film, Look & See, followed by a panel discussion with young local farmers at Rialto, Sebastopol, Mon. Apr. 9, 1 and 7pm. Come early to ensure seats. I'm stoked! What a treat for those who want to hear [...]

So our tribe of 3, representing Oasis Community Farm just outside Petaluma, attended the FIFTH Annual Farmers Guildraising, this time held on campus at UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - and it was all it was cracked up to be. Real solutions to farming challenges, great networking, [...]

So we're still busy defining ourselves, sometimes the most delicious part of life! Thought to describe a couple of quick vignettes - hummingbird in the living room and music in the barn! With, perhaps, a detour for children in the house...always a treat, though pretty MESSY. Last night, Bella, 5, [...]

Many in our area know Heidi, the Custom Costume queen formerly of Cotati, now at home across from Lucky's on Petaluma Blvd. and sharing a wall with her BRAND NEW Kaleidoscope Cabaret. We're delighted we got in the door for the first ever show! Full house, free popcorn, water bottles, [...]