Canal neighborhood gets new community garden
September 17, 2012 by Jackson Karlenzig
San Rafael’s culturally diverse Canal neighborhood is well known for its bustling community centers and family owned businesses. But until now, …
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Scoring nature in San Francisco
August 03, 2012 by Alison Hawkes
You may have heard of Walk Score, the walkability index that everyone from real estate agents to smart growth advocates …
Downtown parks get higher profile
July 20, 2012 by Heather Mack
Downtown San Francisco doesn’t typically spring to mind when planning an outdoor excursion. But get past the crowded streets and …
Blue Wind Botanical Medicine Clinic & Education Center
July 20, 2012 by Bay Nature
Offering the following services for the greater San Francisco Bay Area: Western Clinical Herbalism, Custom Herbal Pharmacy, Lectures, Bay Area Herb Walks, Multi-Day Botanical Field Trips, Native California Plant Cultivation, Medicine Making Workshops, Private Classes, Youth Programs, Consulting Services, Edible & Medicinal Plant Images.
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Berkeley as edible city: A new guide to urban foraging
May 25, 2012 by Cristian Ionescu-Zanetti via Berkeleyside
The Bucharest native says that right now there is a great variety of trees and shrubs growing in Berkeley, and even some “bottled water” crops like lemons and rosemary that you should never, ever, buy at the store. They are so plentiful, it simply makes no sense. Ionescu-Zanetti create Edible Cities, a crowd-sourced site that maps food for foraging.
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Cultivating Community in Santa Rosa
October 01, 2011 by Jacoba Charles
Bayer Farm brings open space and food security to a section of Santa Rosa that needs more of both. With help from the nonprofit Landpaths, people in the Roseland neighborhood are helping each other plant and harvest food, and community.
