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What's at Your Farmers' Market This Week? Melons, Peaches, and Cucumbers!
With peaches at their peak and melons of all sizes, colors, and flavors rolling into the markets, it's time to make this refreshing salad.
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How to Hug a Hügel
While you can’t actually hug a hügel, you can learn (hands on) about this bio-intensive garden-building technique on Thursday, July 21 during the Summer Volunteer Workshop at Cloverfield Organic Farm in El Sobrante. Get acquainted with the farm's organic u-pick program for fruits, vegetables, and flowers, buy some plants, and meet—neigh, perhaps hug—Magic Bill the medicine horse. Read more.
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New Crop Swap Near Oakland’s Lake Merritt
Want to meet others in the area who grow their own food and herbs, make jams and pickles, food starters, and more? Want to trade seeds, plants, produce, gardening advice, recipes, and other good stuff? Click here for more info on this new crop swap, and be sure to share this post with others who might be interested.
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REDUCE YOUR PLASTICS FOOTPRINT!
It’s Plastic-Free July and the Berkeley Ecology Center has a packed schedule of fun events to help us minimize plastics in our lives. Read more.
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Are You Cider Curious and Itchin' for a Road Trip?
Our spring-issue story on local artisanal hard cider prompted a visit to the Hidden Orchard Tasting Barn in the Sierra Foothills town of Camino. We tasted ciders and learned about their upcoming Summer Cider Release Party, Saturday, July 9, 10am–6pm. Try new varieties of cider, eat yummy food, peruse craft vendors, breathe the pure mountain air, and listen to live music by the Sims Band.
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Are Pests or Pesticides the Problem?
Angel Garcia, Organizing Director with Californians for Pesticide Reform, will speak on the need to reduce pesticide use as a critical environmental health and environmental justice issue. Check out this Sierra Club SF Chapter virtual program on July 8, 7:30pm. Read more.
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