Is Urban Agriculture a Waste of Resources?
This past weekend while manning the East Bay Urban Agriculture Alliance booth at the Eat Real Festival in Oakland a guy came up to us with a question. He seemed to have a point to prove and his point...
View ArticleThe Greenhorns
Last night Tom, Paul and I went to a screening for the Greenhorns movie, a documentary about new young farmers. It was a decent flick overall but I felt that it probably would have been better if the...
View ArticleOur Big Event Tomorrow
With a handful of other people, Tom and I are putting together the largest event we’ve ever planned for tomorrow – the Just Food – Celebrating Locally Grown event. We will be featuring a panel of...
View ArticleIntroduction to the GMO Challenge
I wanted to wait to discuss this until after I went to a talk by Michael Pollan about the aftermath of Prop. 37. While the votes are still being counted Proposition 37 – the Right to Know initiative...
View ArticleMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
From all of us here at Dog Island Farm to you! I hope you have a wonderful time! Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab! Print PDF
View ArticleKnowing Your Food
There is something fishy going on. I love sushi. I mean LOVE sushi. It’s not cheap so I don’t eat it very often so it’s a real treat for me. Imagine my surprise when I read an article earlier this year...
View ArticleThe New Normal
A great TEDx presentation on using livestock to reverse desertification and climate change. Except for 4 years while I was away at college, I’ve lived pretty much my entire life in the San Francisco...
View ArticleMichael Pollan for $12
For the last several years I’ve been wanting to see Michael Pollan speak, but usually it’s at a swanky center for way too much money. We did get a chance to sit in on one of his classes at UC Berkeley...
View ArticleThe National Heirloom Expo
We went. We saw. We drooled. We had a fantastic time at the Heirloom Expo. We ended up not seeing nearly as many workshops as we wanted to due to time allowance. We did see two – Dr. Vandana Shiva’s...
View ArticleJust Food: Celebrating Locally Grown
That’s the name of the event we’ve been working on putting together over the last few months! It will be held on October 20th from 4:30pm – 9pm. In celebration of World and U.S. Food Days, Just Food...
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