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environment
SoCal Connected
Thank you, Jules Dervaes
Post date:Pioneering Urban Homesteader Has Passed Away
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intersections
History & Society
The Women's Land Army "Farmettes" for Suffrage During World War I
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animals
Travel
The Gentle Barn: Have You Ever Hugged A Cow?
Post date:You haven't lived until you have hugged a cow.
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coffee
SoCal Connected
Good Land Organics: Coffee Farming
Post date:Farmer Jay Ruskey is the owner of Good Land Organics, a farm in Santa Barbara County that supplies rare fruits and ships them to various local farmers markets and restaurants around the country.
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small farms
Home & Garden
Drought Leads to Smaller, More Expensive Pumpkins
Post date:Unseasonably hot weather and drastic water cutbacks have caused pumpkins to ripen prematurely.
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Agriculture
Food
Botanical Facts About 8 Different Nuts
Post date:How well do you know these common nuts? Where they come from and how they're harvested?
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food rant
Food
Counterfeit Coffee Is Creeping In
Post date:As coffee shortages become the norm, counterfeiters are filling their grounds with all sorts of interesting items.
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Agriculture
Food
Demand For Almond Milk Is Soaring, But Is It Bad For The Planet?
Post date:Over the past two years, almond milk has overtaken soy milk to become America's most popular plant-based milk alternative. And almonds use 10% of California's total water supply.
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dig in
Food
Dig In: Where Are the U-Pick Peach Farms?
Post date:There aren't very many u-pick stone fruit farms left in L.A. County, but we found them!
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The Nosh
Food
Where To Get Asian Vegetables From California Farms
Post date:Here, we've rounded up a list of farms and markets to get your weekly fix of organic-ish Asian vegetables.
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The Nosh
Food
10 Photos of California's Agricultural Life in Evolution
Post date:Here are ten photos that show the state's agricultural life in evolution, from the flower farms of old Los Feliz to the UFW protests of the eighties.
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socal spirits
Food
A Perfect Earth Day Wine Guide
Post date:This book makes the case that California is leading the way in wine sustainability.
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food rant
Food
'Open Source' Seeds Are Making a Necessary Comeback
Post date:A group of activists with a seed bank are hoping to change the game by allowing anyone to use their seeds, for any purpose.
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The Nosh
Food
The True Cost of Coconut Water
Post date:The current vogue for everything coconut seems to have begun about a decade ago, when two brands of coconut water began targeting a very specific consumer niche: women who do yoga.
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The Nosh
Food
Photos From the Santa Monica Farmers' Market
Post date:The Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers' Market is a jewel of Southern California. See what's good there this week!
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The Nosh
Food
Nonprofit Brings Organic Asian Produce to Southern California
Post date:Roots CSA is dedicated to bringing fresh, Asian vegetables to the traditionally Asian communities of Southern California.
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farmers markets
Commentary
Get Your Smiles and Satsumas: Learning to Be a Better Farmers' Market Shopper
Post date:There are piles of colorful bounty, and retirees with walkers, and young mothers with strollers, and small children who have escaped said strollers and now have rings of various colors around their mouth. There is also something soothingly pleasant tha...
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food rant
Food
The World's Crop Yields Are Maxing Out
Post date:A solution needs to come, and it needs to come quickly. Yields are maxing out, but the world's population is not slowing down. And when the food goes, so does the rest of society.
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food rant
Food
Inside Our Nation's Pig Consumption
Post date:Bacon consumption in the U.S. has increased 33% over the last decade. And the industrial accidents have increased, too.
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excursions
Travel
4 U-Pick Strawberry Farms in California
Post date:Did you know there are two strawberry seasons in California?