What comes to mind when you think about climate change and what we as individuals, or a nation, can do to help solve the crisis? Aside from the obvious choices like changing light bulb’s and looking at renewable energy, what should come to mind is that changing the way our…
Chocolate has a way of enticing you. Eating it makes you feel good. It’s smooth texture upon your tongue taking you to another place, even for just a minute. Every. Single. Time. While I’m not big on sweets, I do like to enjoy quality organic dark chocolate every now and…
The Lifestyle of Simplicity in Food and Human Nature – Looking back at an El Niño Winter The give and take of El Niño for Sonoma County Farms Rain has come in torrents, transforming fields into small lakes. The cars that drive down the mirrored streets leave fountains in their…
I know that Super Bowl Sunday isn’t a national holiday, though perhaps it ought to be. After all, football — the most popular sport in the U.S. — seems to be the national religion. The football itself is a kind of Holy Grail to be protected against enemies, and the…
Book Review: Food & Freedom: How the Slow Food Movement Is Changing the World Through Gastronomy. By Carlo Petrini September 2015 192 pages Reviewed by Jonah Raskin Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow Food, the worldwide grass roots organization, and the author of Slow Food Nation, exudes so much…
SFRR Board Member Paula Downing, longtime Manager of the Sebastopol Farmers’ Market, is stepping down from her position at the market. Come and say goodbye in grand style at Paula’s Kick-Ass Retirement Celebration. Sebastopol Grange 6000 Sebastopol Ave (Highway 12) Saturday, December 5, 2015, 5–10pm Paula Downing has been managing…
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Long time Long time Rus board member and leader Paula Downing is fondly remembered by so many in our community. From her ongoing work with our Community Apple Press and championing the Heritage Turkey Project, Paula was an indefatigable friend to furthering school gardens and Sonoma County farmers, fisherfolk, and foodmakers whom live our good, clean, and fair values.
Paula, you will be missed. 🐌❤️🍏🦃We at Farm Trails mourn the passing of Paula Downing early last week. Paula was an indefatigable champion of local farms and farmers since the 1990s. She formerly served on the Farm Trails Board of Directors, on the leadership council at Slow Food Russian River, and as longtime manager of the Sebastopol Farmers' Market. We had expected to spend Saturday with Paula at the Gravenstein Apple Fair, where she was slated to be a panelist on the Life on the Farm stage. Instead, we paid tribute to her during the panel, and hope you were able to join us in that collective memorial.
To read more about Paula and her indelible impact on the ag community, and particularly her advocacy for farmers' economic viability, read Michele Anna Jordan's reflections on her friend: www.pressdemocrat.com/article/lifestyle/remembering-paula-downing-a-force-for-farmers-markets/
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