The UC Master Gardener Fall Garden Market plant sale offers a bounty of winter vegetable and flower seedlings plus beautiful low-water succulents. They all thrive in our cool winter conditions and will keep your garden producing year round. Come get inspired! Arrive early for best selection.
UC Master Gardeners will be hosting educational talks, children’s activities, a Green Elephant sale, and an “Ask a Master Gardener” booth where you can ask questions and bring in samples for diagnosis.
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Tagged farming, fundraiser, garden, local, master gardeners, organic, our environment, plants
In honor of all of these wonderful things that differentiate the cooperative business model, October has been declared National Co-op Month. It gives nods to the more than 29,000 co-ops across the country, from natural food stores, to banks, manufacturers and everything in between. Local, trusted and serving you.
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Tagged food advocacy, garden, local, regional food web
The “Silicon Valley Tour de Coop” is really much more than just a few chicken coops – It’s a celebration of the pleasures and rewards of living in a sustainable and nature connected environment by everything from coops, bees to solar panels, grey water systems, urban farming and healthy live styles and everything in between.
So, for the 2019 Tour De Coop let’s expand our tour to also focus on lifestyle and community …and ways that allows each of us to live healthier lives for ourselves and also for the planet.
Register now for the 2019 Coop Tour – September 14, 2019; 9am – 4pm
This event is FREE and open to anyone with an interest in coops, chickens, biking and urban farming! Simply register, and you will receive an email with the Tour de Coop map. Print it out, select your coop tour, and GO! The event and coops will be open from 9 AM to 4 PM.
Each year, the number of coops and various routes is defined by the energy of the coopsters and organizers. We are just getting started for the 2019 tour!
The first year we had about 11 coops and 20 miles of tours, with 2 tours.
In 2016, our 5th year:
1,937 folks signed up; looking at 38 coops; with 13 different bike loops.
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Tagged bees, chickens, education, food advocacy, food education, garden, health, insects, local, plants, sustainability, Tour de Coop, urban farm
The Gilroy Garlic Festival is the world’s greatest summer food festival — three full days of incredible food, beverages, arts & crafts, live entertainment, and cooking competitions. Founded in 1979, this event is hosted by thousands of community volunteers who have raised millions of dollars for local schools, charities, and non-profit organizations.
As part of the ongoing exhibit “Silicon Valley Eats” Slow Food Leader, Joni Sare, will teach three different SLOW-inspired, hands-on classes beginning July 8th at the Los Altos History Museum.
From our agricultural roots to today’s cutting-edge sustainability efforts, the way we grow, eat, and share food has been shaped by innovation.
Gather around the table with us this summer as we remember the orchards and canneries of the Valley of Heart’s Delight, celebrate today’s diversity of cuisine, and learn about the new food technologies being developed in Silicon Valley.
Activities include ~
* Registration required in advance, fee applies.
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Tagged chef, class, cooking, culinary, education, food advocacy, food education, food policy, local, plants, sustainability
Kiss the Ground was started by a group of friends in a living room inspired by the potential of soil to create a more vibrant, vital future for all. What began as a simple idea —that land regeneration could restore water cycles, improve food security, fight climate change, and create a safer, more equitable world —catapulted “everyday people” into a life dedicated to activism, collaboration, and change making on a global scale. By popular demand, Kiss the Ground’s Soil Advocate Training was born so that more people could get involved in the movement!
We invite you to join the global community of soil advocates (725+ and counting) actively sharing and implementing the solutions to some of the biggest problems facing our planet today ―and most importantly, bringing hope to their communities.
