Subscribe to Our Blog FeedYou might’ve already seen a decent listing of California organic farms right here. If that’s the case, more power to you, but perhaps you’d like a little more depth in one of the oldest farms in California supporting sustainability, freshness and reputation for organic foods, and that’s this little place: They’re Called Cal-Organic Farms And… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Food Philosophy
4 Best Berries Ever Eaten at Driscoll’s
For those living under a rock and not even knowing what a kumquat is, Driscoll’s happens to be the quintessential California grower of berries, and for good reason — they have, in fact, been doing what they do for over 100 years. Hard to imagine? Sure, but when family’s involved, it’s not as far-fetched as you think…. Read more »
3 Keys to Successfully Eating an Artichoke Without Hurting Yourself
It’s quite the exact science to eat an artichoke the right way — which is why many get so intimidated by just looking at one. You can’t exactly cut the thing up and eat all the pieces. Your result for doing that would probably be much worse than eating the shells off of shrimp. As… Read more »
Free Lunches and Miracles
We’ve all heard it a million times: there’s no such thing as a free lunch. It’s a maxim that diet conscious folks and processed food giants alike have been trying to disprove — or at least circumvent — for decades. Some of the biggest commercial experiments in having your cake and eating it too have… Read more »
Well-Traveled Produce
When I made plans to go camping last weekend, I also planned to skip my Friday organic produce box delivery — because who wants a fridge full of fresh produce when you’re a hundred miles away, floating on a blow-up raft and lazily admiring your lakeside campsite? I logged in to my account and was… Read more »
Keepin’ It Fresh
I stopped by the new Golden Gate Organics office on 50th Ave in Oaktown the other day to check out the new digs and catch up with Corey, and after a fun visit he sent me home with an armload of grocery products to try. I’ll be… Read more »
Greens, Eggs, and Ham
When I was a kid, poached eggs on toast was a favorite breakfast that I only got when Dad took over cooking duties because Mom was sick or had slept unusually late. His entire morning culinary repertoire consisted of either poached eggs or French toast, and when… Read more »
Growing a Movement
A couple days ago, I got an email from some folks I hadn’t heard from — or about — in quite a while, the Oakland Food Policy Council. The email asked me to sign a petition to the Oakland City Council encouraging them to act on reducing the barriers and restrictions on urban agriculture activities… Read more »
Take Time to Stop and Smell the Coffee
Here in the US, most people treat coffee as a commodity. We drink it on the go, whether quickly making it ourselves in the morning before rushing out the door, travel mug in hand, or hitting Starbucks or Peet’s to… Read more »
March Against Madness
Many of us know intuitively that genetically modified foods are unsafe to eat and that they are harmful to the environment and other living beings, but there could be a much bigger concern: they may actually threaten the stability of the world’s food supply. Most Americans don’t realize that they probably eat GM foods every… Read more »
