Traditions, family, friends, and most of all, food are “center stage” as we gather to celebrate Thanksgiving this week. We may consider the holiday “American,” but as the History Chanel.com states, “Thanksgiving falls under a category of festivals that spans cultures,...
In areas of the country where we experience the variety of seasons, we are starting to see signs of spring around us. Dogwoods, azaleas, tulips and daffodils brighten up our roadsides and yards as well as our dispositions. We start to experience more daylight hours...
The future of agriculture is based on the principles of sustainability: sustaining generations of farmers and their land and maintaining an economical and environmentally sound business. Easier said than done! Today, many farmers are in their sixties. The growth of...
Growing up on small family owned dairy farm, wasting food was not an option, both from a monetary perspective and family well-being. As a small child, my father had experienced folks stopping by his family’s farm asking for food in exchange for work during the Great...
Last December, my husband and I happened upon Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese while in the San Francisco area for a wedding and my “love affair” started; not only with the cheese but with the philosophy and commitment by the Giacomini family. In 1959, Bob and Dean...
