I grew up knowing my Dad’s best friend was a fisherman. For years I’d hear my father reminisce about the days when he and Kirk built fly rods together and lured eels, bass, and lingcod along the California coast. I also knew that these adventure-book tales eventually became a career-reality for Kirk. After years of bumming around Point Reyes and Half Moon Bay, Kirk founded his company, called Sea Forager, where he ethically catches, guts, and delivers fish to San Francisco residents. He has more than 2,000 customers, leads ocean exploration and sustainability tours on the side, and is the author of two books. And, as I was reminded by Kirk, he holds the record for the largest monkeyface eel ever caught in California.

In this Texas town, locals are making sure the kids love their vegetables

Local food & farmingJared KentApril 30, 2021sustainable, sustainability, local foods, local farms, local food system, Elgin, Texas, Vegetables, local vegetables, Farm to Kids Texas, Texas Center for Local FoodComment

Lessons in resilience from small farms

Food co-ops are on a mission to fix our food system. They might just succeed.

Public health/Food justice, Local food & farmingAlec TillyAugust 25, 2020food justice, social diversity, community engagement, ending food deserts, food co-ops, cooperative economics, equitable food systems, local food system, food desert, food apartheid, Dorchester Food Coop, Malik Yakini, East Oakland Grocery Cooperative, Detroit People's Food Coop, Karen WashingtonComment

Can local suppliers build a sturdier food system? Pie Ranch thinks so.

Public health/Food justice, Local food & farmingMadison WilsonAugust 8, 2020CSAs in pandemic, local harvest, hunger, local foods, farmers, farming methods, Pie Ranch, Farm to food box, USDA farm to food box program, jered lawson, pescadero, the common marketComment

Your CSA box, unpacked

Local food & farmingAlissa MooreJuly 8, 2020farmers markets, organic farming, local foods, season produce, CSA, CSAs, community supported agriculture, three sisters farm, making most of CSA box, local CSA farmers, CSAs in pandemic, how to use all those greens, exploding demand for CSAs, why CSAs are thrivingComment

Big love for a little farm

Movie review of Big Little Farm, as written by a small farmer.

Does eating local matter?

Local food & farmingKatie KetchumJune 27, 2019urban agriculture, Local Harvest, climate friendly, climate change, Organic Label, labeling, food labelsComment

The ancient practice of gleaning is still relevant

Local food & farmingIsabella SchneeMarch 7, 2019food waste solutions, food rescue, food recovery, food insecurity, food waste, climate change, climate friendly, gleaning, food bank, food pantry, CAST, St. Andrews, NRDC, ReFED, Mimi Edelman, ancient art of gleaningComment

Could farmers markets help turn Big Ag into Sustainable Ag?

Local food & farmingGreg VeitchFebruary 21, 2019sustainable agriculture, sustainable farming, Perennial Crops, perennial, grains, The Land Institute, nutrition, soil-first approach, soil, perennial grains, farmers marketsComment

How local communities are turning vacant lots into thriving urban farms

Local food & farmingPhoebe LamontMay 23, 2018urban agriculture, farming, vacant lots, Large Lots, Philadelphia Land BankComment

On becoming a farmer: How it's changing my world

Local food & farmingEmily SylvestreApril 5, 2018Swallowtail Farm, Joanna Macy, soil preservation, community engagement, environmental sustainability, becoming a farmer, farming in Florida, climate change Comments

Make way for the farm-to-flask movement

Local food & farmingLisa KelseyFebruary 15, 2018farm-to-flask movement, Kettleborough Cider House, craft distilleries, craft spiritsComment

Advice to young farmers

Local food & farmingLydia ChodoshNovember 25, 2017patagonia, Stone Barns Center for Food and AgricultureComment

Urban farms scale up for the good of communities

Amid the brick and concrete that define New York City, there are whole stretches of green that form rooftop farms, community gardens and schoolyard plots. This is what urban agriculture looks like. It’s a trend taking root across the globe.

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