Sustainability

Frog Hollow Pears and Bellwether Carmody Cheese: Best Hostess Gift Ever?

All through December, SFoodie is bringing you local gift ideas for the food obsessives in your life. Your favorite host or hostess will love that your Frog Hollow pear and Bellwether Carmody cheese bounty ($38) can be opened and devoured in fine fashion during cocktail hour. This fruity flavor comb ... More >>

Local Pears Keep Flavors Sweet Through the Holidays

Even as winter closes in, late-season fruits brighten the landscape of the farmer's market. Persimmons and pomegranates dot the stalls, but no fruit fits the holiday season like pears. Whether fresh or dried, European or Asian, or for baking, canning or eating out of hand, pears feature sweet, honey ... More >>

Chickens, Bees, and Cheese

Is Organic Produce Actually Cheaper to Grow?

​Yeah, yeah, yeah: Certified organic produce is more expensive than conventional, and the premium prices that organic farmers can charge make their farms more than twice as profitable as conventional farms. But a new study suggests that organic grains, fruits, and vegetables don't have to be so e ... More >>

Comprehensive Guide to CSAs in San Francisco: Fruits and Vegetables

Contents of a weekly share from Shooting Star CSA​The number of CSAs -- Community Supported Agriculture groups -- available to San Francisco residents has really grown in the last few years. From farm-fresh produce to grass-fed beef and sustainably caught seafood, there are just so many choice ... More >>

List: Why There Are Still No Green Jobs in San Francisco

Portraits of the New Food Movement

Anne Hamersky​Farm Together Now: Portraits of a New Food Movement Where: The Commonwealth Club's Gold Room, 595 Market (at Second St.) When: Thu., June 30. Networking reception starts at 5:30 p.m., program at 6. Cost: $20 general, $8 Commonwealth Club members, $7 students with valid ID. ... More >>

San Francisco's $2.8 million Corporate Welfare Tab

Matt Smith illustrationUp with corporate welfare!​Gov. Jerry Brown has moved to cut public money thrown at enterprise tax zones, which provide breaks to companies in certain disadvantaged areas, including San Francisco's financial district and SOMA.But San Francisco companies are veritable corpora ... More >>

New View for the Bayview

Northern California Is Turning into Northern Italy

Women Are Essential to the Food Revolution: Farmer Jane Author Speaks at Omnivore

Julia PlasenciaCity Slicker Farms' Willow Rosenthal.​While testosterone drives the majority of restaurant kitchens, women tend to actually alter the way we eat ― as farmers, mothers, businesswomen, and activists. Women are more likely to own sustainable farms, work at agriculture nonprofits, ... More >>

Newcomer Della Terra Organics Wants to Bring Farm-Sourced Produce to Bernal

ICHIICHI's Tim Archuleta at the Monday happy hour at Bender's.​When the 331 Cortland market opens within the next two months (barring further delays), it'll mark the launch of new produce retailer Della Terra Organics. Owner Susan D'Arcangelo told SFoodie she has a long history of entrepreneur ... More >>

S.F. Green Business Program rewards polluter

Is Toxic Waste is Good for the Environment? S.F. Official Explains Logic behind Green Business Program.

​This week's Matt Smith column notes that Sims Metal Management dumps into municipal landfills tens of thousands of tons of waste California Department of Toxic Substances Control scientists say is hazardous. Yet the company somehow received a San Francisco "Green Business Award." The column a ... More >>

It's an Orgy of Harvest Stuff All Weekend at Ferry Plaza, Starting with Today's Booze Bash

Uncle Lynx/Flickr​This afternoon kicks off a weekend of harvest-related activities at the Ferry Building. Free events include an olive oil tasting, apple pressing and cider making, a Barnyard by the Bay petting zoo, and live music. Till 8 p.m. today, an organic spirits (boo!), wine, and beer t ... More >>

Snacktion: Frog Hollow Farm's Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies

T Palmer​Name: Cherry Chocolate Chip CookiesBrand: Frog Hollow FarmOrigin: BrentwoodFound at: Frog Hollow Farm Market (One Ferry Plaza at the Embarcadero)Cost: $3.50Ingredients: Organic flour, organic butter, organic sugar, eggs, Scharffen Berger chocolate, organic walnuts, organic dried cherries, ... More >>

Hip Hop Responds to Van Jones Drama

EKAphotographyAli Chagi-Starr, Van Jones (c), and Ron Dellums at Silence the Violence Day, 2007​ By now, everyone and they mama has heard that controversial green jobs adviser Van Jones has been forced to resign from his white house job. There are many differing takes on the subject, from ultr ... More >>

Brain Glaze

Eating Unnaturally, Naturally

A Natural, Zesty Enterprise

Voodoo on the Vine

The origins of the increasingly popular Biodynamic wine are steeped in the occult and bad science.

Org. Org. Throws Kegger

How Weird Is Howard?

Green Graves

Can a burial business still be eco-friendly if its new biodegradable caskets are brought in on cargo ships from China?