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May 7, 2012
Occupy Refuses to Leave UC Berkeley Farm, University Officials to "Take Action"
University officials gave Berkeley's latest crop of protesters until Saturday to vacate the vacant tract of land the group had occupied last month, which they've used as an urban farm.On Friday, Berkeley officials issued a stern warning to the Occupy the Farm, demanding the group leave the 10-acre A ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
Learn How To Raise Chicken In The City at 18 Reasons
What: Chickens 101: How To Have City Birds Where: 18 Reasons When: Tues., May 8, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $35 The Rundown: Nick Rupiper has raised chickens in Sonoma Valley for the last six years and will be teaching city dwellers all about his labor of love. Backyard flocks are increasingly common among ... More >>
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April 27, 2012
Good Ol' Home Brewed Beer Flows to Fund Forage Kitchen
What: Brewtruc's Charity Beer Garden When: Saturday, April 28 from 1 to 7 p.m. Where: 246 Ritch Street Cost: $20 gets you a glass of ten beers The Rundown: This Saturday, Brewtruc is teaming up with Forage SF to support the construction of Forage Kitchen, complete with rooftop garden and nanobr ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
Get a Burger Box at Mission Community Market's Opening Day
What: Mission Community Market's Opening DayWhen: Thursday, April 12 Where: The Mission District at Bartlett and 22nd Streets Cost: Admission is free... the fresh produce is not. The Rundown: This may be the third year of a weekly farmer's market-- but there's always something new going on at Mi ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosenthal Write a Primer on Urban Farming
"There are so many books about how to farm and garden, so why'd we want to write another book?" says Novella Carpenter, co-author of the recently published The Essential Urban Farmer along with City Slicker Farms' Willow Rosenthal. "What we figured out, though, is that Wilow and I get q ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Is Animal Slaughter on Urban Farms Becoming a Problem? One Group Thinks So
If you go to farmers' markets in the East Bay, you may have seen them: A group of activists from Neighbors Opposed to Backyard Slaughter handing out flyers raising concerns about Oakland's new Urban Agriculture Policy. "The last thing I want my daughter to see or hear are the sounds of an an ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Urban Gardening Classes Are Great Gifts for Green Thumbs
What: Urban Gardening School Where: 18 Reasons When: Third Wednesdays and Saturdays, January-June Cost: Sliding scale: $350-$425 The rundown: 18 Reasons has compiled a series of new classes and owner Rosie Branson Gill says, "We think [they] would be excellent gifts this holiday season." ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
Raising Farm Animals in Urban Settings Isn't the Idyllic Pastime It's Rumored to Be
Other than the vegan and the ultra-pragmatic, who hasn't fantasized about raising chickens in their backyard? Or even having a big enough backyard to put a chicken coop in? The zeitgeist belongs to the urban farmers, the raisers of goats and tenders of beehives.Those living the dream, though, are ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
On Sesame Street, One Muppet Goes Hungry
According to the New York Times, Sesame Street will be airing a very special episode on KQED and other PBS affiliates this coming Sunday at 7 p.m. Titled "Growing Hope Against Hunger," it will introduce a Muppet named Lily who comes from a "food insecure" household.Elmo, Bert, ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
UN Plaza Farmers' Market Invites You to Birthday Party
Heart of the City Farmers' MarketHeart of the City Farmers' Market 30th Anniversary Party Where: United Nations Plaza, Market at Seventh St. When: Weds., Sept. 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: Free The Rundown: Established in 1981 as an oasis of food in what was (and still is) an S.F. food desert, ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Which Is Worse: Stealing Vegetables from a Community Garden, or Candy from a Baby?
This question came up Friday on Twitter. We ran an item from the Bernalwood blog in Buzz Machine, our daily wrapup of local restaurant news, that someone had stolen vegetables from a community garden. We tweeted that we think this is worse than stealing candy from a baby. But readers disa ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Urban Gardens Are Hot, but What About Urban Pollution?
Oakland, like San Francisco before it, is rushing to accommodate urban gardeners by revising its regulations to allow people to sell produce they grow in the city. There's one catch, says East Bay Express's Nate Seltenrich: Much of the soil in West Oakland is contaminated with dangerous levels of le ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Otherwise, There Will Be Blood
Oakland, like San Francisco before it, is rushing to accommodate urban gardeners by revising its regulations to allow people to sell produce they grow in the city. There's one catch, says East Bay Express's Nate Seltenrich: Much of the soil in West Oakland is contaminated with dangerous levels of le ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Supes OK Farming Ordinance, Giving S.F. the Nation's Most Progressive Urban Ag Rules
davidsilver/FlickrUrban farms like Little City Gardens are now able to sell what they grow without having to obtain a costly zoning exemption.After yesterday's unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors, San Francisco now has the most progressive laws on urban agriculture in the nation. The n ... More >>
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April 11, 2011
Tuesday: Supes Vote on Easing Restrictions for Urban Farmers
Little City GardensIf tomorrow's amended ordinance passes, it'll mean small urban farms like Little City Gardens will be able to sell produce without securing zoning exemptions.In February, S.F.'s Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve new rules for urban agriculture, allowing small gro ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Sunday: Chez Panisse, Pizzaiolo Tag-Team for School Gardens
OBUGS school gardens in West Oakland.OBUGS Fundraiser with Pizzaiolo and Chez Panisse Where: Pizzaiolo, 5008 Telegraph (at 51st St.), Oakland, 510-652-4888 When: Sun., Apr. 10, 6-10 p.m. Cost: $5 and up The rundown: If you aren't taking your Sunday supper in a bakery or a car showroom, Oa ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
List: How S.F. Residents Want to Fix the City Budget
OBUGS school gardens in West Oakland.OBUGS Fundraiser with Pizzaiolo and Chez Panisse Where: Pizzaiolo, 5008 Telegraph (at 51st St.), Oakland, 510-652-4888 When: Sun., Apr. 10, 6-10 p.m. Cost: $5 and up The rundown: If you aren't taking your Sunday supper in a bakery or a car showroom, Oa ... More >>
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January 26, 2011
Get Your Farm On: Urban Ag Classes at BioFuel Oasis
Keoki Seu/FlickrOne of the happiest little co-ops in the Bay Area.BioFuel Oasis may sound like opaque corporate doublespeak (see: Deepwater Horizon), but it's actually one of the happiest little co-ops in the Bay Area. Founded in 2003, this five-person Berkeley operation specializes in making ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Get to know S.F.'s community gardens with SF Refresh
Keoki Seu/FlickrOne of the happiest little co-ops in the Bay Area.BioFuel Oasis may sound like opaque corporate doublespeak (see: Deepwater Horizon), but it's actually one of the happiest little co-ops in the Bay Area. Founded in 2003, this five-person Berkeley operation specializes in making ... More >>
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September 10, 2010
Saul's Picks Up on Urban Beekeeping Buzz for Rosh Hashanah Talk
Saul'sA farkakta idea? Nobody ever got stung merely talking about beekkeping.Those hoping to learn more about the honey they're dipping challah and apples into during the Jewish High Holiday season can do so at Saul's Adventures in the Honey Harvest next Tuesday night. Topics for discussion i ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Beyond the Cash Crop: The Economics of Urban Farming
ESLI SF/FlickrBig score at Alemany.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At Grist, Tom Philpott reveals how the economics of urban farms can be trickier than navigating a city lot laced with lead. If you're laboring under some hippie idyll that places like Alemany or City Slicker could one day ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Food Fight
ESLI SF/FlickrBig score at Alemany.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. At Grist, Tom Philpott reveals how the economics of urban farms can be trickier than navigating a city lot laced with lead. If you're laboring under some hippie idyll that places like Alemany or City Slicker could one day ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
Ferment Change is Hosting a Cultured Dinner. Leave the Tux at Home
Ferment ChangeWhen we envision a cultured dinner, we imagine a Thanksgiving meal at which Uncle Pruitt won't lift his half-slurped goblet of IPA, stare at it curiously with his one good eye, and exclaim, loudly, from the depths of his corn pudding-swathed belly, "This beer tastes like p***y!" ... More >>
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May 12, 2010
Pretty Things
Ferment ChangeWhen we envision a cultured dinner, we imagine a Thanksgiving meal at which Uncle Pruitt won't lift his half-slurped goblet of IPA, stare at it curiously with his one good eye, and exclaim, loudly, from the depths of his corn pudding-swathed belly, "This beer tastes like p***y!" ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
Can Technology Help Get Everybody Off the Corporate Food Grid?
Frog DesignTech-driven urban ag systems could bring Slow Food within reach of everyone in a city.It's the sort of question guaranteed to surface at every Slow Food showdown, dinner discussion series, and urban farming tutorial in town: How can we make local food accessible, affordable, and ap ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Eat Their Vegetables
Frog DesignTech-driven urban ag systems could bring Slow Food within reach of everyone in a city.It's the sort of question guaranteed to surface at every Slow Food showdown, dinner discussion series, and urban farming tutorial in town: How can we make local food accessible, affordable, and ap ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
Are We Seeing the Ripening of the Educational Gardening Movement?
Produce to the PeopleProduce to the People's lettuce seedlings ready for planting in the field.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Edible city: At City Dirt, Ariana Reguzzoni pokes around the growing tangle of urban farms and gardens in San Francisco. She lists six, from Alemany Farm to Grow ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
The Year Urban Farming Busted Out
CUESA/FlickrRaised beds at Alemany Farm.Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Green city: At Bay Area Bites, Andrew Simmons muses on the city's dalliance with edible vegetation ― the urban farming movement that busted out in 2009 like fears about H1N1. What happened, Simmons suggests, is tha ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
Thursday Night: Meat and Coffee on SFMOMA's Rooftop
artcar.blogspot.comThe perfect taste of coffee-inspired charcuterie?Still haven't checked out SFMOMA's Rooftop Garden and Cafe? Thursday night's shindig with Meatpaper, Blue Bottle Coffee, and predicted warm weather just might be the perfect time. If you're into flesh, that is, for it is most ... More >>
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February 19, 2010
Doggy Bag: The Farm Next Door
Little City GardensOur favorite morsel from the blogs. Growing the green: Heather Smith, who wrote briefly for SFoodie last year, picked up on Little City Gardens, the backyard farm near Dolores Park whose efforts to expand Andrew Simmons has blog-chronicled here. Yesterday at Mission Loc@l, ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2010
Urban Farmers Little City Gardens Planning a Move to a Bigger Plot
Little City GardensThe backyard garden produces as many as 25 varieties of herbs and salad greens.Brooke Budner and Caitlyn Galloway are the guerrilla green thumbs behind Little City Gardens, a cherry tomato-sized urban farm in the Mission. Simultaneously a small salad mix business, a hub of ... More >>
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June 24, 2009
Homegrown
Little City GardensThe backyard garden produces as many as 25 varieties of herbs and salad greens.Brooke Budner and Caitlyn Galloway are the guerrilla green thumbs behind Little City Gardens, a cherry tomato-sized urban farm in the Mission. Simultaneously a small salad mix business, a hub of ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
Saplings of the City
Little City GardensThe backyard garden produces as many as 25 varieties of herbs and salad greens.Brooke Budner and Caitlyn Galloway are the guerrilla green thumbs behind Little City Gardens, a cherry tomato-sized urban farm in the Mission. Simultaneously a small salad mix business, a hub of ... More >>
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November 19, 2008
Free Coke
Little City GardensThe backyard garden produces as many as 25 varieties of herbs and salad greens.Brooke Budner and Caitlyn Galloway are the guerrilla green thumbs behind Little City Gardens, a cherry tomato-sized urban farm in the Mission. Simultaneously a small salad mix business, a hub of ... More >>

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