Any Saturday, rain or shine, I can walk down the aisles of our Santa Barbara Farmers Market and choose produce items that are fresh, ripe and mostly local. I’ve lived here since…
A Campus Community Garden: Growing Food Sustainably at UC Santa Barbara
There is a little green gem of a place hiding in plain sight on the lands of UC Santa Barbara. It is not on the path of a yellow brick…
Raise High the Pig Farms
Santa Barbara County [Photography by Rosminah Brown] Pork has seen a resurgence in popularity, starting with the ubiquitous and delicious bacon we see across meals from breakfast to dessert, and…
Processing Acorns: Two Ways
“Today, we’ve almost forgotten about the nourishing acorn, which almost never figures in most peoples’ diet. More’s the pity, for this important ancient California food once sustained thousands of people…
Acorn Eating: A Santa Barbara Tradition
Did you know that acorns provided about 20% of the rural diet in Italy and Spain as recently as the 19th century? Acorn consumption was also widespread in Santa Barbara…
Local Grass-Fed Beef: Converting Sunlight to Food
[Photography by Fran Collin] I’ve often seen the cattle grazing on our hillsides, but never really connected that to the history of our community or even to the meat I…