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Endorse the Initiative for Labeling for Genetically Engineered Foods
I am one of 120 volunteers who collected signatures to get labeling for genetically engineered foods on the California ballot this fall. During an 8 1/2 week period I gathered over 500 signatures. The good news is we gathered enough … Continue reading
KT Farm: Living and Farming the Hmong Way
KT Farm was one of the Featured Vendors of the Month in 2011 of the Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Markets. This article appeared in the market newsletter and online. When KT Farm owners, Tra Her and Kou Moua, were introduced … Continue reading
Bread is the Essence of Life for Joe Platin
Julia Child asked: “How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?” Apparently, Julia never tasted the bread made by Joe Platin’s bakery, Golden Sheaf Bread Company which has been making artisan bread in Santa Cruz since … Continue reading
Pam Mason and Steve Rehn of Cole Canyon Farms: From Staging Plays to Staging Plants
A theater stage is an unlikely place for two Aromas farmers to have met. Pamela Mason and Steve Rehn, owners of Cole Canyon Farm, became acquainted in the 1970s at the Julian Theater in San Francisco. Pamela designed and made … Continue reading
Jim Tashiro: Raising Flowers and Building Community
“Growing flowers is like raising children. You have to feed them, take care of them, and help them grow,” was the counsel that Jim Tashiro received from his father, Morinaga, when Jim joined his parents’ nursery business in 1983. Jim … Continue reading
Farmer Profiles
Feature article on the “Vendor of the Month” January 2011, Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Market Young Farmers Digging it in Santa Cruz Young, intelligent, and passionate about organic farming, Adriana Silva and Chris Tuohig, owners of Tomatero Farm, are shining … Continue reading
About
What I love about my business, Bond Marketing Communications, is that it involves the strategic and creative use of language. Whether I am writing content for a website or email newsletter, or a press release, I am challenged to write … Continue reading
Welcome to my blog!
One of the best things about living in Santa Cruz is the abundance of fresh, organic food that is grown by small family farmers. I have had the pleasure of meeting many farmers and writing feature articles about them for … Continue reading
