Category Archives: Petaluma

Offering alternatives to the traditional Thanksgiving Fare. Check out these winning recipes! Continue reading →

Sonoma County Organic Farm Feeds the Community Continue reading →

Two Slow Food chefs sing the praises of heirloom vegetables! Continue reading →

We had a full house at The Seed Bank last week for Amy Rice Jones’s free talk on fall planting. Farm manager for Petaluma’s popular food growing non profit, Amy is well respected in the community for her wealth of knowledge on sustainable farming and raising all things green. And her talk was full of great tips for local gardeners hoping to reap the bounty of a fall and winter vegetable garden. Continue reading →

When Seed Bank shoppers wait in line at the checkout counter, many are drawn to pick up one of the organic vegetable soaps on display and give it a sniff. They often even add a bar or two to their purchase. Continue reading →

We have the late Alan Chadwick, a leading innovator of organic farming techniques, to thank for the fact that we can buy the best gardening tools ever made here in the U.S., including at The Seed Bank in Petaluma, CA. Continue reading →

Author and food activist Michael Pollan has given us “Food Rules” for choosing healthy foods and eating habits, and if you need some ideas on what to do with those fresh, whole foods you’re harvesting from your garden and filling your canvas bags with at the grocer, Cathryn Couch and JoEllen DeNicola can help. Continue reading →

Maybe you don’t give fish a second thought. You shop for fresh fillets at your favorite whole food market and enjoy a salmon dinner now and then. But if you attended food journalist Paul Greenberg’s talk at The Seed Bank last night, you’ll most likely look at this ocean-born food source a little differently from now on. Continue reading →

Kenwood beekeeper Randy Sue Collins says she probably knew a lot about honeybees before finding out she knew a lot about honeybees. Huh? You say. What she means is she feels as though she has an innate knowledge of this super smart insect, a knowing and passion that began surfacing when she came across some bee hives in a friend’s almond grove three years ago. Continue reading →

Last spring Jere and Emilee Gettle, owners of Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company and Bakersville Pioneer Village in Mansfield, Missouri, were wading through piles of paperwork to make their dream of a West Coast location a reality. By June, they opened the doors of their newest store, The Seed Bank, in a grand 1920’s Roman Renaissance Revival style building on the corner of a bustling thoroughfare in Petaluma, California, within a 50 mile radius of half their California mail order customers. Continue reading →