Posted in CA Seed Store, Petaluma, gardening on Aug 26th, 2010
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.
Posted in CA Seed Store, Petaluma, gardening on Aug 19th, 2010
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.
Posted in CA Seed Store, Cooking, Petaluma on Aug 12th, 2010
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.
Posted in CA Seed Store, Petaluma, events on Aug 5th, 2010
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.
Posted in CA Seed Store, Petaluma, gardening on Aug 3rd, 2010
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.