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Past Events:
"The Economics of Happiness" Film Premier & Local Living Expo
Frances Moore Lappe & Friends: Discovering the EcoMind Connection
Peaches, plum and apricots are making their local market debut as summer draws near. While the early April frost caused a moderate reduction in yield (about 18%), California growers promise a longer shelf life and vibrant, ultra-sweet fruit thanks to the cooler weather earlier this Spring. Apricot season is short and sweet, so don’t miss […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in the day before green was the new black, back before Al Gore’s lift and pointer raised sustainability to new heights , a Santa Cruz tech-geek turned activist had a vision. Knowing that chain store produce travels an average of 3,000 miles and one week before even hitting our shopping carts he wondered, “how […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Did you know, thousands of new processed food products are introduced each year, with billions of industry dollars spent encouraging us to eat them? The US is now the most overweight industrial nation in history. Do they really think we need more food?
The universal solution to many of our worldly dilemmas sometimes begins on the plate. Heart disease, factory farm emissions, world hunger ? they?re all food-related issues. But how about taking the concept a step further? Most of us recognize the relationship between diet and disease, but what about the connection between nutrition and behavior?
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