Excerpted from an Interview with Calla Rose Ostrander Calla Rose Ostrander is an environmental consultant to the Marin Carbon Project, and formerly Climate Change Coordinator for the city of Aspen and Climate Change Project Manager for San Francisco. When I was the Climate Change Project Manager for the City of San Francisco, John Wick gave a …

A vision of local food entrepreneurism as a driver for regional economy and a force for social good is coming to life in an old restored warehouse.  

“All good farmers become connoisseurs of dirt and dust”- farmer, author Mas Massamoto At first it seemed like an elaborate joke–hundreds of wine glasses filled with soil from five different farms elegantly displayed on white linen tablecloths. It must have taken hours to set up. “They don’t really expect us to eat dirt, do they?” …

By Ariel Greenwood A grazier argues that this popular sentiment misses the point, and distracts us from the opportunity to adopt a diet that will restore ecosystems while nourishing people. Given the concerns over resource-intensive industrial meat production, you’d think the resounding message would be, “don’t buy cheap meat, buy good meat.” Instead, a rule …