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Rob Rogers Marin IJ link to article June 8, 2009 After 21 years as director and farm adviser at the University of California Cooperative Extension in Novato, Ellie Rilla is stepping down in order to promote Marin's farms and ranches in another way - by updating her book on agricultural tourism.
Rob Rogers, Marin IJ link to article May 30, 2009 Claire Cruse and her brother, Nicholas, hold Ruby and Maxine during the Backyard Chicken Workshop, a forum on raising chickens for egg production in your backyard, presented by the University of California Cooperative Extension at Toby's Feed Barn in...
College of Marin students plant rows of crops on Wednesday at the college's organic farm on the Indian Valley campus in Novato. (IJ photo/Robert Tong) Rob Rogers, Marin IJ, link to article March 20, 2009 Bonnie Bibas went to Africa with dreams of changing the world, but discovered she wasn't ready.
Marin IJ Staff Report March 6, 2009 Link to article An organic farm at the Indian Valley campus of College Marin is looking forward to its first harvest. The 5.
by Samantha Campos, Pacific Sun link to article Friday, March 6, 2009 Museums are supposed to be the places where we visit relics of the past: ceremonial objects from ancient indigenous peoples...Flemish triptychs of 15th-century Europe...model trains of America's bygone railroad heyday...
Some vendors notice downturn at farmers market, but it's a mixed bag Leon Day, who sells condiments at the Marin County Farmers Market in San Rafael, says sales of sauces, marinades and chutneys are down 30 to 40 percent. Other vendors say sales are brisk despite the economic downturn.
Liz Cunninghame, owner of Clark Summit Farms in Tomales, feeds organic scratch to her organic, free-range turkeys. (IJ photo/Jeff Vendsel) Rob Rogers 11/17/08 Marin IJ LIZ CUNNINGHAME is a busy woman.
By DIANE PETERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, October 15, 2008 If there was only one food you could bring to a desert island, what would it be? JOHN BURGESS Some of the 20 varieties of organic, dry-farmed potatoes from David Little's West Marin farm.
California Farm Bureau Federation, California Country Magaine, September/October 2008 Link to article by Tracy Sellers and Christine Souza Some experts call childhood obesity a "critical public health threat." Others use the term "epidemic.
Steve Quirt (left) helped rancher Mike Gale make the transition to organic farming. Now Quirt has co-written a documentary about West Marin farms, 'Hidden Bounty of Marin: Farm Families in Transition.
