Featured Farm
Knoll Farms
In 1979, Rick and Kristie Knoll purchased a weedy 10-acre alfalfa field. Twenty-three years later, it is a thriving, productive entity that grows some of the most outstanding produce in the Bay Area. This small piece of land in the middle of a growing suburb is a wonderful example of what a small family farm can achieve. In 2003, they were gifted an additional 8 acres.Along with a great variety of produce, plants and weeds, they raise 20 free-range chickens, a pot-bellied pig, two ...
Featured Artisan
Happy Girl Kitchen Co.
Todd and Jordan were first introduced to food preservation when they worked together on a farm in Norway in 1999. Back in the states, living on California’s Central Coast, they saw the need to preserve the regional harvest so people could eat a diversity of local produce year-round. These days, from June through October, Todd and Jordan spend most of their time in the kitchen using hot-water bath canning techniques to put up pickles, jams and tomato sauces. Everything is made by hand and ...