March 25, 2026 What could be better than increasing soil organic carbon? What could be better than eating the plants that increase soil organic carbon? What could be better than eating the plants native to the Pacific Northwest that increase soil organic carbon? Nothing! Hip hip Hurrah! What could be harder than growing native edible […]
February 23, 2026 In the mid 1980s, prices for Sun Crest peaches plummeted. Fruit brokers advised farmers to dump their peaches. Aghast at the idea, Mas Masumoto, a Japanese farmer in the Central Valley of California, sold his boxes of peaches for 50 cents each. From Japanese Buddhism, you say Itadakimasu before you eat. This […]
January 21, 2026 Can you name the plant genus that includes a huge percentage of our cool weather food crops, and includes the third most important oilseed crop in the world? Also in this genus is an invasive weed that starves out all competition, common throughout our Southwest, California, Utah, and Mexico. The genus is […]