http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/Photographing so many of the lovely little farms in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas kindled my love for farms and the people who commit their lives to them. This journal is intended to share my love and appreciation for the hard work farmers and their families do to create such beautiful places and beautiful food. If you love good food, it all starts here. Ask the chefs: behind every great chef is at least one great farmer. enSat, 02 Apr 2011 14:42:33 PDTTypePad http://www.typepad.com/FoodTravelHealthThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/L3L2u3u0ggw/throwing-in-the-trowel.htmlTana ButlerSat, 02 Apr 2011 14:51:35 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef014e60564caa970cThis is probably the most difficult thing I've written. Six years ago yesterday, I introduced myself to the blogosphere, writing my first post, "Naturally I Love Farms." I do love farms—no matter what is going on in my life, stepping onto a farm instantly erases all woes. Just as being eye-to-eye with a baby does. There is something so holy and right about what farmers do, and how babies are. So. If you've been reading...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2011/04/throwing-in-the-trowel.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/x33ArGGYLI8/the-table-awaits.htmlChefs and RestaurantsCurrent AffairsFavorite PostsFood and DrinkMy workRecommendationsTravelTana ButlerMon, 06 Dec 2010 16:27:31 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef0148c676edbc970cSaturday was beautiful. I walked between the raindrops all over downtown Santa Cruz, looking for a client/friend who was hiding at one of three holidays fairs in an 8-block radius. I found her too late, and in a room too dark to photograph her wares. (More on her soon. She is Heidi Schlecht, former owner of the River Street Cafe & Cheese Shop (now owned by the talented Claire Palazzo), and Heidi has renamed her...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2010/12/the-table-awaits.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/Cwh79AqKdjo/because-of-this-man-hari-mohan-pant.htmlTana ButlerTue, 12 Oct 2010 15:50:49 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef0133f5051ffc970bPictured here, Hari Mohan Pant (pronounced HAH'ree MO'hahn Pahnt) who, at nearly seventy years old, can scramble around like a baby goat on the hills of the Chadwick Garden at UCSC to procure the overflowing bag of fruits and vegetables for me and my visiting friend, Simon Majumdar, when we visited in early September. I am at a loss for words. It doesn't happen often—it's not writer's block, but just the timidity of wanting to...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2010/10/because-of-this-man-hari-mohan-pant.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/BtWapq0-g8o/details-october-30-benefit-farm-dinner-for-ken-kimes.htmlTana ButlerTue, 12 Oct 2010 00:47:55 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef013487e705ff970cHere's a printable poster with details about the fundraiser at the end of this month. Feel free to print it or link to this post for others to learn how they can help. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: "The body is dark—the heart is shining bright; the body is mere compost—the heart is a blooming garden," —Hakim Sanai, 12th Century, The Walled Garden of Truth Thanks for visiting.http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2010/10/details-october-30-benefit-farm-dinner-for-ken-kimes.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/U_jo519hqEo/a-proclamation-for-ken-kimes.htmlTana ButlerWed, 29 Sep 2010 16:34:16 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef0133f4b7279d970bYesterday was the culmination of three months of procrastination and guilt (for not blogging), but I was roused to action when I heard that Ken Kimes was going to be honored by the Mayor and City Council of Santa Cruz. (You can read the entire proclamation here.) Pictured here with his wife, Sandra Ward, and Mayor Mike Rotkin, Ken is holding the proclamation with his injured left hand. He lost his right hand and part...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2010/09/a-proclamation-for-ken-kimes.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/XMuFhdD6z7U/phi-beta-keeper.htmlAwardsBlended family stuffTana ButlerThu, 17 Jun 2010 15:37:04 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef01348487dabd970cI know, she doesn't look like a farmer. She isn't a farmer. Saturday, I attended our daughter's graduation from UCSC…my first college graduation ceremony ever. We knew Malaika was going to graduate with honors from the university and from her department, but what we did not know flabbergasted us. I was flipping through the program and glanced down a page to see Malaika's name, one of twelve in her college, under the Phi Beta Kappa...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2010/06/phi-beta-keeper.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/ZsyLUXgzPxM/historical-farming-and-agricultural-developments-in-santa-cruz.htmlCurrent AffairsFarmers marketsFarms & FarmersWays to Give to the Farming CommunityTana ButlerTue, 20 Apr 2010 14:13:27 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef0133ecd253ae970bFive times a week, the Santa Cruz Farmers Market holds a market somewhere in the county. The oldest and largest of these markets grew out of the rubble of the 1989 earthquake, in the parking lot downtown where Ford's department store once stood. Last week, market manager Nesh Dhillon gave me the news that the market is celebrating by expanding into 20 new slots, featuring a variety of vendors that will enhance the market's cultural...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2010/04/historical-farming-and-agricultural-developments-in-santa-cruz.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/Rp0CLUr3YlM/the-hellmans-you-say-defining-real-ingredients.htmlB.S. AlertsCurrent AffairsFood and DrinkMy workRantsScienceTana ButlerFri, 26 Mar 2010 19:54:48 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef01310fe0eaf5970c(Graphic: created by me in Photoshop.) Though I am loathe to give up top billing to YellowWallFarm.com—about my favorite thing I get to do is shine light on the good and beautiful in the world…well, I've got a barrelful here for Hellman's® and their completely ludicrous and cynical misuse of the words "real ingredients" when listing what actually goes into their products. I am aware that Hellman's and Best Foods are the most popular mayonnaises...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2010/03/the-hellmans-you-say-defining-real-ingredients.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/O0F0Ll0uK1k/yellow-wall-farm-santa-cruz.htmlFarm VisitsFarms & FarmersMy workOut on the InternetTana ButlerSun, 07 Mar 2010 15:43:50 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef01310f4ecb3a970cPictured above, my newest website design: a collaboration between farmer, Judy Rose Hasty, and me, for Yellow Wall Farm, which she and her husband, Allen, own. I'd received an email from Judy shortly before the EcoFarm conference in January, and mid-February, we hooked up. All I knew is that Yellow Wall Farm—I'll get to the name in a minute—was partnered with Freewheelin' Farm as the "hot weather crop" component of Freewheelin's CSA. I drove up...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2010/03/yellow-wall-farm-santa-cruz.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/LinGVjaJtDs/the-fruits-of-our-labors.htmlCurrent AffairsFarm VisitsFarms & FarmersMy workReflectionsTana ButlerWed, 10 Feb 2010 13:34:18 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef0120a888a54f970bA visit to UCSC Farm & Garden on a cloudy February day was inspiring.http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2010/02/the-fruits-of-our-labors.htmlnonadult