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. enThu, 17 Jun 2010 13:01:37 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/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.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/mk0jEfyboeQ/hottie-farmers-go-huffington-post.htmlTana ButlerTue, 13 Oct 2009 18:02:36 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef0120a6398d13970cIn which the Huffington Post decides to cash in on Hot Green People (cute farmers) and I contribute my photos.http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/10/hottie-farmers-go-huffington-post.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/vZSdS1RdT_M/to-the-picker-go-the-spoils.htmlFarm VisitsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkTana ButlerMon, 12 Oct 2009 17:16:03 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef0120a634f58d970cIn which I try to balance between being the grasshopper and the ant before a winter storm smashes into town.http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/10/to-the-picker-go-the-spoils.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/y1uL7Opck4c/real-food-or-caloric-entertainment-fail-duncan-hines.htmlB.S. AlertsFood and DrinkMy workRantsTana ButlerFri, 09 Oct 2009 11:10:16 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef0120a625a252970cIn which yet another marketer for corporate food picks the wrong gal to shill fake, crap food to.http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/10/real-food-or-caloric-entertainment-fail-duncan-hines.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/tholeNOs4l4/the-scoop-around-here.htmlChefs and RestaurantsFarm VisitsFarmers marketsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkLoganMy workWays to Give to the Farming CommunityTana ButlerWed, 07 Oct 2009 20:43:49 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef0120a621e3d0970cPictured here: dried beans at Dirty Girl Produce's booth at the Sunday farmers market in Live Oak. Don't they make you want to run your hands through them? I have no good reason for not writing in so long, except to say that life has been complicated and more than a little tough. We lost custody of our precious little grandson, Logan, last month, when he was restored to his parents. Fortunately, we will be...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/10/the-scoop-around-here.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/7Znz7HagR3k/i-ripped-a-new-whole-foods.htmlFarm VisitsFarmers marketsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkMy workOut on the InternetRantsfarmersfarmsorganicsanta cruzsustainable agUCSC Farm apprenticesWhole Foodswhole foods marketsTana ButlerThu, 16 Jul 2009 16:49:41 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfb4053ef01157205a8bf970bWhen I first started this blog in 2005, it was because I wanted people to ask themselves, seeing my pictures and reading these stories, "Where's my pretty little farm? Where's my pretty little farmer?" (Er, handsome/tall, as the case may be.) Case in point: meet Leon Vehaba. (Rave.) [Note: please click all horizontally-oriented photos to enlarge. The life-force is strong in the details.] I first met Leon in 2007, at the UCSC Farm. He was...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/07/i-ripped-a-new-whole-foods.htmlnonadult