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. enTue, 13 Oct 2009 18:02:36 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/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.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/pQNa_ry6N6E/grow-a-farmer-summer-soir%C3%A9e-downtown-santa-cruz-june-24.htmlChefs and RestaurantsFarmers marketsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkRecommendationsTravelWays to Give to the Farming CommunityTana ButlerThu, 18 Jun 2009 15:48:54 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-68261953Click here to download and print the 1.1 MB PDF of this poster for your business window. Or your refrigerator! Wednesday, June 24, after the farmers market next week, is a fine time to be in downtown Santa Cruz. Amy Padilla of Feel Good Foods (my personal favorite caterers in town, if not anywhere) is preparing fabulous appetizers (local, organic, seasonal, ya, you betcha) for the "Grow a Farmer" Summer Soirée. The party will take...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/06/grow-a-farmer-summer-soir%C3%A9e-downtown-santa-cruz-june-24.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/gcDbtiKLul8/where-ive-been-since-april-8-part-1.htmlChefs and RestaurantsFarm VisitsFarmers marketsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkLoganMy workOut on the InternetPolitics of HopeTravelWays to Give to the Farming CommunityTana ButlerTue, 16 Jun 2009 18:20:38 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-68181301Pictured here: our neighbors' darling baby boy, Julian, who occupies a little of my time nearly every day. Because babies are church. The short answer is that I've been working really, really hard for the "Grow a Farmer" Campaign, on an almost daily basis. The good news there is that we (the board of directors for the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden, and the staff and everyone affiliated with CASFS) have very nearly...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/06/where-ive-been-since-april-8-part-1.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/O19NOaJwfmY/grow-a-farmer-campaign-food-bloggers-cmon-down.htmlChefs and RestaurantsCurrent AffairsFarm VisitsFarmers marketsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkOut on the InternetRecommendationsWays to Give to the Farming CommunityTana ButlerWed, 08 Apr 2009 17:12:14 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-65247361Pictured here: Adrea Tencer, a former apprentice at the UCSC Farm & Garden's six-month residential program for training in all aspects of sustainable agriculture. So, for six weeks beginning in mid-February, I did not take a day off. I was working on three websites: two directly related to today's BIG WONDERFUL & EXCITING NEWS post. I'm here to introduce the "Grow a Farmer" Campaign, a nationwide project to raise $250K for permanent housing for the...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/04/grow-a-farmer-campaign-food-bloggers-cmon-down.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/zW7WbGJJlAA/typepad-not-good-right-now.htmlTana ButlerWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:15:43 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-65246569Hi: If you saw that I have a new post about the "Grow a Farmer" Campaign in your blogrolls, I did, and I intend to again. Right now, however, Typepad isn't playing nice with my fonts, so I'm going to recompose the thing in a different browser. Technical difficulties should disappear. Sorry for the trouble.http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/04/typepad-not-good-right-now.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/pWU0grqHemg/the-good-news-hes-alive.htmlLoganReflectionsTana ButlerTue, 10 Feb 2009 18:37:24 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-62674515So I know I promised I'd be back soon...and found that the best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray. And then I learned that if Chef Dan Barber had visited my page, he wouldn't even have seen the most recent post, because a little glitch in [geek alert] "domain mapping" meant nothing new was showing up. She said feebly. Then, on January 26, the nearly unthinkable happened: Logan was involved in a...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/02/the-good-news-hes-alive.htmlnonadult