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, 18 Jun 2009 15:47:43 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/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.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/5axXLHRlN_s/hi-dan-barber.htmlChefs and RestaurantsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkMy workTransformationWays to Give to the Farming CommunityTana ButlerThu, 22 Jan 2009 19:05:43 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-61791200I know, long time no post. Explanations later: this is urgent because Somebody is going to be looking at my blog, or perhaps already has, and I need to look like I've been busy. Which I really have, but on a big project involving my favorite farm. Details to come. This photograph is of Chef Dan Barber, serving people fortunate enough to attend a farm dinner at the not-completed Blue Hill Stone Barns, back in...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2009/01/hi-dan-barber.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/LPgMMYMzQmU/thanksgiving-an.htmlBlended family stuffFarm VisitsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkMy workPolitics of HopeReflectionsTana ButlerWed, 26 Nov 2008 15:03:54 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-59137176I don't have a farm. I don't plant seeds, I bury them. So naturally ("nature" + "ally"), I am grateful to all of the farmers in my life. They're my heroes. This year in particular, my appreciation has grown enormously, as I have gotten to be good friends with a handful of farmers, with whom my family have shared many beautiful dinners. These farmers and ranchers have not only supplied me with the meat and...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2008/11/thanksgiving-an.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/z9Z7J_vIFWc/a-month-of-sund.htmlChefs and RestaurantsFarm VisitsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkMy workPolitics of HopeRecipesRecommendationsWeblogsTana ButlerWed, 12 Nov 2008 10:54:30 PSTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-58182618Pictured here: squashes and pumpkins at Love Apple Farm, where I've been visiting lately. There are many reasons I've not been writing—all of October, even. Foremost, I've got some steady part-time work, and second to that, we've had more visitors and socializing in the last three weeks than in the past ten years. Some other projects and interests have popped up—not the least of which has been the birth of a baby boy in the...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2008/11/a-month-of-sund.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/wY_SyKK74Sk/making-a-differ.htmlCurrent AffairsFarm VisitsFarms & FarmersFood and DrinkMy workRecommendationsTravelWays to Give to the Farming CommunityTana ButlerTue, 30 Sep 2008 13:17:44 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-56345067Yet another cool thing to do with your kids and their schools. On October 18, my friends Lori and Jeff Fiorovich will host a Farm to School Day at Crystal Bay Farm in Watsonville. Read the press release below, and see the faces of your host farmers, when Logan was just two and a half. Become a Farm to School Champion! Bring your family to a dynamic training at a local farm on October 18th...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2008/09/making-a-differ.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smallfarms/~3/Dus4uWXKC_A/harvest-festiva.htmlCurrent AffairsFarm VisitsFarms & FarmersRecommendationsTravelTana ButlerMon, 29 Sep 2008 14:41:35 PDTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-56299005Grab your kids: this weekend is the biggest event at the UCSC Farm all year 'round! I took this photo a couple of years ago, when we took Logan for the face painting, pumpkin painting, apple bobbing, and other great activities for kids. And the whole family. The festival has expanded this year to include workshops and cooking demonstrations among the already packed schedule of live music, apple tasting, an apple pie bake-off competition, and...http://www.iheartfarms.com/small_farms/2008/09/harvest-festiva.htmlnonadult