Petaluma lost its last independent, full-service supermarket recently, with the sale of G&G Supermarkets to Safeway, which was announced October 27. The company’s two locations – Santa Rosa and Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Petaluma – will become Safeway stores by the end of the year. While we are delighted that the staff of G&G will retain…
Here’s a very interesting new Greenbelt Alliance report that highlights ways local governments can help promote, invest in and maintain local agriculture. The ‘Homegrown’ report and text below were written by the Greenbelt Alliance: Five Ways Every County Can Help Bay Area Farms and Ranches The Bay Area has lost 217,000 acres of farms and ranches over…
Infographic by the American Independent Business Alliance – amiba.net – via Terry Garrett of Sonoma County Go Local.
Read Garrett’s piece on the power of spending locally – Buying Local is a Powerful Force – in the December Sonoma County Gazette, on newsstands now, or online here.
This is the 13th annual edition of Vesta Copestakes’ local holiday gift guide – itself an remarkable gift to the community. Says Vesta: 13 years ago I started publishing the Small Shops guide because I was inspired to promote small businesses run by people who responded positively to me when I handed the Gazette to…
These international voices from the 2014 Economics of Happiness conference in Bangalore, India, succinctly tell us why globalization is so damaging, why localization is the most strategic antidote, and what we can do to help make the shift from global to local.
From Local Futures/The International Society for Ecology and Culture.
Though over a year old as of this posting, this remains a worthy introduction to the localization movement from a broad array of advocates. – Ed.
North Bay Hootenanny & GO LOCAL present the Chow Down Hootenanny on October 10, 2015, from 12:30 to 5 pm at the Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center, 1100 Valley House Dr, Rohnert Park.
Courtesy of Sarah Bodnar & the Fort Bragg Advocate-News NCBC to use local hops in new Acme brew By Sarah Bodnar Posted: 09/24/15, 3:17 PM PDT In a county once known for hop production and home to the namesake town, Hopland, local hops farmers now carry forth a piece of history in partnership with North…
From Sarah Diederich, Iowa Now & the University of Iowa: UI study finds local food movement rooted in relationships and values A new UI study finds more Americans than ever before are shopping farmers markets and joining food coops because they enjoy knowing who grows their food. These so-called “locavores” are driven to eat locally…
Farmers Markets Stimulate Local Economies On the next visit to your local farmers market, take a moment to observe the wheels of your local economy in motion. The rows of fresh, colorful produce. The delicious aroma of sizzling fare. The neighborly conversations. At the center of these lovely diversions are the transactions taking place between…
