The North Park Farmers’ Market and Open Air Bazaar takes place every Thursday from 3pm – Sunset (Spring/Summer) and 2 – 6pm (Fall/Winter) in the CVS Pharmacy parking lot at 3151 University Ave in San Diego (map). While it is not clearly stated that the spaces in the CVS parking lot may be used by [...]
Posted by Renée Woodring on July 14th, 2009 under
Farmers' Market Listing Tags:
Baba Foods,
Belen Artisan Breads,
farmers market,
Gingerlily Bakery,
GreenFix,
J.R. Organics,
Knight Salumi Co.,
Majestic Garlic,
Maldonado Growers,
North Park,
OrchidSource,
Peace Pies,
R & L Farms,
Ranchito Rainbow Protea,
san diego,
Santiago Soto,
Smit Orchards,
Thursday,
Valdivia Farm,
World Famous Smoked Fish Co. •
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It should come as no surprise to anyone residing in Southern California that this state is working on its third consecutive year of drought conditions. For a region that is essentially a semi-arid desert, any decrease in our yearly rainfall can be detrimental to our water stores – our county reservoirs are currently holding about [...]
Posted by Renée Woodring on February 5th, 2009 under
Community Tags:
accountability,
government,
san diego,
water •
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When the peaches, plums and nectarines of summer are naught but faded memories, and the apples and persimmons of autumn have outstayed their welcome, southern California offers up an abundance of citrus fruits to chase away the winter blues. While citrus fruits may not have the glamour of a fragrant pluot dripping with sweetness, or [...]
Posted by Renée Woodring on January 15th, 2009 under
Food Tags:
citrus,
cocktail grapefruit,
fremont,
lemon,
lime,
locally grown,
mandarin,
meyer lemon,
oroblanco,
san diego,
satsuma,
storing citrus,
tangerine,
Whole Foods Market •
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Phil and I belong to that finicky group of former vegetarians who are willing to consume chicken and fish, but generally shudder at the thought of eating a mammal. This has proven to be quite a predicament since we began our journey into locavorism. San Diego has good local sources of mammal meat, but until [...]
Posted by Renée Woodring on December 4th, 2008 under
Food,
My SoCal Life,
News Tags:
Alan Savory,
Cornish Cross Chickens,
Curtis Womach,
Descanso,
Holistic Management,
Local Meat,
Locally Raised Chicken,
Modesto Milling,
san diego,
sustainable agriculture,
Womach Ranch Farm •
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