KQED s Eating Taiwanese in the Bay
is a series of stories exploring Taiwanese food culture in all of its glorious, delicious complexity. New installments to the series will run daily from May 19–28.
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cross from a few sheep bleating and baaing behind a fence, rainbow pride and Black Lives Matter flags softly wave in the wind. A “Stop Asian Hate” poster is propped against a wall. Around the corner, the property opens up to a 1.5-acre farm filled with trellises of bitter melon, rows of napa cabbage, and hoophouses holding dozens of other Asian herbs and vegetables. All signs, perhaps, that this is a farm with a strong sense of its own identity.
California farmers facing drought choose not to plant crops
California grows a third of the nation’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts. Some farmers are choosing to leave fields empty.
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In some areas of California it’s so dry that farmers aren’t even bothering to plant crops this season.
Growers north of San Francisco have begun pulling out of local farmers markets and produce-box programs.
County Line Harvest, which farms more than 30 acres in Petaluma, doesn’t have enough water to grow all the peppers, lettuces and other produce that normally go into its subscription boxes, according to a video on its Instagram page. Nearby farms are saying the same, underscoring the effect of the extended dry spell.
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By 05/05/2021
For 25 years, the Point Reyes Farmers Market has been run by a steering committee of local volunteers. It has developed into a major community hub in the summer, featuring music, a kids’ zone and tantalizing samples from a rotating cast of chefs outside Toby’s Feed Barn, as well as fresh vegetables, eggs, olive oil, fermented foods, jams, artisan bread and more.
But this year, due to a suite of issues including the ramifications of Covid-19, marks a turning point: The market’s management is transferring to the Agricultural Institute of Marin, a nonprofit that runs eight farmers markets in Marin, San Francisco and the East Bay.
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Three recent travel shows made their way to San Francisco for a bite of the local restaurant scene.Niquolas Lagleva/Special to SFGATE
As we ve found ourselves back under a shelter-at-home order in most of the Bay Area, I ve found myself once again turning to my trusty travel shows to shake off some of the wanderlust I ve been finding myself in. And while I ve taken to shows that explore far off places via my television, it s been the episodes of my beloved San Francisco that s had me feeling wistful than most and has me making a spreadsheet of places to remember to revisit for takeout.