The New Year is here and Spring is just around the corner ! What better way to start 2023 with a fool-proof way to improve your health in every way possible? What is the key to this you may ask, well I will share. Growing your own food! Planting, growing, and gardening your own fruits

August has always been a time of transitions- school starts, the intense heat of the summer peaks and starts to decline and our gardens are in transition from summer crops to Fall and winter ones. It’s a busy time when we are re-adjusting to the lazy days of summer into the frenzy of harvest and …

Greetings, Local Foodie Friends: Enjoying the heat? It isn’t stopping us and others from getting out in community at local food events to celebrate our amazing community! Just bring that squirt bottle and our new found friend, a wet sarong to put over your shoulders and you’ll feel like you are in air conditioning…

As summer progresses and the heat sets in, let’s give thanks for all the glorious bounty in our gardens and lives. We are pretty darn lucky to live in such a beautiful world at this moment in time. We are cherishing it. In the midst of so much going on “out there,” there is so …

Hello, Friends- How is your garden growing? It’s been a very long time since we’ve shared. We’ve missed you. As long overdue updates: We had an incredible BLITZ, with over 80 gardens installed. This brings total BLITZ gardens numbers which YOU, the community, have constructed and installed since March 2020 to 250 across Butte County! Thanks, again, …

Friends! We could not have done this without you because YOU ARE THE GARDEN BLITZ!! Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts for your open hearts, hands, strong backs and patience with the install loading process! You were amazing troopers. Know that you have done huge things for our community and our …

We hope you had, and continue to have, a grand holiday season, however you celebrate it! We, like the winter, have sort of pulled in and gone underground with the cold and rain and taking mental health days. But we did not want the year to end without a short note of huge gratitude, appreciation …

This Giving Tuesday, we are inviting the community to come together to create a stronger, more secure food system by making sure all are fed. Your gift today will support at-risk families that continue to deal with the ongoing struggle of recovery from fires. And due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, the first $5000 …

Giving Tuesday is just a week away so we hope you keep your community in mind and become a member of the Farmers Marketmobile Angel Club. By joining in, you support local fire survivor families AND our our local farmers by providing fresh, locally grown food to those who need it most. How do your donations …

Greetings- This is our first attempt at a larger fundraising campaign, so please bear with us. We are reaching out at this time to remind you that Giving Tuesday is November 30th this year. We are so blessed to a very generous donor pledge to match every donation up to $5000 to support Fire Survivor Families …

Locally grown seeds matter Did you know that seeds acclimate to their region? Over the years, if you keep replanting with the generations of seeds produced in your garden, you will get varietals that have survived our unique growing conditions and create plants more suited to our bioregion. As this article states: “Local Seed is the Heart …

The air is getting cleaner and the mornings, at least, are cooler. It’s the season for O’Henry Peaches! Ever taste one? Rumor has it that in a sea of delicious peach varieties available over the course of our local peach season, they are the BEST that grow in this area. Their combined tang, texture and …

We hope you are taking good care with the smoke and having to hunker down again, due to fires. We, along with the rest of the community, are learning that it’s time to surrender to Nature and shift our lives accordingly. Our hearts and prayers go out to all in the mountains most impacted by …

In November 2018, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history, the Camp Fire, consumed Paradise and the surrounding areas of Butte Creek Canyon, Concow, and Magalia. Paradise and Concow lost 95% of their structures, while much of Magalia and Butte Creek Canyon were also destroyed. The damages included nearly 19,000 structures, over 153,000 …

The air is sultry, the fields are full, it’s time to celebrate life, Spanish Style and come to our Farm To Fork Dinner, “La Vida Es Buena!” Join Chefs Donna Garrison, Erik Peterson and Cassidy Wear for a tasty meal under the cooling, ancient walnut trees on GRUB’s farm. Check out the menu on our website. It …

The state has opened up and we are on a ROLL! It is SUCH a blessing to be back in community. We are FINALLY going to have a Farm To Fork meal! WooT! It’s the perfect pairing: GRUB CSA Farm is our gracious host and Donna Garrison; Erik Peterson and Cassidy Wear are going to cook up …

You’ll often hear us say that we are creating a community that grows food together. Community is vital right now, folks. It always has been, but this past year has really brought home just how important it is to humans. Whether we are having a meal together, joining together during a BLITZ to install gardens …

If you haven’t heard, we are slowly building a treasure trove of videos of various pieces and parts of our local food system on our YouTube Channel called “On The Road With Butte County Local Food Network.” Past installments include interviews with farmers and restauranteurs. The videos are most artfully created by Dan Carter and Chef …

What happens when the Community Gardens in Butte County join hands? The Butte County Community Garden Network! We are coming together to remind the community there is a Community Garden near you that’s here for you as a source of joy, connection, learning, community and tasty food. Join us for our collaborative kick off event this Saturday, …

The Spring 2021 BLITZ is over! We have a few stragglers left, but overall this BLITZ we will have 66 more raised bed gardens across Butte County. More on that below… But first…we need your help. Nature’s Path Organic Foods is giving out 21 grants this year to gardens across the country. Part of the grant application process …