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Fish Right Off the Boat (literally)...no mislabeling here

Florencia Ramirez wrote 2 months ago: “Did you hear about the study just released that says 33% of fish is mislabeled?” I aske … more →

Tags: Dinner Ideas, fish and water, channel islands farmers market, Clean Water, Farmer's Markets, Fish, fish taco recipe, food waste, gill nets

How to Eat Less Water-Article in California Health2 comments

Florencia Ramirez wrote 3 months ago:   The Winter Issue of California Health Magazine features an article on How To Eat Less Water i … more →

Tags: California Health Report Article, Water Conservation, water footprint, Food, food and water, organic farming, Sustainable Farming, water scarcity, John De Rosier

Eat Less Ingredients...as easy as 1, 2, 33 comments

Florencia Ramirez wrote 4 months ago: It takes 29 ingredients to make mole, the thick chocolaty, spicy sauce that drowns moist chicken. Mo … more →

Tags: Eat Less Ingredients, Water Conservation, water footprint, food and water, reusing water, water sustainable lifestyle, water

Thanksgiving preparations...cook from scratch

Florencia Ramirez wrote 5 months ago: Thanksgiving preparations are well underway in my kitchen. Tis the season to cook what’s in se … more →

Tags: Thanksgiving and Water, Water Conservation, local food, Food, food and water, organic farming, Sustainable Farming, water scarcity, French style baguettes

Descendant of farm workers wants to “Eat Less Water”

Florencia Ramirez wrote 7 months ago: By Hannah Guzik Originally published in the California Health Report Nearly every afternoon this sum … more →

Tags: California Health Report Article, California Health Report, Eat Less Water, Florencia Ramirez, food and water, John De Rosier, organic farming, water, Water Conservation

'Sustainably Farmed' Defined

Florencia Ramirez wrote 8 months ago: “What does sustainably farmed mean?” I asked at the farmer’s market. The word sust … more →

Tags: Sustainable Farming, Water Conservation, Food, food and water, organic farming, organic food, Farmer's Markets, SARE.org

Summer Pie with Crumb Top...easy, water-sustainable and delicious3 comments

Florencia Ramirez wrote 10 months ago: I am a big believer in Michael Pollan’s Food Rules on dessert. I paraphrase the rule but it so … more →

Tags: Pie and Water, Michael Pollan, Food, organic food, organic valley, fruit pie recipe

The Grip of Severe Droughts2 comments

Florencia Ramirez wrote 10 months ago: Ninety percent of agriculture worldwide is rain-fed, grown with green water. Rain-fed food requires … more →

Tags: dry farming, Blue Water, food and water, Drought, fred pierce, Los Angeles Times U.S. Drought the most extensive seen

YouTube Video- How To Make Sustainable Pizza Dough

Florencia Ramirez wrote 1 year ago: This is the first a series of cooking workshops. I had great fun making it, although it took much lo … more →

Tags: Water-sustainable Cooking Series, water footprint, Wheat, Food, color of water, Blue Water, food and water, organic farming, Sustainable Farming

Oxnard woman says water reduction is on the menu (original article printed in the VC Star

Florencia Ramirez wrote 1 year ago: By Hannah GuzikPhoto by David Yamamoto Special to The StarOriginal post March 7, 2012 at 5:48 p.m., … more →

Tags: Water Sustainable Cooking Workshop Series, Pizza and Water, Water Conservation, local food, water footprint, Wheat, Food, food and water, organic farming

Kneading Bread Dough Around the Kitchen Table1 comment

Florencia Ramirez wrote 1 year ago: Last Saturday, nine woman stood around my kitchen table kneading bread. My premise for my book in pr … more →

Tags: Water Sustainable Cooking Workshop Series, Water Conservation, water footprint, Food, color of water, Blue Water, food and water, organic farming, bread recipe

Dry Farming and Water

Florencia Ramirez wrote 1 year ago: I followed the rain clouds along the two-lane road leading to With the Grain farm. On a slope above … more →

Tags: dry farming, food and water, organic farming, Sustainable Farming, With The Grain, John De Rosier

The Space Between

wibekah wrote 1 year ago: Books and people who advocate close spacing of plants do so for various reasons.  Closely spaced pla … more →

Tags: gardening, dry farming, subsistence gardening, humid gardening

Getting to Plants

wibekah wrote 1 year ago: Steve Solomon, author of Gardening When it Counts, writes that he pities those individuals who plant … more →

Tags: gardening, dry farming, subsistence gardening, Summer Squash, humid gardening, seeding

In the Garden

wibekah wrote 1 year ago: Despite the many problems I’ve had so far, this has been my most sucessful garden ever.  If I … more →

Tags: Subsistence, gardening, dry farming, subsistence gardening, Summer Squash, Tatume, transplanting, humid gardening

Sweat Management

wibekah wrote 1 year ago: So yesterday, I went over “my bag”.  Among the many items in my bag were some flannel cl … more →

Tags: gardening, subsistence gardening, hot weather labor

Cucurbits in the Garden

wibekah wrote 1 year ago: These last two weeks have been pretty brutal.  The heat and lack of rain have really wreaked havoc.  … more →

Tags: Subsistence, Food, gardening, dry farming, subsistence gardening, Summer Squash, Cucumbers, squash blossoms, cucurbits

Subsistence Gardening in Suffolk, VA

wibekah wrote 1 year ago: Subsistence Gardening: What I would do if  my garden had to feed us; an exercise based on what I … more →

Tags: Subsistence, Food, gardening, dry farming, survival, Resilence, subsistence gardening, Summer Squash, Tatume

There Came a Killing Frost

wibekah wrote 1 year ago: What is a “Killing Frost”?  It depends on the plant  but for frost tender plants a Killi … more →

Tags: Subsistence, gardening, dry farming, gardening, Resilence, subsistence gardening, Planning


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