Greenhouse Raising
On Saturday, November 15th, 27 volunteers came to the Bounty Farm to help build, perhaps the first community greenhouse in Petaluma. Led by master carpenter John Branscome, these volunteers helped raise the trusses and anchor them into place, build tables and windows and cover the greenhouse with a thick plastic film. Unfortunately, [...]

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Is food a universal human right or just the privilege of those who have the economic means to obtain it?  In the real world, the answer to both parts of that question is yes. Like the political right to free speech enshrined in our Bill of Rights, the right to food is, under international jurisprudence, [...]

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Terry Hankins
Farm manager Amy Rice-Jones has enjoyed the challenge of starting and running an urban farm for Petaluma Bounty.

“As a child, Amy Rice-Jones was not interested in spending time in the garden…’I did not have an interest in agriculture as a child,’ said Jones, farm manager of Petaluma Bounty. ‘My mother is an avid gardener [...]

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“We, the undersigned, believe that a healthy food system is necessary to meet the urgent challenges of our time. Behind us stands a half-century of industrial food production, underwritten by cheap fossil fuels, abundant land and water resources, and a drive to maximize the global harvest of cheap calories. Ahead lie rising energy and food [...]

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