Fall 2007 By Edible East Bay | September 2, 2008 | 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS FALL 2007 EDITOR’S MIXING BOWL 2 Cheryl Koehler EDIBLE EVENTS 4 CALIFORNIA GRASSES AND CATTLE RANCHING: PARALLEL CHANGES IN OUR EAST BAY UNIVERSE 9 Paul Supkoff LESSONS IN MINDFULLNESS ON A LAFAYETTE RANCH 13 Valerie D’ippolito NOURISHING TALENT AT CREATIVE GROWTH 16 Cheryl Koehler WHAT’S IN SEASON: PEPPERS 19 Barbara Kobsar TO RAISE A CHILD IN RICHMOND, IT TAKES A FARM 22 Matthew Green THINGS ARE A’BUZZIN’, A’BLEATIN’, AND A’GOBBLIN’ IN KNIGHTSEN 25 Wanda Hennig MORE DIRT ON THE HAPPY FOREVER COMMUNITY GARDEN 29 Simona Carini EAST BAY FARMERS’ MARKETS 32 OUR GOLDEN-GREEN HARVEST 34 Cheryl Koehler OLIVE OIL TASTING 101 36 Cheryl Koehler WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEAR TREES GONE? 37 Devany Vickery-Davidson EAST BAY CHEFS FLOCK TO SOUL FOOD FARM FOR LOCAL EGGS AND CHICKENS 42 Bonnie Azab Powell WILL SUNBATHE FOR FOOD 45 Sarah Inez Levy CHARLES AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 48 Anita Chu ST. GEORGE SPIRITS: ALCHEMY AND INNOVATION ON ALAMEDA ISLAND 51 David Szanto OUR ADVERTISERS 54 PIE TO DIE FOR 56 Wanda Hennig COVER ART by Dan Miller of Creative Growth Posted in Fall 2007