Oakland to Legalize Home-Grown Produce Businesses
Article by Susie Wyshak.
Last updated at Mon, 3 Oct at 12:09pm.

This Tuesday, October 4th, the Oakland City Council will vote on a proposed amendment to the “home occupation”(home-based business) rules that would enable plant-based crop growing for the purpose of onsite sales with an appropriate permit.

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Planning for urban farming - Oakland holds public brainstorming
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Sun, 31 Jul at 10:31pm.

"Urban farmers should pay a nominal yearly fee, perhaps $100 per participating farm, to fund animal husbandry inspections."

This was one of the many ideas submitted at Thursday night’s city of Oakland urban farming community meeting.

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The Foraging Report: Apple butter, the economics of canning
Blog entry by Jess Watson.
Last updated at Thu, 10 Feb at 7:32am.

Friends are pressing apples for cider this weekend, and I was served a slice of birthday apple pie last night, so apples must be in season. No one in my Homesteading Circle has an apple tree, but several of us have very particular taste memories of apple butter, and we wanted to try making some. We decided to turn to the Bay Area Homestead Hookup to help us make it happen.

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Oakland Community Farmers Market reopens Jan. 15
Blog entry by Oakland Food Conn....
Last updated at Wed, 19 Jan at 7:25am.

Intentionally set in the parking lot of Giant Burger Restaurant, and located merely 100 feet away from t

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Oakland's HOPE to work for healthy lives for all residents
Article by Cynthia Joseph.
Last updated at Mon, 5 Jul at 2:35pm.

The HOPE Collaborative (Health for Oakland’s People and Environment) is a new organization that aims to transform food and fitness in Oakland and improve quality of life in the city’s poorest neighborhoods.

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Oakland Food Policy Council needs your support
Blog entry by Oakland Food Poli....
Last updated at Mon, 7 Jun at 12:28am.

 

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Bay Area film Edible City reveals "faces of the food revolution," panel Sunday at Green Festival
Article by Emilie Raguso.
Last updated at Tue, 20 Apr at 1:38am.

A new documentary about Bay Area food innovators will highlight creative solutions to many problems that face the U.S. food system.

About two years into filming, Edible City is a couple months shy of a rough cut, said director Andrew Hasse, 29, of Berkeley.

Hasse and collaborators spoke with many people around the Bay Area who are experimenting with different ways to control their own food supply and help others get more access to healthy food.

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Two big firsts at Oakland Community Farmers Market on Saturday

Article by Cynthia Joseph.
Last updated at Thu, 4 Mar at 7:10am.

Nine-year-old Orion Skye Smit-Holm will be selling the first apples, cider and dried fruit ever offered at the Oakland Community Farmers Market this Saturday.

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