A hearty thank to Jim (new dad!) and to Magnolia Gift and Garden on East Avenue for their continued support of school gardens through generous donations of seeds and discounted plant starts. As a result of these gifts, aromatic, drought tolerant, and butterfly-attracting plants will be in bloom this …

The Chico Women’s Club is hosting the annual Bioneers Film Series starting January 28. As usual, the Bioneers Conference featured an inspiring selection of speakers, including author Michael Pollan and activist Joanna Macy.
Pollan, along with permaculturist Brock Dolman and World Pulse Media founder Jensine Larsen are the first speakers …

I attended a conference for educators over the Martin Luther King Day weekend. This year’s theme for the conference theme was sustainability. Here are some of the inspirational snippets that I copied into my notebook:
EFFICIENCY
Living a holistic, sustainable life does not mean to live efficiently. We do …

If you have some extra time on your hands, and you want to make a bunch of new friends, there are plenty of grants out there for school gardens.
Some of them even allow you to take money from Monsanto and use it to teach students about organic gardening.
The bottom line …