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Dec 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Terry Ryder |Clara Shook
Humane Society’s Pet Food Banks Help Keep Pets in Homesby Terry RyderWhen I get Martin Bernal-Hafner on the phone, he’s multitasking: answering my call, raking grapes out of harvest bins and onto sorting tables to remove stems and leaves, and giving workers instructions in English and Spanish. It’s only October 7, but it’s the last day of harvest, and also the last 100-degree day of the year—2024’s harvest season was hot and fast.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Terry Ryder |Clara Shook
Humane Society’s Pet Food Banks Help Keep Pets in Homesby Terry RyderIn 2022, Mendocino County animal shelters found themselves inundated with 25% more intakes than in prior years. The shelter was filled with lost animals and, sadly, a growing number of voluntarily surrendered pets. The goal of every animal shelter is to move toward a world where every animal has a chance to be placed in a home where they are safe, healthy, and loved.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Torrey Douglass |Clara Shook
Old School Hospitality and Outstanding Food on the South Mendocino Coastby Torrey DouglassAccording to executive chef Rosemary Campiformio, “St. Orres is a healing place camouflaged as a country inn and restaurant.” Her assertion might be referring to the soothing effects of the towering redwoods that grace the property. Or it could be the stunning view of the ocean combined with the calm shushing of its waves.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Torrey Douglass |Clara Shook
Matt Drewno on How to Compost with the Carbon Cycleby Torrey DouglassIf Matt Drewno could ask of you one thing, it would be to “Challenge yourself to grow your own soil as best as you can.” It’s easy to walk into a nursery, feed supply, or big box store’s garden center and walk out with a bag of high quality dirt, but Matt recommends against it. “People feel like they have to buy things to make it work, but that’s not necessary.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Clara Shook
Fort Bragg’s De Facto Community Centerby Terry Ryder SitesMeeting Patrick Broderick, the brewmaster and owner of Tall Guy Brewing, is a lot like meeting a gigantic sevenyear- old with tousled sandy hair and twinkling eyes. He ambles amiably through his taproom and, although well into his middle years, he still seems full of wonder, curiosity, and youthful energy. His first beer-flavored memories are the smells of homebrews his father cooked up in the family kitchen.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Torrey Douglass |Clara Shook
Authentic and Exceptional Thai Foodby Torrey DouglassOut on the southern Mendocino coast between the towns of Point Arena and Gualala, Anchor Bay sits inconspicuously, a tiny community tucked between a sheltered curve of coastline on one side and tree-covered hills rising inland on the other. It’s so small you might very well drive right through without clocking it. But that would be a mistake, especially if you are a fan of Thai food.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Anna Levy |Clara Shook
Providing Fun, Food, & Friendship to Fort Bragg Seniorsby Anna LevyJill Rexrode, Executive Director of the Redwood Coast Senior Center, is clearly passionate about her work. Sitting down to talk about their food program, and the services that organization offers to seniors in general, is nothing short of inspiring. With a daily average of 90-110 people coming for lunch—to say nothing of the many activities and resources they offer—it’s obvious that the Senior Center has built quite a community.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Torrey Douglass |Clara Shook
One of my favorite things about living in Mendocino County is watching the turn of the seasons. I love the four distinct segments of the year, each with its own flavor profile of scents and sights. As I write this, the hills are covered in fresh green grass—the kind that inspires my cows to break out of their corral and go on walkabout to fill their bellies. By the time you are reading this, though, that green will mostly or entirely have dried into a crispy gold, thanks to the summer sun.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Zac Robinson |Clara Shook
48 Years of No-Till Grape Growingby Zac RobinsonYou can always learn something from your neighbors. At Husch, we learned that we could grow Chardonnay and Gewürztraminer by learning from our next door neighbor, Edmeades, who had planted those varietals in 1964. Sometimes, however, the lesson is to avoid a neighbor’s mistakes. In 1976, Vineyard Manager Al White witnessed another neighbor’s devastating hillside erosion which essentially shut down that vineyard.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
wordofmouthmendo.com | Torrey Douglass |Clara Shook
Farming Shellfish for Almost 40 Yearsby Torrey DouglassThe idea of mead often conjures the image of a Renaissance fair libation—sweet, thick, and cloudy. At least that was what Gordon Hull pictured 26 years ago when approached by a local beekeeper who was trying to offload a surplus of honey. He was living in Arcata, California, at the time, a graduate student taking a break from his geology studies and working for a local microbrewery.
