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1 month ago | 
sandiegouniontribune.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
Gleaning. It may not be part of everyone’s vocabulary these days, but it’s been around for a very long time. It was mentioned in the Bible, when God told the Israelites to always leave something for people in need to gather after a harvest, and there’s a famous painting by Jean François Millet that shows gleaning was going on in mid-19th century France.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
sandiegouniontribune.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
One of the brightest events of the holiday season is now on view at San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG). It’s their third annual Lightscape, a mile-long display of extravagantly illuminated installations that turn the always lovely, mostly green garden into a multicolored, magical wonderland. This year, there are 20 installations, designed by international artists, and all accompanied by music.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
After Losing His Fortune, Kevin Bacon Found True Happiness On A Farm Off The Map In ConnecticutLiving in Hollywood is usually the norm for busy actors. However, it seems like this trend is starting to change in recent years. We are seeing so …
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
sandiegouniontribune.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
You’re probably familiar with San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG) and its 37 acres of view-filled trails and themed gardens. But maybe you didn’t know that it also has one of the largest collections of bamboo in North America, and though bamboo may be as tall as a tree, it’s actually a grass.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
sandiegouniontribune.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
Coastal Roots Farm is a nonprofit Jewish community farm on Saxony Road in Encinitas dedicated to growing healthy food and sharing it as widely as possible. Founded over a decade ago, their 67 acres include 17 acres of vegetable fields, gardens, chicken coops, and compost operations. They grow more than 80,000 pounds of organic produce every year and distribute 75 percent of it to San Diegans in need.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
sandiegouniontribune.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
Would you like a chance to step back into history? On Saturday, Aug. 24, the Encinitas Preservation Association (EPA) is hosting a bus tour that will visit local historic sites and feature a rare opportunity to tour the 10-acre Bumann Ranch, originally homesteaded in 1886 and now on the National Registry of Historic Places. The ranch tour will be led by Richard Bumann, a mechanical designer and amateur historian, who has been living on the ranch with his wife Twink since 1985.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
encinitasadvocate.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
Located on Saxony Road in Encinitas, Coastal Roots Farm has been growing food and nurturing community on its 17 acres for over 10 years now, welcoming all to their twice-a-week farmstand and giving away thousands of pounds of fresh-grown produce to those in need. “Our farm is a regenerative farm and educational center inspired by Jewish wisdom and traditions, but you don’t have to be Jewish to feel at home here,” said Rebecca Joy Fletcher, director of Jewish Life at Coastal Roots Farm.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
sandiegouniontribune.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
Located on Saxony Road in Encinitas, Coastal Roots Farm has been growing food and nurturing community on its 17 acres for over 10 years now, welcoming all to their twice-a-week farmstand and giving away thousands of pounds of fresh-grown produce to those in need. “Our farm is a regenerative farm and educational center inspired by Jewish wisdom and traditions, but you don’t have to be Jewish to feel at home here,” said Rebecca Joy Fletcher, director of Jewish Life at Coastal Roots Farm.
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Mar 31, 2024 | 
encinitasadvocate.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
It’s not often that you get to see a star in the making, but if you stop by Poods Skatepark Bowl in Encinitas Community Park almost any weekday afternoon around 4 p.m. you’ll see a young boy doing some pretty amazing moves. He’s Kian Reef Fernandez, he’s 6 years old, and he’s on his way to becoming a skateboard pro. Kian started skating at age 4 and was in his first California Amateur Skateboard League (CASL) competition this February, in Huntington Beach.
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Jan 21, 2024 | 
encinitasadvocate.com | Lonnie Burstein Hewitt
Jeffery Laudenslager is a master sculptor whose kinetic artworks you’ve probably seen on Scripps Hospital campuses in La Jolla and Encinitas, and from the I-5 freeway as you drive by Del Mar. The wind is his collaborator: it adds another dimension to the tall, lustrous metal sculptures that shape-change when swayed by ambient breezes. They appear slim and weightless, but a 20- or 30-foot piece weighs about 350 pounds.
