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Dec 1, 2024 | 
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Sun Grown & Local Power Greens—Available All Year!by Torrey DouglassWhen Mendo Grass owner Adam Goldberg and his wife, Amanda Tuttle, started their wheatgrass and microgreens business in 2020, he was “hell-bent on growing with the sun.” Sungrown plants have better flavor and a lower carbon footprint, and this approach aligned with Adam’s priority to work with what he already had in order to keep overhead costs low.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
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For the food lover in your life, Six California Kitchens contains culinary wisdom and recipes from The Apple Farm’s Sally Schmitt. Available at philoapplefarm.com, The Apple Farm, and The Farmhouse Mercantile. $38 Get your hands on Eternal Bliss Body Oil from AfterGlow, maker of natural skin and body care products. Then get your hands, massage style, on someone you like. Available at afterglownaturals.com.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
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Trametes Versicolor Makes an Invigorating Immunity Teaby Torrey DouglassThe trametes versicolor mushroom is found throughout the world and, as such, is known by many names. In Japan it’s referred to as kawaratake, meaning “mushroom by the riverbank.” In Holland it’s called elfenbankje, or “fairy bench.” The Chinese name is yuh chi, or rain cloud mushroom, and the German one is schmetterlingstramete, or butterfly tramete (tramete is a fungi genus).
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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 | 
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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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Jun 1, 2024 | 
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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 | 
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Buying Fish Right Off the Boat in Noyo Harborby Terry RyderCalifornia fisheries are considered a “Legacy Industry” that sustains local families while helping to attract tourists. Shockingly, the California commercial fleet that included 5,000 boats in 1980 diminished to only 464 vessels by 2022, and Fort Bragg is home to 103 of these registered commercial fishing boats.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
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How Mushrooms Can Help Solve the Global Housing Crisisby Burgess Brown of Healthy Materials LabNamibia’s diverse ecosystem is in trouble. The main culprit: Acacia Mellifera, better known as Black Thorn or simply ‘encroacher bush.’ This dense, thorny shrub is incredibly invasive and, over the last few decades, has smothered many parts of Namibia’s increasingly homogeneous ecology. Grassy savannas are being choked by the ever-expanding plant and turned into deserts.
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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 | 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.
