First Pepper of the Summer

It might be small but it packed a punch. My first attempt at growing peppers!! Fingers crossed I get more...

Urban Adamah

Last week James and I went to a screening of the film Food Stamped at Urban Adamah Farm in Berkeley.

The farm is located on an empty lot off of San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, CA. It was created as a place for Jewish youth to learn and reconnect with their Jewish roots of agriculture. The food grown on the farm will feed the surrounding community of Berkeley through the adjacent church and other food pantries in the area.

The group has access to the empty lot for the next two years so they designed the farm to be transportable. All the raised beds were built on pallets and the beds of dirt were laid on a thick layer of wood chips so they could be easily removed as well. Clever.

All the plants growing at the farm started from seed in the greenhouses. There is a huge variety of edibles growing as well as propagation of fruit trees for the surrounding community to plant.

The evening was a lot of fun, beginning with the farm tour, and ending with wood-fired pizza and Food Stamped, a great story of a couple in Berkeley that try to eat healthy for one week on food stamps. Pretty eye opening if you do not know much about the food assistance programs in our country. I would definitely recommend it.

And check out Urban Adamah. Totally unique model and really interesting group of folks.

I declare this Pie Day!

A peach-blueberry pie in honor of pie day. This gluten-free crust was amazing!! I baked this pie as part of Gluten-Free Girl's celebration of pie over the past few days. The recipe for the crust came from her cookbook and was DELICIOUS! Here's to pie day...