Author Archives: Laura Deaton

Let them take over the kitchen

“We don’t have any more milk,” says my daughter.  “Let’s go to the store and get some more.” A girl after my own heart, she loves getting the chance to go to a supermarket or a farmer’s market.  Not to…

It’s just peachy!

August is National Peach Month and we couldn’t be more excited. That’s because our project, Piggy Bank, is celebrating the fuzzy stone fruit and the farmers across the nation who work so hard on August 13 with its first PeachFest…

It’s too darn hot.

If you have been keeping up with Northern California’s weather, you know we’ve been in a heatwave lately, and it is expected to last for several more days. This heat is cause for concern, not only from an environmental perspective, but…