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Feast of the Farm

Q&A With Sweet Thistle Farms… Edible: Please tell us about Sweet Thistle Farms. Sarah: Sweet Thistle is a small family farm in Clovis that grows 40 varieties of cut flowers, veggies and fruit and offers a fall pumpkin patch. My husband, Luke, and I are both fifth-generation farmers and enjoy growing and cultivating the land in the fertile soil of …

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Rethinking Hunger

Why Feeding Those in Need Must Focus on Nourishment… Story By: Joy Manning When anyone in a community struggles with food insecurity, it’s everybody’s problem. In the United States alone, an estimated $90 billion in excess healthcare costs annually are associated with food insecurity, according to research from the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation’s study conducted by researchers affiliated with Harvard’s …

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Dreamy Creamery

Rocky Oaks Goat Creamery… The saying goes, “Great cheese come from happy cows and happy cows come from California.” But cows aren’t the only happy four-legged cheese makers in California. Right in the heart of the Central Valley are some very happy goats, producing really great cheese. Rocky Oaks Goat Creamery offers small-batch artisan farmstead cheese from its dreamy creamery …