About Terrain

The Best Small Magazine Going

Published in one form or another since 1971, Terrain is Northern California’s premier environmental magazine. Regional news and analyses and features on themes such as vineyard expansions, drought, oil spills, development, anti-GMO legislation, and food security attract a broad swath of readers, urban and rural. Terrain serves up incisive interviews with academics, authors, and activists, and we aren’t afraid to ask hard questions. We’re independent journalism at its best — in a world where the independent media is an endangered species.

Staff

Editor Linnea Due spent 22 years at the East Bay Express before realizing that smaller is better. She has written many feature stories for newspapers and magazines and has published three novels and a work of nonfiction.

Senior editor Kara Platoni is a freelance science writer based in Oakland.

Associate publisher Mary Vance contributes nutrition-based and other feature stories to Terrain as well as handling the nitty-gritty business details. She coordinates the internship program.

Ad coordinator Scarlet Garcia handles print and web advertising sales and promotions for Terrain.

David Ricardo designs Terrain’s website. Comments regarding this site can be directed to webmaster@ecologycenter.org.

Where Can I Find Terrain?

Terrain is available free of charge at these and other sites throughout Northern California:

Berkeley:
Berkeley Public Library branches, The Ecology Center, Berkeley Farmers’ Markets, REI, Whole Foods, Andronico’s, Magnani Poultry, Pegasus Books, Analog Books, Au Coquelet, Westside Bakery Café, Caffe Trieste, Berkeley Espresso, Bread Workshop, Cactus Taqueria, Nomad Café, Nabolom Bakery, The Beanery, Brewed Awakening, Café Leila, Mokka Coffee, Mudraker’s Café, Ledger’s Liquors, Ohmega Salvage, Urban Ore, Global Exchange (Berkeley store), 7th Heaven Yoga Center, La Peña Cultural Center

Oakland:
Oakland Public Library branches, Mills College F.W. Olin Library, Merritt College Library, Farmer Joe’s Marketplace (both Laurel and Dimond district shops), The Food Mill, Pharmaca, Diesel Books, Walden Pond Books, Laurel Bookstore, Pendragon Books, Lewin’s Metaphysical Books, Issues, World Ground Café, Cafe di Bartolo, Gaylord’s Caffe Espresso, Mama Buzz Café, Merritt Bakery Café, Lanesplitter Temescal, Merritt Station Coffee & Juice, Peaberry’s Coffee & Tea, Rock Paper Scissors, Creature Comfort Holistic Veterinarinary Center, Book Zoo, The Mixing Bowl Cafe, Sagrada Sacred Arts

Alameda:
Alameda Free Library, Alameda West End Library, Bay Farm Island Library, Alameda Natural Grocery, Java Rama Coffeehouse, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden, Crosstown Coffeehouse & Community Center, Books Inc

San Francisco:
California Academy of Sciences, Rainbow Grocery, Pharmaca, Coffee to the People, Blue Front Deli & Café, CounterPULSE

Kensington:
Kensington Public Library, Colusa Grocery, RabbitEars

El Cerrito:
El Cerrito Public Library, The Junket

Albany:
Albany Community Center, Solano Yogurt & Ice Cream, Cactus Taqueria, Alpha Pet Supply, Albany Public Library, Albany Senior Center

Contra Costa County:
Contra Costa County Public Library branches, Lindsay Wildlife Museum, The Gardens at Heather Farm

Sonoma County:
Rivertown Feed & Pet Country (Petaluma), Whole Foods (Petaluma), Western Farm Center (Santa Rosa), Larsen’s Feed & Pet Supply Center (Cotati)

Mendocino County:
Friedman’s Home Improvement (Ukiah), Ukiah Natural Foods, Real Goods (Hopland), Mariposa Market (Willits), The Laytonville Good Food Store, Harvest Market (Fort Bragg), Ukiah Public Library, Willits Public Library

Humboldt County:
Eureka Co-op, Eureka Natural Foods, Chautauqua Natural Foods (Garberville), Organic Grace (Garberville), Redway Feed and Garden Supply (Garbervillle)

Davis:
The Avid Reader

Sacramento:
The Avid Reader at the Tower, Time Tested Books

If your business or organization would like to serve as a distribution site for Terrain, please contact us at 510-548-2220 x229.