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.

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:
The Ecology Center, REI, Wilderness Exchange, Elephant, Whole Foods, Andronico’s, Ledger’s Liquors, Pegasus Books, Au Coquelet, Westside Café, Cafe Trieste, Berkeley Espresso, Berkeley Public Library branches, Berkeley Farmer’s Markets, Ohmega Salvage, Urban Ore, Magnani’s, Cactus Taqueria

Oakland:
Pharmaca, Mills College Library, Farmer Joe’s Market, The Food Mill, Diesel Books, Walden Pond Books, Laurel Books, Pegasus Books, World Ground Café, Cafe di Bartolo, Gaylord’s Caffe Espresso, Mama Buzz Café, Merritt Bakery Café, Rock Paper Scissors, Oakland Public Library branches

San Francisco:
Rainbow Grocery, Pharmaca, Coffee to the People, Blue Front Café

Kensington:
Colusa Grocery, Kensington Public Library, RabbitEars

El Cerrito:
El Cerrito Public Library

Albany:
Albany Community Center, Solano Yogurt & Ice Cream

Sonoma County:
Rivertown Feeds, Petaluma Whole Foods, Western Farm (Santa Rosa)

Mendocino County:
Real Goods, Ukiah Natural Grocery, Mariposa Market (Willits), Good Food Store (Laytonville), Harvest Market (Fort Bragg)

Humboldt County:
Eureka Co-op, Eureka Natural Foods, Chautauqua Natural Foods (Garberville)

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