Posts by East Bay Express
City of Oakland Shuts Down Novella Carpenter’s Urban Farmstand
Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, has shut down her Oakland-based farmstand in response to a warning the City is imposing for lacking a conditional use permit to sell chard at her farmstand. “I’m getting in trouble for selling the chard. It is legal to grow vegetables and have [...]
Can hexane-extracted soy protein isolate be considered organic?
Next time you’re buying veggie burgers or energy bars containing soy protein isolate, think twice. “Hexane is commonly used in the processing of non-organic veggie burgers, meat alternatives, and nutrition bars,” an East Bay Express article reports. “To produce soy protein isolate, manufacturers immerse whole soybeans in a bath of the synthetic, petroleum-based solvent. A [...]
Small Fishermen Disgruntled by New Fishing Rules
New fishing rules that assign individual fishermen a portion of the entire fishing fleet’s annual quota may be detrimental to small fishermen. Berkeley Farmers’ Market vendor Mike Hudson of Hudson Fish was interviewed by East Bay Express for a response to the new fishery management system that will affect the Pacific coast. Read the full [...]
East Bay Express Covers Solar Cooking at EcoHouse
“At ten in the morning, the usual fog layer covered North Berkeley. Reyel and Michaela Daystar, self-described solar cooking enthusiasts, were leading one of their occasional workshops in fuel-less cooking. The only problem was that the source of their fuel — the sun — was missing. “Instead, Reyel entertained the dozen or so spectators with [...]
East Bay Express Article Covers Poaching
Poaching has long been a hot-button issue, but with the proposed increase to recycling fees in Berkeley, the frustration around the illegal collection of recyclables has never been higher. Reporter Caitlin Esch interviewed Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque and Recycling Program Manager Daniel Maher for the article, which you can read here. [Photo by Stephen Loewinsohn]
