Kitazawa Seed Company will be unable to join our event this Saturday. But Kristyn Leach of Namu Farm will be here to talk about planting, and garden upkeep. Please join us!

Spring is rapidly approaching, and that means seed season! What would you like to plant this year? How will you best maintain your plants? We are excited to host an event with Kitazawa Seed Company and Kristyn Leach of Namu Farm, who will discuss planting methods and tips for how to keep your garden sprouting, blooming and thriving.

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I recently had a dream assignment for Edible San Francisco Magazine in which I followed one ingredient literally from farm to table in a single afternoon! I took a gorgeous drive up the coast to Bolinas, CA, where I met Annabelle Lenderink, owner of La Tercera farm. She picked a head of puntarella (a bitter chicory) she’d grown and gave it to me to deliver Rich Table in San Francisco.

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As the saying goes: you can learn a lot about someone when you walk a day in their shoes. I like to think the same goes for when you eat in someone’s home.

I have had the honor to be invited to Tatão’s home — the beautiful Santa Albertina ranch in Campininha, three hours from São Paulo, twice. Each visit yields vast views and fresh thoughts on life.

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*This is a part of an ongoing exclusive series on Umamimart, Radiation + Japan. Please check out these other posts and videos for more:

Testing of Food in Japan, By Yoko Kumano

Interview with Washio, Bar Owner (Tokyo), By Yoko Kumano

Testing Report and Thoughts, By Howie Correa

Interview with Satoshi Imai, Rice Farmer (Niigata), By Yoko Kumano

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Frostopia Farm. Saitama, Japan.

Photo by Kelly Ishikawa, a San Francisco-based photographer and the co-owner of The Perish Trust.

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At 5am on a Thursday morning, groggy and jetlagged, 20 of us OPENharvest participants, with Food Light Project members piled into three vans headed for Niigata prefecture. As we drove through the quiet morning streets of Tokyo, we eagerly anticipated the adventures ahead.

Three hours and several rest stops later, we made it to Uonuma, a region of Niigata well known for the rice, koshihikari.

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By Kayoko Akabori
Photos by Erin Gleeson

I met Erin in 1998. We were both freshmen at UC Santa Barbara, and I was immediately drawn to her warmth, and soft spoken, laid-back ease. She is the epitome of a California Girl, and for as long as I had known her, she was a vegetarian. She was raised vegan, so for her, being meat-free was a way of life.

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