When it comes to drive-thru food, Los Angeles may well have put the trend on the map in the 20th Century. Now, one list picks out three area spots as being among the most unusual drive-thrus in the nation--and not one of them serves up a burger! more ›

Echo Park will be the newest home for community supported agriculture (CSA), in which customers pay a subscription fee for weekly (or every other week) pick-up of locally grown fruits and vegetables. more ›

This weekend, the movement to serve the Los Angeles region with local food grows in the Valley and in Santa Monica. more ›

Think you can grow fruits, veggies, and flowers in your yard and sell the surplus to your friends, neighbors, and strangers? Think again. more ›

Have you ever driven on the 23 in Ventura County (between Moorpark and Thousand Oaks) and seen all these goats walking the plank high up in the air? It makes for some fun visuals, but the owners of the land do so much more that's worth noting. more ›

We live a charmed life in Southern California. With a huge number of farmers markets and a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs popping up, mega grocery stores like Ralphs and Vons are feeling less and less like a necessity. At least in my own personal experience, since concentrating most all of my home food purchases on the CSAs and farmers markets, I'm spending less and enjoying food more. more ›

Sometimes the best creativity comes with some boundaries. When you join one of the many local Community Support Agriculture (CSA) programs, you get a large amount of vegetables, often ones that are not part your staple. Radishes?! What the hell am I going to make out of these! more ›

So you've joined a Community Supported Agriculture program, or perhaps you went a little wild at the farmers market, and have more vegetables than you can imagine. It can be a little intimidating and the clock is ticking, or those veggies will go bad. more ›

In light of First Lady Michelle Obama's new childhood obesity campaign, it's a good time to look beyond the plethora of farmers markets and check out some CSAs, otherwise known as Community Supported Agriculture. The basic concept goes like this, as explained by Local Harvest, a Santa Cruz-based website: more ›