An Ode to Honey Bees

An Ode to Honey Bees

An Ode to Bees on National Honey bee Day Close to 3/4 of the world’s flowering plants rely on pollinators, and a big chunk of that is the humble honey bee. It’s difficult to fully grasp the vast and delicate balance that our ecosystem rests upon and the...

Maui Wildfire Relief Efforts

Maui Wildfire Relief Efforts

Support Relief Efforts in Maui Like many around the world, we have been devastated by the loss of life and land caused by a recent wildfire in Maui. When these tragedies occur, it is natural to want to lend support to relief efforts that are helping victims. However,...

Rawgust Recipes: Raw Foods for Summer Scorchers

Rawgust Recipes: Raw Foods for Summer Scorchers

Rawgust This is not a hardcore raw food blog. You don’t need any fancy equipment to make these recipes. And you certainly won’t be making raw spinach and apple “tortillas” for raw “burritos”. This is not that kind of raw food blog, no offense.  This is the kind of raw...

Forage For Your Own Food and Medicine

Forage For Your Own Food and Medicine

Foraging has been around since the existence of humankind. What began as a universal necessity later became an indicator of socioeconomic status, as those with fewer financial resources resorted to foraging to put food on the table. The way we obtain food nowadays is...

Juneteenth Celebrations in Davis this Month

Juneteenth Celebrations in Davis this Month

 On January 1st, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved Black people in Confederate states, at least it did on paper. About 500,000 of 3.9 million enslaved people were able to liberate themselves by escaping behind Union lines between 1863 and the end of...

Pride Events in Davis this Month

Pride Events in Davis this Month

June is Pride Month! Pride Month wouldn’t exist without queer and transgender people of color. More specifically, it wouldn’t exist without queer and trans people of color fighting back against police brutality. If this is news to you, read about the history of Pride...

The Indigenous Impact in the Civil War

The Indigenous Impact in the Civil War

Memorial Day, a solemn day of remembrance in the United States, holds deep historical significance as a time to honor those who have sacrificed their lives in military service. The first national observance of Memorial Day occurred on May 30, 1868. Then known as...

Co-ops Keep Democracy Alive

Co-ops Keep Democracy Alive

Our society should work for everyone This should not be as lofty of a goal as it is made out to be. And yet, this simple idea must work through a web of institutional failures that we are tasked with undoing and fixing in order to become a reality. This work requires,...