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Zazu brings restaurant’s specialties to market

by mjv10 months ago in Green.0 Comments

It’s no secret that we here at Green Sonoma are fanatical about farmers’ markets. Naturally, then, we’re over-the-moon excited that the weekly Saturday market at Zazu restaurant in rural Santa Rosa is back in action. Yes, this is the same Zazu 2011 Grand Cochon winners Duskie Estes and (hubby) John Stewart have made famous, the same place that specializes in {…}

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Sonoma County’s Queen of Green

by mjv11 months ago in Green.0 Comments

Windsor’s Mary Munat, a.k.a. “Green Mary,” is a zero-waste advocate and leader of a campaign to ban plastic bags in Sonoma County. She also runs a garbage-greening business through which she helps local event organizers minimize their impact on the environment as a whole. After penning a profile of Munat for the Press-Democrat earlier this spring, yours truly sat down {…}

Clay oven for a recent client.

Green Design firm specializes in natural materials

by mjv12 months ago in Green.0 Comments

It’s no coincidence that Janine Bjornson named her West County company Clay, Bones and Stones. The five-year-old company—which specializes in green building and design—incorporates at least two of these materials (minus bones) in almost every project. Its name is, in a sense, a calling card. Even the “bones” part of the moniker has meaning—Bjornson says it refers to the ancient {…}

Get out and hike

by mjv1 year ago in Green.1 Comment

So what if it has been a rainy week here in Sonoma County? President Obama has proclaimed June to be National Great Outdoors Month, and we think that means it’s time to get out and explore. With that in mind (and with special thanks to Jane Huber at Bay Area Hiker) here are Green Sonoma’s four favorite hikes around the {…}

Starts and Apples at Flatland Farm in Sebastopol

by mjv1 year ago in Green.0 Comments

Just about everyone here at Inside Sonoma buys some form of produce at Sebastopol’s Flatland Farm, which means it’s time for this blog to share the love with you. The 11-acre farm on Tilton Road, started by Dan Lehrer and Joanne Kreuger in a Berkeley backyard in 1995, specializes in certified organic vegetable, herb and flower starters, as well as {…}

Kendall-Jackson Farm Stand kicks off Saturday

by mjv1 year ago in Green.0 Comments

May means it’s farmers market time again here in Sonoma County, and perhaps none of this weekend’s markets are as anticipated as the Kendall-Jackson Farm Stand, a regular extravaganza of produce and goodies held on the first Saturday of every month at the winery’s Santa Rosa Wine Center/tasting room. This Saturday – May 7 – the shindig is expected to {…}

Earth Day Activities in Sonoma County

by mjv1 year ago in Green.0 Comments

Earth Day — the annual day that celebrates the environment — is Friday, April 22, and there are a plethora of activities planned all over Sonoma County. Since we’re paid to stay on top of these things, here’s are three of the big day’s best: On Friday, Inman Family Wines in Santa Rosa will throw an Earth Day party during {…}

Farms host passport weekend of their own

by mjv1 year ago in Green.0 Comments

Oenophiles are gearing up for the 22nd annual Passport to Dry Creek Valley event, held April 30 and May 1 in the north part of the county. Farm fans now have something to geek out about as well: A passport event of their own on the very same weekend (well, on May 1). The latter event, dubbed “Blossom, Bees & {…}

Santa Rosa hotel embraces new brand, new commitment to green

by mjv1 year ago in Green.0 Comments

A popular hotel in Santa Rosa has decided to celebrate a new brand with a renewed commitment to go green. The hotel—the Best Western Wine Country Inn & Suites on Hopper Avenue—transformed from a Holiday Inn earlier this year. Now, the parent company, Heritage Hotel Group, has announced that the property has partnered with Orlando, Fla.-based non-profit organization Clean the {…}

Eco-conscious barrel-to-barrel concept hits big-time

by mjv1 year ago in Green.0 Comments

An eco-conscious approach to selling and serving Sonoma County wine has been attracting attention lately, culminating with an Associated Press article that was published nationwide last week [March 23]. The story spotlighted a relatively new strategy that enables restaurants and bars to serve wines-by-the-glass from kegs with wine on tap. Dubbed “barrel-to-barrel,” the approach significantly reduces glass waste associated with {…}