SBF News Archive
Veteran Work Opportunities at Soil Born Farms
Good Day Sacramento, March 23, 2022
Regenerating Our Soil
Jennifer Junghans, Comstock’s Magazine, May 4, 2021
Everyday Heroes
John Bartell, ABC10, June 26, 2020
Cultivating Community
Linda Holderness, StyleMagazine, February 2020
From Seed to Table
Sactown Magazine, August/September 2018
Farm to Fork: Soil Born Farms
Toni Valliere, KCRA, August 17, 2018
Scavenger Hunt
Jeff Wilser, Comstock’s Magazine, August 4, 2014
Day in the life of a farm animal in Rancho Cordova
News 10 Live Report, May 23, 2014
A Lesson in Organic Gardening
Jane S. Daly, Rancho Cordova Independent, April 4, 2014
Sacramento County approves plan to restore channel to natural creek state
Sammy Caiola, Sacramento Bee, Friday, March 14, 2014
Views on Food: Tending the concept of urban agriculture
Shawn Hubler, Sacramento Bee, Sunday, March 9, 2014
Sacramento ranks among best cities for urban gardening
Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, Thursday, September 5, 2013
Fresh Local Produce in Sacramento’s Food Deserts
Associated Press, July 6, 2013
Soil Born Farms donates thousands of pounds of
organic produce to the Sacramento Food Bank
feature on Good Day Sacramento
Homegrown
Sactown Magazine, April/May 2013:
Is Sacramento ready to face challenges of farm to fork?
Stuart Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee, Sunday, March 3, 2013
Growing farm-to-table education in Sacramento
Sacramento Bee, Saturday, November 10, 2012
Soil Born Farms Breaks Ground for New Outdoor Classroom
City of Rancho Cordova News, October 25, 2012
Soil Born Farms Receives Environmentalist of the Year Award from ECOS
September 27, 2012
Volunteers Help Create Agricultural Landmark at Soil Born Farms
Matt Notley, The Sacramento Press, August 30, 2012
First-Time Farming
(article featuring former apprentice Austin Blair)
The Press Democrat, Saturday, August 25, 2012
Growing and Preserving Resources
Sacramento Bee, Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Sacramento harvest: Boom in gardening, canning, enjoying
Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Sacramento-area farms pick up on slow flower movement
Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, Saturday, June 23, 2012
Soil Born Farms awarded Slow Food Snail of Approval
April 2012
Age of Ag: A New Generation of Farmers Emerges
Linda DuBois, Comstock’s Magazine, November 11, 2011
Awards of Distinction’ presented tonight at UC Davis
Daily Democrat, October 14, 2011
Small-scale farming holds key to a cleaner future
Danielle Nierenberg and Haibing Ma, Sacramento Bee, August 14, 2011
Learn by farming: at Soil Born Farms, kids get their hands dirty
an Ferris Heenan, Inside East Sacramento, September 2011 (see page 46)
Soil Born Farms educational program teaches youth about where food comes from
Julie Foster, Valley Community Newspapers, August 20, 2011
Bonus Bucks offered at county farmers markets
Daily Democrat, August 5, 2011
Sacramento farmer coalition has intern jobs for veterans
Anne Gonzales, Sacramento Bee, March 27, 2011
Students harvest neighborhood oranges for Sacramento Food Bank
Gina Kim, Sacramento Bee, February 20, 2011
Conference aim: get Sacramento-area farms to sell more locally
Gina Kim, Sacramento Bee, December 10 2010
SACOG hosts rural-urban strategy forum
Suzanne Hurt, Sacramento Press, December 6 2010
Popular Sacramento produce stand has loyal following
Benn Hodapp, Valley Community Newspapers, September 2010
Nonprofit Farm Plants Ideas in City Folks’ Heads
Colin Wood, Sacramento Press, August 2010
A Growing Concern: Urban Farms Are Sprouting up across the United States. Can They Translate Popularity into Profitability
Sena Christian, Earth Island Journal, July 2010
Kids on the Farm
California Country, June 2010.
In Sacramento and beyond, gardening programs help kids relate to the world around them
Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, June 12 2010
UC helps Southeast Asian farmers expand the market for locally grown strawberries
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources News and Information Outreach, May 2010
Turn back the worm
Sacramento News and Review, April 1 2010
Hub seeks to fill gap from farm to table
Daniel Weintraub, Sacramento Bee, March 28 2010
Urban Harvesters Scavenge Backyards to Feed the Hungry
Alternet, March 3, 2010
Sustainability is Hot in Sacramento
Sustainability Leadership Award presented to Harvest Sacramento at Pesticide Watch’s Sustainable Sacramento event. Sacramento Press, January 23, 2010
Sacramento Community Harvest Kicks Off
Volunteers harvest fruit in their communities to give to the local food banks. KCRA News, January 23, 2010
One Perfect Thing: Share the wealth
When Mother Nature blesses your backyard with too much good stuff to eat, call Harvest Sacramento. Sacramento Bee, January 3, 2010
Plan for nonprofit produce-handler part of local-food movement
Jim Downing, Sacramento Bee, October 25 2009
Gleaning in the trees: Local food banks use your excess produce to feed the poor
Sena Christian, Sacramento News & Review, October 29, 2009
Volunteers Dig In to Feed Hungry
KCRA Channel 3 Visits the American River Ranch for Hands On Sacramento work day, September 26, 2009
Interview with Executive Director Shawn Harrison on Sacramento & Company News10
With Melissa Crowley and Guy Farris, Sacramento & Company, September 17, 2009
What To Do With All Those Extra Cucumbers!!?
NPR Story on Harvest Sacramento featuring Randy Stannard. Because People Matter Newsletter, July/August 2009
Urban Fruit Harvests Catching On
Capital Public Radio (NPR) Story on Harvest Sacramento featuring Tom Sumpter, March 18, 2009
Planting Seeds for Change
Lisa Thibodeau, Sacramento Parent, August, 2008
Nonprofit Group Wants Farms Near Urban Housing
Mary Lynne Vellinga, Sacramento Bee, June 25, 2008
Food Revolution
Sena Christian, Sacramento News & Review, May 29, 2008
Urban Agricultural Oasis
Cecily Hastings, Inside Publications, September 2007
