The Story of Forest Farm: How a Small Bay Area Town Became Home to the First Racially Integrated Summer Camp West of the Mississippi
The west’s first racially integrated summer camp was here in Marin.
Women Taking the Reins at Marin’s Family Farms
Channeling ancestral pioneers is practically built into the DNA of the farmers and ranchers of West Marin. Dating back to the late 1800s, the great-grandparents of the current crop of farmers in the region often left Europe together, setting out for a life in the United States where they could build farms and community. […]
Organic Gardening: Jeanne Pinsof Nolan Grows the Trend on the North Shore
For many of us, the organic awakening came when we read a book by Michael Pollan or saw the film “Food, Inc.” But Jeanne Pinsof Nolan of Glencoe recognized the importance of organics more than 20 years ago. In the late ’80s, Nolan walked into a health food store out-of-state and happened upon some […]
