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Bird shrink

Taylor Wiles and Jackson Solway, SF Public Press — Jun 21 2010 - 4:46pm
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Dana Strome works in emergency rooms by day and is a bird shrink by night. That's right, a bird shrink who dedicates much of her life to the rescue of abused and abandoned parrots.

Edible gardens grow up

Monica Jensen, SF Public Press — Mar 30 2010 - 12:28pm
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Sanchez Elementary School, in San Francisco's Mission District, has erected the city's first public, off-the-grid, vertical garden. Equipped with a high-tech weather station, students will study the growth patterns of the edible, organic vegetables and measure weather patterns.

Underground farmers market finds home in Mission District

Gianmaria Franchini, SF Public Press — Dec 22 2009 - 5:19pm
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Acorn flour, wild fennel seeds and homemade sarsaparilla (that’s soda for all you non-foodies) are just some of the treats that have found their way into a new alternative farmers market. This underground bazaar sponsored by the founder of forageSF is a house party, dinner party and street fair rolled into one. Small vendors who can’t afford commercial kitchens or a booth at SF’s official farmers market are hawking their food on the second-floor flat of a Victorian.

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