First: Huge thanks to my friend, David Demarest, for letting me use his patented water-proof bag. It’s super useful. www.DemarDesigns.com. THANKS! Well, I’ve been writing this blog for a while now, bit by bit as I’m near a computer, and finally finished it on March 1st. A lot has happened along the way, so this is a long one. [...]

By David Kupfer
The Pleasant Revolution is all about promotion, promotion of adventure, person to person cultural exchanges, bicycle values, freedoms found by biking, bike powered music, backwoods California rock and roll. So many kids and adults were and are inspired by the music and the message and the mission that is impossible to calculate the [...]

Organic certification of food gives consumers info that enables us to support things we like and avoid things we don’t. Theoretically. The theory breaks down when producers successfully cheat the certification process and don’t comply with the spirit of the system. Such is the case with “organic” dairy producers who keep their cows in feedlots [...]

Ginger Ninjas appear at Willow Springs (Xtracycle HQ) for special Krepelicious show. Fire dancing expected. Dueling fiddlers to shred horse hairs. The crepes begin flowing off griddle at 4pm. They are organic, and usually include some super lovely local ingredients, too. I am the world champion eater of them. Come try to eat as many [...]

My dad has been cleaning out the corners of his house lately and asked me if I wanted the 30-06. It’s the same gun I used to shoot my first deer when I was fourteen. It was the last day of hunting season, called “hunter’s choice” in Oregon because you could shoot does and fawns. [...]

Interesting piece about the growing murmur around OG vs. Homegrown. Organically grown die-hards have been starting to wonder if certified kiwis straight off the plane from New Zealand are really all that good for the planet.

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[photopress:GaryJillianDFM.jpg,thumb,pp_empty]Gary and Jillian goin’ organic at the Davis Farmer’s Market.

Greetings:
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Bike Ride with Fossil Foo
We’ll all be meeting at Xtracycle HQ (Willow Springs) in North San Juan on Friday between noon and 3pm. At 4pm promptly we’ll start heading for the river, with Fossil Fool and his [...]