from the garden

Archive for August, 2006

Where does Food come from?

Today was the first day back to school! Schedules are crazy, students are confused, but the adventure of the new year has begun. I started off today with our exciting new course called Food! at June Jordan School for Equity. I’m co-teaching the course with one of the school’s Directors, Mr. Alexander. Today we asked [...]

August 28, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Food Politics: "What can I do?"

Before school starts, while I still have a minute to think about MY life, I’ve been reading up on ways we as consumers can vote with our dollars and support healthy, local, sustainably- and justly-grown foods. I’ve noticed Britt Bravo writing about such things a lot lately, so here are some links to hers and [...]

August 11, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Wedding Bells in the Garden!

A little personal news . . . I got married! On July 29th in Los Altos, CA, in the beautiful garden of a close family friend, I tied the knot with Dennis Jaramillo. Be sure to note the name change: I am now Abby Jaramillo!! Can you believe it? E-mail me if you want to [...]

August 7, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments