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Friday November 30, 2007 - By Amber
Well,
maybe a few of you folks are wondering what happened to the dashing
duo, Guillermo and Amber. Did they arrive in Austin safely? Have they
made it back to California? Were they happy with their trip? Did they
learn anything new from it? Has...
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Friday September 21, 2007 - By Amber
Our final farm visit for this round of Bike2Barn occurred in Lincoln, NM at Laughing Sheep Farms .
Sally, third generation owner, has a successful country store,
restaurant, and farm, all using farm-raised and grass-fed beef, elk,
buffalo, lamb, and pork...
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Wednesday September 19, 2007 - By Amber
The
Dragoon Mountains, in Southern Arizona, is home to Stronghold Cattle
Company, owned by Kevin Dumais. The Dragoon Mountain Ranch is at a 5000
foot elevation, located on 57,000 acres of pristine pastures, knobby
hills, and rocky outcroppings. Cochise,...
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Tuesday September 18, 2007 - By Amber
The desert of Arizona has a jewel, an animal utopia named HoofsnHorns .
It is a sanctuary, right outside of Tucson, for animals who have been
abandoned in the desert, are in need of some serious TLC, or who were
headed to the slaughterhouse. Their savior...
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Monday September 17, 2007 - By Amber
We're
sitting at an old diner in Blythe, close to the Colorado river, which
we are soon to cross on our way to Tucson, Arizona. We said goodbye to
Doug Adair at Pato's Dream Date Gardens
this morning, and headed towards the Chocolate Mountains in...
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Sunday September 16, 2007 - By Amber
Where do I even begin? I guess the beginning is always a good place...
We drove down, down, down the Vallecito Mountains, entering the hot,
dry weather of the Anza-Borrego desert. The ride was spectacular, with
amazing vistas on the way down the windy,...
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Saturday September 15, 2007 - By Amber
What luck we had! We called Helene and Robert Beck, searching intently for their farm, Beck Grove ,
at which we intended to drop in on an unannounced visit, and caught
them just as they were leaving for a movie. One of the first things out
of Helene's...
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Friday September 14, 2007 - By Amber
The
adventures continue, and the ride to Malibu to visit Vital Zuman Farms
was no exception. A little about how Guillermo uses his motorcycle: he
reset the trip odometer every time we fill the gas tank, so we know
exactly how many miles we can go before...
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Thursday September 13, 2007 - By Amber
Earth to Table
is a 3 1/2 acre farm located in the valley of Arroyo Grande. It is a
very small operation, lovingly built by Cheryl Price, a woman ahead of
her time in her community. Cheryl biodynamically grows heirloom
varieties of vegetables, herbs, and...
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Thursday September 13, 2007 - By Amber
A
visit to Coleman Farms was more like an excuse to eat, get drunk,
laugh, and enjoy good company. It's true. We were hardly working, and
having tons of fun. It began with a mosey motorcycle drive to
Carpinteria on Hwy 192, passing grand estate after grand...
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Thursday September 13, 2007 - By Amber
Fairview
Gardens, established in 1997 by Michael Ableman, is a non-profit
organization located in Goleta, California. It is a twelve and a half
acre farm smack-dab in the middle of suburbia, neighboring a WellsFargo
Bank and Rite-Aid Pharmacy. Originally...
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Wednesday September 12, 2007 - By Amber
Today
has been a success! We left the house at 10am, saying good-bye to Boris
(Guillermo's sweet ol' dog and my newly adopted son), and loaded down
with the bare necessities needed for a 2 week motorcycle trip. It ended
up being quite a lot. We nixed...
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Wednesday September 12, 2007 - By Amber
Our
first farm to visit, Mt. Olive, was a little different from the
'typical' American farm we were expecting. It is owned by a group of
Asian families (Malaysian and Chinese) that immigrated to California
ten years ago.
Karen Ng, one of the owners,...
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Wednesday September 12, 2007 - By Amber
Hollyhock Farms
is a gem of a place, owned by two charming farmers, Dick and Kim
Rogers. This is as mom-and-pop of an operation as it gets. These two
work non-stop to provide the people in their community with fresh and
tasty organic produce. Even while...
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Tuesday September 11, 2007 - By Amber
Tonight
we are tying up the loose ends before we hit the road, the long black
road, to Austin, Texas, the final destination of the 'bike2barn 2007'
trip. Already Guillermo and I are having an adventure, namely in
getting to know each other a little better....
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