Hunger Action Month. Don't you care enough to click a little?

To all our fellow bloggers out there. Why do nothing, when we can do something very wonderful? With just a few clicks (see last item below, Give Your Voice.) Please help the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano win a truckload of food from Kraft. Don't you care enough to click a little?

From The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Website:

EVENTS

Hunger Action Month. Hunger Action Month is coming and its your opportunity to help the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano and Feeding America feed more Americans than ever before.

Throughout September, the Food Bank will be asking you to take a moment to Give a Little, Feed a Lot. Join Macy’s, Sony Pictures, The Cheesecake Factory and millions of Americans in giving a little of yourself … money, time, voice …whatever you can ….to feed the hungry in our community and across the country. Mark your calendars to give a little this September. We’ll make sure it feeds a lot.

Take action this September. Use the links below to find out how you can help.

30 Ways in 30 Days. Actions you can take all month long to fight hunger including special events at the Food Bank.

Give a Little Feed a Lot. For every dollar you donate, the Food Bank can provide three meals.

Hunger Helpers. Just for kids!

Give Your Voice. Help the Food Bank win a truckload of food from Kraft Foods

Contra Costa warehouse, 4010 Nelson Avenue, Concord, CA 94520 (925) 676-7543
Solano warehouse, 1891 Woolner Suite I, Fairfield, CA 94533 (707) 421-9777

Sunday Downtown Walnut Creek Farmers' Market...Sunset Magazine votes are in!

Soccer Mom over at Crazyinsuburbia posted a lovely article about the Walnut Creek downtown Farmers' Market, and a few nice words about the Lemon Lady. Thanks again, Soccer Mom, for your kind words. Very much appreciated to help foster the hunger cause.

http://crazyinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2009/08/lemon-lady-alerted-me-to-this-shout-out.html

Sunset Magazine votes are in! The place to shop is Downtown on Sundays at the Walnut Creek Farmers Market on N. Locust! Voted the "Best" in Contra Costa County!

"In the East Bay From knife sharpening and music to barbecue and snow cones, the Walnut Creek market ― Contra Costa's biggest, with close to 80 vendors ― supplements summer fruits and vegetables with plenty to do. Bought more than you can carry? Drop off your produce at the Veggie Valet table while you fetch your car. 8–1 Sun (9–1 Nov–Apr); N. Locust St. between Giamona St. and Lacassie Ave.; http://www.cccfm.org/."

http://www.sunset.com/travel/california/day-trip-sebastopol-00400000050670/page3.html

Way to go Mike Dunn!...Diablo Magazine August 2009...

Way to go Mike Dunn, AKA Radar at www.Claycord.com!

Catch a glimpse of Mike's awesome photo of the Cowell Smokestack, "Gone To Pieces" in Diablo Magazine August 2009, page 10-11. Diablo Magazine has an excellent digital edition for online viewing, it's actually kind of fun flipping the digital pages. Better yet, buy a souvenir copy while still available at newstands.

Keep up the superb work our friend Radar.

http://www.diablomag.com/digitaledition.html

I love the Farmers...

“One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that."
-Joseph Campbell

(American prolific Author, Editor, Philosopher and Teacher, 1904-1987)


Dearest Farmers,

I remain humble and grateful for your produce donations to the "The Lemon Lady" hunger cause. This is a personal mission, and I enjoy the personal relationships that have fostered over the past year.

Zucchini doesn't grow in a board room. Your labor of love on the farm is what brings a bountiful harvest to our community. Thank you for your friendship. Thank you for sharing today and always.

I love the farmers.

Warmest Regards,

Anna, The Lemon Lady

“What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.”
-Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Over one-third of the waste generated by central Contra Costa County communities consists of yard and food waste...

Isn't that a startling fact? Enough to make you think twice before throwing banana peels in the garbage?

After living and breathing gardening for the past year, I wonder why more of us aren't composting our kitchen scraps and yard waste? Even my 2 1/2 year old daughter, Ava clearly knows the word compost. She delights in the opportunity to throw coffee grounds on the heaping backyard pile while searching for Mommy, Daddy, and Baby worms to feed.

Fortunate for Contra Costa County Solid Waste Authority customers, rebates are available on composting containers, workshops and a wealth of waste information is on their website. Say that five times fast!

Reality is, you don't need to purchase any fancy container. Just dig a hole, and start a backyard pile. Take advantage of free education at the Contra Costa Library, there are over 200 books available on the topic "composting."

One by one, little by little, we can make a difference in our world!

http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com/2009/05/home-composting-is-easy-even-oscar-can.html

A lovely farm in Pleasanton - Terra Bella Family Farm...

Photos courtesy of:

http://www.terrabellafamilyfarm.com

Sunday, August 16th, while shopping the CCCFM downtown Walnut Creek Locust Street Farmers' Market, I had the pleasure of meeting a lovely family farm out of Pleasanton, California. I actually met the manager, Joe Sunderland on Thursday night at PCFMA in Concord, so I was equally thrilled to meet the farm owner, Shawn Seufert on Sunday.

Terra Bella Family Farm has an exciting history. I invite you to learn about their unique farm operations and Community Supported Agriculture that area residents may subscribe to - all in a town where family farming has become obsolete.

August 9, 2009, Terra Bella Family Farm has been profiled in the Contra Costa Times and the newest edition of Edible East Bay Magazine includes another fantastic write-up.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13022405?source=email

Diablo Magazine's Bay Area Mama - Today's Mama Dream Big Profile...

Diablo Magazine's Bay Area Mama has featured Anna Chan, The Lemon Lady in their Today's Mama Dream Big profile. Please CLICK HERE to read their story. Thank you dearly to the wonderful publishers who choose to recognize my efforts towards the hunger cause. We are all making a fantastic difference in the lives of the needy.

http://www.todaysmama.com/dream.php?view_past_featured=1682