(photo by John Burgess)

Shave and a Haircut

A former Petaluma bartender trades her cocktail shaker for a pair of clippers.

Hector Alvarez backed by his farmstand sign in Fulton. (photos by Christopher Chung)

The Fresh Trail

The coming of May and June means nibbling juicy stone fruits, berries and healthy greens.

Backyard chicken rancher Trathen Heckman. (photos by Chris Hardy)

The Backyard Egg Farmer

Trathen Heckman has turned his 6,200-square-foot lot in suburban Petaluma into an educational model for how to grow your own food. The bounty ranges from 500 to 1,000 pounds a year, and he uses less water than a lawn would take. Heckman’s small flock of backyard chickens, housed in a recycled chicken coop and automatically […]