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Introducing Los Olivos Roots Organic Farm
Getting in Touch with Your Roots, Organically
Organic is hip. Locally grown organic is even hipper, and, minus the bling and attitude, local organic farmers are the new, off-the-grid rock stars. Read story.
UCSB’s Student-Run Ad Agency Largest in State
AAF Chapter Was Founded Less than a Year Ago
Less than a year old, its professionalism has seen nothing but growth. Read story.
Will Lakeview Estates Preserve Ag or Destroy It?
Controversial New Service District in the Santa Rita Hills Approved Amidst Farm Fields
Controversy swirls around the new service district amidst farm fields in the Santa Rita Hills. Read story.
Legislators Try to Keep People in Their Homes
Capps Praises Bills to Refinance Mortgages, Preserve Neighborhood Real Estate Values
Capps praises bills to refinance mortgages, preserve neighborhood real estate values. Read story.
2008 Blue & Green Guide Listings
Adventure for Hire
Adventure for Hire. Read story.
Retirement Home Says It’s Easy Being Green
Award-Winning Valle Verde a California Leader
Santa Barbara's Valle Verde retirement home is a leader. Read story.
Candidates for 3rd District Talk Bacara, Naples
Coastal Access a Hot Issue for Santa Barbara County
Coastal access is a hot issue for this Santa Barbara County race and for the county at large as well. Read story.
Goleta-based Bargain Network to Close Call Center
Exodus Part of Company-Wide Consolidation Effort
Love it or hate it, Bargain Network has been employing hundreds at its Goleta call center since it opened up shop more than a decade ago. Read story.
Execs, Politicos, Journos, Enviros Talk Eco-Trends at Bacara
How to Make Billions by Going Green
The world’s most powerful multinational executives converged on the outer edges of Goleta last week to discuss how to go green and still make lots of green while doing so. Read story.
Governator Pushes Green at ECO:nomics on Friday
Bacara Conference Comes to a Close with Talk of Ethanol, Solar, Wind, Nuclear, Philanthropy, and Oil
Bacara conference comes to a close with talk of ethanol, solar, wind, nuclear, philanthropy, and oil. Read story.
Presidential Candidates’ Reps Talk Green at ECO:nomics
Energy Policy Wonks for Obama, Clinton, and McCain Share Their Visions
Energy policy wonks for Obama, Clinton, and McCain share their visions at Bacara conference. Read story.
Activists Infiltrate ECO:nomics, Briefly
Rainforest Action Network Sneaks Into Conference, Confronts Archer Daniels Midland Exec
Rainforest Action Network sneaks into conference, confronts Archer Daniels Midland exec. Read story.
ECO:nomics Begins at Bacara
Multinational Execs Consider the Business of Going Green in Landmark Conference
Multinational execs consider the business of going green in landmark conference. Read story.
Barfoot Snowboards Turns 30
Dropping In
A look back on the history of snowboarding and its lesser known origins in our neck of the woods. Read story.
The Future of Biofuels Takes Root in S.B.
Growing Gold
Jatropha looks like a weed , but its seeds could be used to power your car. Read how this bean may be the biofuel of the future. Read story.
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