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Michele Senitzer
- Oakland, CA
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Urban farmers score a win in Oakland
You can now legally sell peas grown from your backyard in Oakland.The City Council voted Tuesday to eliminate the ban on selling home-grown produce, a relic of an era when cities wanted to…Continue
Started Oct 5, 2011
Dairy Farmers Protest Downtown
Goat farmers milk their herd in public to push back against laws forbidding sharing at family farms.…Continue
Started Sep 29, 2011
Going wild for food in San Francisco
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Going wild for food in San FranciscoBy Brendan Francis Newnam, Special to CNNupdated 10:41 AM EST, Wed September 28, 2011San Francisco "wild foods community" ForageSF hosts dinners featuring locally…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Oletta Reed Sep 29, 2011.
WI judge declares that individuals have no fundamental right to own cows, drink raw milk
NaturalNews) After being petitioned for clarification about his decision in a recent legal case involving individuals freedom to consume raw milk and own "shares" of dairy cows, Judge Patrick J.…Continue
Started Sep 29, 2011
Michele Senitzer's Groups
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Homesteading
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the Barter Box
14 members
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Ponds and Water Plants
8 members
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Succulents, Natives, & D…
9 members
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Seed Exchange
10 members
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Profile Information
- Your Business, Project or Organization
- I am a co-founder of FoundFruit.com. I am also a Realtor with Prudential California Realty. As a realtor I earned NAR's Green Designation because I am interested in energy efficiency and sustainability. I have compiled many rebates and resources for energy/water/solar upgrades and urban farming info. on my website www.ecohomejournal.com.
- Tell us about yourself and your interests
- Michele currently resides in Oakland, CA. An urban homesteader, her interests include kenyan top bar beekeeping, keeping chickens, rain harvesting and other sustainable living practices. She's enthusiastic about edible landscaping, vegetable and fruit gardening, foraging, pickling, fermentation, etc. She runs her car on 100% waste veggie oil from a DIY home fueling station. I bought my first home in Oakland in 2009 and transformed it's concrete lot into an urban oasis.
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Michele Senitzer's Blog
Oakland Homesteaders feast with Chef Gregory León
Some Found Fruit members gathered this past weekend at Havenscourt Homestead for a delicious feast prepared by Chef Gregory León and Adrian Noel Castellon…
ContinuePosted on March 20, 2012 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment
The One Block Party
It's been quite a summer! We've been going strong since April when we were announced as finalists in the contest. We have since grown, foraged, raised, and produced a multitude of vegetables, fruits, and food projects. All 10 teams from…
ContinuePosted on September 2, 2011 at 12:00pm
The Menu
Throughout the summer Team Found Fruit has been growing fruits and veggies, raising livestock, foraging, and doing food projects as part of our One Block Diet contest with Sunset Magazine. It culminates with a One Block Party, a feast…
ContinuePosted on August 20, 2011 at 8:30am — 2 Comments
Month 3 Sunset Magazine's One Block Party contest with Team Found Fruit
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 12:00pm
Month 2 Sunset Magazine's One Block Party contest with Team Found Fruit
Month Two:
Kitty, our bunny whisperer has been busy raising rabbits for the feast. On a 4000 square foot lot in Oakland she manages an efficient microfarm with rabbits, goats, ducks, chickens, quail, and bees. She raises the…
ContinuePosted on July 3, 2011 at 12:00am
Build your own vegetable oil fueling station
With diesel gas prices skyrocketing these days more and more people are turning to alternative fuels like biodiesel and waste vegetable oil WVO. You can buy a vegetable oil conversion for diesel engines that will allow you to run in any…
ContinuePosted on June 3, 2011 at 2:30pm
Month 1 Sunset Magazine's One Block Party contest with Team Found Fruit
We are busy as bees getting our gardens planted and food projects underway. It's exciting to have 4 gardens with all heirloom varieties of veggies growing. Though the snails are continually eating our seedlings, we have planted some exciting…
ContinuePosted on May 31, 2011 at 10:30am
Prickly Pear Cactus and You
In my yard is a fantastic huge prickly pear cactus. If I didn't cut it back it would overtake the house! This spring has been plentiful with fruits and new growth. Spectacular yellow flowers are also in bloom. I decided to take advantage of the…
ContinuePosted on May 26, 2011 at 8:30pm
"Before" pics Sunset Magazine's One Block Party contest with Team Found Fruit
The first round of pics we sent in were our baselines, to establish the "before" look at our gardens and projects. Meet the team and take a…
ContinuePosted on May 17, 2011 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments
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