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eatlesswater · 5 years
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Patagonia Awards the Pesticide Free Project $12,000
Patagonia Awards the Pesticide Free Project $12,000
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I picked up a $12,000 check from Patagonia yesterday morning to support the Pesticide-Free School Project.
I’m honored the employees from the Ventura flagship store chose to stand behind this project designed to build soil, save water, sequester carbon, and improve the health of kids one playground at a time.
I was joined by local students Joel and Sarahí, The EncampmentYouth. They both…
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Press Release: RIO LINDO SCHOOL TO HOST A COMPOST TEA PARTY AND BECOME THE FIRST PESTICIDE-FREE PLAYGROUND ON THE OXNARD PLAIN
Press Release: RIO LINDO SCHOOL TO HOST A COMPOST TEA PARTY AND BECOME THE FIRST PESTICIDE-FREE PLAYGROUND ON THE OXNARD PLAIN
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Thirty youth from around the nation, community volunteers, local organizations will come together to build soil, save water, sequester carbon and eat plant-based tamales
EL RIO, Calif.- July 2, 2019 – On July 6, 2019 from 10-1 the playground at Rio Lindo Elementary School, with the help of community volunteers, local organizations, and thirty youth from around the nation participating in the T…
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eatlesswater · 5 years
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Viva la Mujer!
The painting “Viva La Mujer,” by artist Chuy Rangel was leaning against the wall behind a door, forgotten for more than five months. Since moving to our new home I didn’t know where to hang her.
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As I contimplated International Women’s Day and the women who inspire me I remembered the painting. I stopped what I was doing and went to get her with a mission to find her a place on one of my white…
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Write With Me in Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Write With Me in Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
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Register Now Maybe we are each born with a certain kind of soul. A friend shared with me a confession: her mind never stops singing. From the moment she wakes in the morning, a jazz track plays in her head. “Like a broken record,” she said. “Do you sing?” I asked her. “Not anymore… I wish the songs would just stop.” It hadn’t occurred to me that not everyone’s mind is filled with an…
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Organic Valley's Rootstock Radio interview with Florencia Ramirez available now​
Organic Valley’s Rootstock Radio interview with Florencia Ramirez available now​
EXCITED to be featured on Rootstock Radio, a podcast that highlights individuals and organizations who work to improve the food and farming system in our country.
The interview is now LIVE and available at the Organic Valley website and THIRTY stations on Public Radio around the nation. You can also listen on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts.
During the interview,…
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Press Release: Oxnard High School Culinary Students Prove They Can Help Solve Our Water Crisis
Press Release: Oxnard High School Culinary Students Prove They Can Help Solve Our Water Crisis
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 11, 2018
Oxnard High School Culinary Students Prove They Can Help Solve Our Water Crisis High school culinary students to host a school-to-fork luncheon for faculty members featuring an eco-friendly tamale recipe from award-winning local author
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OXNARD, Calif.— December 11, 2018 — Students of the Oxnard High School Career Technical Education…
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Mouth Watering CYBER MONDAY Eat Less Water Organic Tamale Class Discount
Mouth Watering CYBER MONDAY Eat Less Water Organic Tamale Class Discount
Now here is a Cyber Monday special that gives to your health, to those lucky friends and family you serve these tamales to and the health of the planet. Sign up for the class by Tuesday, November 27 and receive HALF OFF for a companion and/or $5 off for a child.
Click here for more class details.
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I hope to see you.
  There is power in the collective.
  Eat Less Water at the kitchen table.
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EAT LESS WATER TAMALE COOKING CLASS IS BACK: VEGETARIAN, VEGAN, ORGANIC
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Sign up for an Eat Less Water Holiday Tamale class here. 
Last December I spread masa with over a hundred tamaleros(tamale makers) in three commercial kitchens. Each person came with varying levels of tamale experience, from never making tamales, to expert level. Regardless of the experience level, each cook left with a dozen handsomely wrapped tamales that were good for their health and the…
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eatlesswater · 6 years
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5 Simple, Affordable, and Sustainable Recipes for Students (and non-students)
5 Simple, Affordable, and Sustainable Recipes for Students (and non-students)
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The simple act of cooking your meals using organic ingredients may not feel like a big deal, but it is a powerful silent activism. Global water scarcity impacts 1 billion people, and counting and boils down to two causes: supply and quality. Food, the largest user (70%) and polluter of water are where the solution to global water shortages is found predicted to worsen.
An extreme example of how…
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eatlesswater · 6 years
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Invite me to your kitchen via Desk Yogi
Invite me to your kitchen via Desk Yogi
The most effective place to save water is in the kitchen. It is why you often find me in my kitchen or in nearby home kitchen as part of the Eat Less Water Kitchen Table Book Tour. Invite me into your kitchen now from the Desk Yogi site with a FREE three month trial.
Recently I cooked a steaming pot of Tempeh Chili in the Desk Yogi studio turned kitchen located in Ojai, California. The…
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eatlesswater · 6 years
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Plant Based Monday- Organic Berry and Greens Smoothie Recipe
Plant Based Monday- Organic Berry and Greens Smoothie Recipe
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  Meat and dairy production is the largest users and polluter of water on the planet. If you make one change in your diet, EAT LESS MEAT AND DAIRY and SUPPORT DAIRY FARMERS AND RANCHERS who ROTATE their animals on ORGANIC pastures. In my book I describe what the very best in animal production looks like with farms like Coyote Creek Farm, Hunter Cattle, and Cobblestone Valley Farm.
Smoothies are…
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eatlesswater · 6 years
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Eat Less Water in the NEWS
Eat Less Water in the NEWS
Three is a charm. This week three interviews featuring Eat Less Water. Just in case you missed any, here are the links: CBS MORNING NEWS 8 WITH HEATHER MYERS CBS Morning News 8 Reporter Heather Myers, expertly interviewed me on San Diego’s highest rated news show. Here is the link to the program titled, How Much Water Does It Take to make Your Favorite Foods. CBS featured a few of my favorite…
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Book Reading and Organic Beer Tasting @ Book Catapult in San Diego
Book Reading and Organic Beer Tasting @ Book Catapult in San Diego
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Join me tonight at San Diego’s newest independent bookstore, Book Catapult on Thursday, March 8 at 7 PM.   The water footprint of one bottle of beer is 32 gallons of fresh water. Come listen and taste how to save water with your beer choice. San Diego’s first organic beer, Protector Beer will be available to audience members (of age). I heard rumors of chocolate offerings too (1 chocolate bar…
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An EAT LESS WATER Follow That Chef at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market & The Gourmandise School
An EAT LESS WATER Follow That Chef at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market & The Gourmandise School
Join me and Chef Heather Worrell of Farm and Flame THIS WEDNESDAY March 7 at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market. We are participating in the FOLLOW THAT CHEF program, a collaboration between the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market and The Gourmandise Cooking School. Participants are treated to a FREE cooking class led by chefs. The class begins at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market. Together we will search…
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Eat Less Water featured on NPR's KCRW- LISTEN
Eat Less Water featured on NPR’s KCRW- LISTEN
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  Jonathan Bastian, the host of KCRW’s newest show, The 805, interviewed me for the program aired on Friday, February 22. Listen here.
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How To Drink Tequila & Save Water
How To Drink Tequila & Save Water
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1 liter of tequila= 65 gallons of freshwater Come learn how to save water and drink tequila. Come learn how to save water with all your favorite food and beverage choices. On Sunday, February 25 from 6-8 PM, join me and Don Adolfo Murillo, maker of Tequila Alquimia for an EAT LESS WATER book reading and tequila tasting at Alcazar Tapas Bar in Santa Barbara. Chef and owner, Alvaro, an…
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Water And The Future Event Feb. 24 @ 8PM at Boston Court in Pasadena, California
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Red Hen Press writers Florencia Ramirez and poet Tess Taylor share the stage on Saturday, February 24 at 8PM with musicians Alexander Miller and Patricia Cloud for an evening of readings, music, and discussion on the importance of water in this age of heavy consumption. The evening is designed to be a conversation about water through music and language. Inspired by the book Eat Less Water, and…
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