Tag Archive for ‘dervaes family’
NEWS BYTES
Though we haven’t posted much in the way of the ongoing impact our little film has had, we are happy to report that our homemade film is still growing strong.
Our short film, Homegrown Revolution (you can buy the DVD here) will be screening at home and abroad.
FROM FARM TO FORK
Good little article but there are some slight misstatements. 1.) We grow 99 percent of our PRODUCE not diet 2) We do buy supplement animal feed (grains pellets) oh, and our goal is “ZERO” food miles! Path to Freedom conserves water while cutting ‘food miles’ from Dervaes family’s carbon footprint By Carolyn Neuhausen PASADENA WEEKLY [...]
Living off the grid, urban-homesteading style (Daily News)
On newsstand today – TWO articles in the Daily News featuring the urban homestead. Photos courtesy the Daily News John McCoy/Staff Photographer Farm living in the city with the Dervaes By Natalie Haughton, Food Editor It’s trendy to go green, grow some vegetables in your back yard, have a few solar panels on the roof [...]
URBAN HOMESTEADING: The Dervaes family’s sustainable path to freedom
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. Mohandas Gandhi URBAN HOMESTEADING: The Dervaes family’s sustainable path to freedom (via Union Weekly) Interview and photos by Chelsea Rosenthal Jules Dervaes, the pioneer of the homesteading movement in downtown Pasadena, believes there are two types of hard. There is a meaningful hard and [...]
SCREENING NEWS
The highly acclaimed and anticipated HomeGrown – 21st Century Family Farm (by Robert Mcfalls) is now available for community screenings via : http://homegrown-film.com/host.html Please note: (Since we are constantly asked this) — Despite popular belief, we have not received any monetary benefits from HOMEGROWN . Zip, zero, nada, zilch, nothing. So, although we greatly appreciate [...]
WHOLE PERSON MAGAZINE PART II
INTERVIEW WITH DERVAES FAMILY CONTINUES The November issue of Whole Person continues the dialogue with the other members of the Dervaes family who each have had a vital role in turning their ordinary home into an extraordinary urban homestead. View the article online –the interview starts on page 4 Name That Veggie PS and for [...]
BACKYARD BARNYARD
Anaïs and Jordanne Dervaes give a video tour of the Pasadena homestead where they keep chickens, ducks, and goats (VIEW ONLINE VIDEO FEATURE running time 4:00 minutes) LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE ONLINE EXTRA By Wendy Witherspoon LAmag.com, October 19, 2009 If you’ve ever looked at your pet dog (especially after “cleaning up” the lawn) and wondered [...]
SCREENING TIME CORRECTION & ADDITION
The Oceanside Film Festival has informed us of a time change and an additional screening slot for Homegrown Revolution this Saturday October 17 (there will be a screening at 5:30 PM & 8:00 PM followed by a 20 min Q & A session with the Dervaes family) Check out the event details here
OCT 17 OCEANSIDE FILM FESTIVAL w/Dervaes family
Join the Dervaes family and showing of their in-home production of the inspiring Homegrown Revolution WHEN: Saturday, October 17 TIME: 7:00 PM (film followed by 20 min Q & A with the Dervaes family) WHERE: Sunshine Brooks Theatre, 217 North Coast Highway Oceanside, CA 92054 FEE: Ticket information See you there!
OUT & ABOUT
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 10:30 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. WHITE PARK, 3901 MARKET STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA. 92501 THE GREATER RIVERSIDE CONFERENCE OF SENIORS GIVING THE GIFT OF GREEN TO OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN THE CRISIS: Scientists have determined that civilization is not sustainable if carbon dioxide remains above 350 parts per million. It’s now [...]
