When life gives you avocados, make guacamole. When life gives you too many, call Backyard Bounty. For the last three years, Doug Hagensen and Jim Roehrig of Backyard Bounty have taken Santa Barbara’s ...

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s Backyard Bounty Program has celebrated a milestone, gleaning 105,000 pounds of fresh produce. Since the program’s inception in 2007, volunteers have been busy ...

"Thirty years ago, on a lark, my dad took a seed from a grapefruit and planted it," said retired Menlo Park dentist Norman Baker. "I remember seeing it, a little twig sticking out of the ground.

If you are one of the many Goleta Valley backyard food growers and have a few trees groaning under the weight of fruits you cannot eat or give to the neighbors, help is only a call away. Even better, ...

In California, who needs a market to celebrate the new year for trees? Assembling the foods for your seder is definitely doable and helps make connections to the mystics and your roots. LOS ANGELES ...

Good Food listener Jim Roehrig started Backyard Bounty in Santa Barbara. He and his neighbors harvest fruits and vegetables from private properties in the area. The proceeds are donated to Santa ...

OROVILLE — It may not be perfect but it’s her kind of perfect said Cindy Banse about her backyard garden business, CJ’s Farm, where she grows enough summer veggies and melon for herself and others.