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This photo documents the first time this kismet group of people ever squeezed each other's cheeks and the last time this plot of land adjacent to Vallejo Electric Motor Works will ever look like a storage yard. Thank you to my dad and bro for letting

You wouldn't believe what it takes to get food to your dinner table. Small grain growers like these agonize over nitrogen content in the soil, getting things planted at just the right time- sometimes planting long past nightfall and BY HAND. They sol

Here we are, team, Not One More Roscoe. LADOT awarded us a grant to prevent traffic deaths on Roscoe Boulevard and we're going to do just that......#visionzero #visionzerola #notonemore #bikesnotcars #panoramacity #spiritnest #spiritnestcreations

How I spent my Souperbowl Sunday. Stinging nettle soup and scattering grass seeds with a third-grader. Food styling and photo by @transitionalgastronomy. #laart #socialpractice #nativegrass #wholegrains #decolonizeyourdiet #stingingnettles

Come help us plant special native grasses tomorrow! We're getting ready for our Talleres Publicos workshop series and these seeds must get blessed into the ground.

Thanks to the current artist in the Talleres series @lhurtadosegovia for guiding me i

I'm the lead artist for a series of @bigcityforum workshops this April and for those workshops we need some edible native grasses. So.....come plant 'em with us!

Sunday, February 5th @3pm
Cottonwood Urban Farm
8380 Ventura Canyon Ave
Panorama City

Ra ra whole GRAIN! Just your everyday grain cheerleaders here reminding you to eat 'em whole and often and to get 'em from one of the wee California grain farmers like @tandafarms @kandarianorganicfarms @ranchollanoseco @capay_mills @tehachapigrainpr

Ra ra sis boom ba-ing for local grain at The King's Roost. Thank you everyone who donated to @cagraincampaign! Thanks to @ceorbread and @roe_sie and @rootsimple and @paul_lebeau_germany for organizing. #naturalyeastbread #wholegrainbread #wholegrains

It's pouring rain and the power's out, so I committed my Most L.A. series of acts ever.
1. I put on yoga pants.
2. I drove my car.
3. I saw a film.
My mum will be so proud 🤗 @sunflower1065 #ilovela #laemmlemusichall #isthedraughtoveryet

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Aldehyde. A scent first made famous by Chanel No. 5.

I've never gotten so granular with smell- never spent hours giving it all of my attention with curiosity.
This little mixing session might have altered my brain in a way that only my favorite art

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Have you been naughty or nice this year? The Festivus Fairy needs to know. #hannukah #menorah #dreidel #christmaseve #cedarschristmasparty

Bowing deeply to @transitionalgastronomy @mignardisesla @kingsroostla @jacqui.deborja @fatunclefarms and Farmer Mai Nguyen for a cozy porridge morning in The Garden! We moved a few hundred pounds of grain, supported Micheltorena Elementary Garden and

See this lady right here?? Farmer Mai Nguyen is one of my sheroes. When she's not hawking grain in Los Angeles (and distributing it in homemade flour sacks) she's tilling her soil with horses to keep fossil fuels out of your breakfast.
Do you guys r

The best souvenir from fumiCation 2016. My own personal superhero narrative. You know what's funny? This cover truly sums up my daily life. #kalelweeks #notonemore #pintsizedartist #bikesnotcars #comicart #bikegirl

Termites fer the win. #fumigationroadtrip2016 #lemonade #workingfromhome #cognitivereframe