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Jul 22, 20202 min read
Cool as a Cucumber!
The saying may be, "Cool as a cucumber," but the reality is it takes lots of hot days to grow that cool cucurbit we all love. Versatile,...
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Jul 15, 20202 min read
Just Peachy
“An apple is an excellent thing – until you have tried a peach.” George du Maurier Summer brings many delectable fresh fruits into...
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Jul 8, 20202 min read
How Much Water Do You Eat?
When I do classroom presentations on irrigated agriculture, I ask the students, "How much water do you eat? Eat?" they say. "We don't eat...
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Jul 1, 20202 min read
Sweet on Corn
One of my favorite things about summer is biting into an ear of just-picked sweet corn straight from the field (no cooking needed),...
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Jun 24, 20202 min read
Give a Fig!
Figs. It’s one of the oldest fruits on the planet. In fact, Adam and Eve used fig leaves to clothe themselves— much to God’s chagrin...
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Jun 19, 20201 min read
Guest Post: Where Do We Go From Here?
I am honored to have time with you Monday on Collective Conscience to explore the challenges and opportunities we are now collectively...
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Jun 17, 20202 min read
It’s In Season – That’s Your Reason!
Nothing says summer like sinking your teeth into a juicy ripe piece of fruit! Yet, sometimes there’s disappointment when that first...
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Jun 11, 20201 min read
Follow the Leader
It only took one hard hat tour of Chip Conley’s new hotel (Hotel Vitale), and I was hooked. Of course, I was invited for the design, but...
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Jun 10, 20201 min read
Liz's Picks: Berries, Baby!
Last week on the Collective Conscience Salon, I mentioned it’s good to buy fruit when it’s in season and at its best. Now is the time to...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
Starting Here, Starting Now
Last night’s conversation with Stevie Lee gave us all the opportunity to listen as we have never before. This is what we will foster...
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Jun 2, 20202 min read
For the Love of Food
Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of the MOCA+ Collective Conscience Salon on Monday. It was an absolute pleasure to virtually...
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May 29, 20201 min read
An Ode to Joy
When we have the chance to host a titan of an industry, the opportunity is much greater than the exploration of their accomplishments in...
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May 22, 20202 min read
Summer Stock
As a child growing up in a house full of readers, books were top dog, the newspaper did most of the talking at the breakfast table and...
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May 21, 20201 min read
Use Your Head
It’s no longer a big word - neuroscience that is. It’s been around for at least 2500 years...Hippocrates argued that the brain is the...
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May 15, 20202 min read
Face Value
There’s an in-your-face irony to the fact that I’ve been face-to-face with more faces every day in isolation than I ever was in the...
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May 8, 20202 min read
Magical Thinking in a Scarcity Mindset
I’ve spent a lifetime in fabulous kitchens that are not mine. My own kitchen is more modest than the one of my dreams, but every time I...
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May 6, 20202 min read
Celebrating Bruce Mau - Now More Than Ever
JOIN US! Collective Conscience Salon - May 11th at 6pm My first introduction to “design thinking” and the work of Bruce Mau was picking...
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May 1, 20202 min read
The Power of Emotional IQ
Like so many of us these days, I’ve built a carefully fortified wall around my news consumption – but when I hear the no-nonsense dulcet...
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Apr 29, 20205 min read
Spiritual Courage — Choosing Growth in Uncertain Times
On one of the last “normal,” pre-COVID days in San Francisco, I attended a yoga class at Grace Cathedral where nearly 500 people gathered...
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Apr 24, 20202 min read
Come As You Are
There is a well-worn story among my old friends about the time my then 80-year-old father – all of his faculties intact – tooled down to...
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