
Natural Leaders
Elliott's Natural Foods reaches 70-year milestone
Created in 1952, Elliott’s Natural Foods was the first in its area to offer many of its health food products. Since their approach to whole and organic food was considered a rarity in the early 1950s, they made dispensing wellness knowledge and advice a part of their business plan, which they carry through to today.

Inflation Hits the Market Basket
How price increases are affecting the micro-economy of farmers markets
In a year of rising costs, farmers have quality as an
advantage. Still, farmers market vendors and shoppers are
struggling to stretch their dollars.

Sacramento’s Mexican Restaurants Serve Hometown Memories
Why it pays to sell regional specialties instead of only banking on burritos
Mexican restaurants in the greater Sacramento area span Mexico’s map, going way beyond typical Cali-Mex standards to represent the country’s regional cuisines.

Randall Selland’s Regional Fiefdom of Food
With Sacramento’s first Michelin-starred restaurant (The Kitchen), an elegant Capitol hangout (Ella), three Selland’s Market Cafés and Italian eatery OBO’, this Fresno native makes his son’s ‘Farm to Fork’ more than a tagline
Over the past 30 years, Randall Selland has opened multiple
restaurants of different styles, all with an inclusive, folksy
flair.

Neighborhood Favorite: Caravan Uzbek Cuisine
The Capital Region gets its first Uzbek food truck
Every morning, Caravan Uzbek Cuisine co-owner Farkhod Soatov
wakes up early to make plov. The rice and meat dish, with
roots in Persian pilaf, has changed little since the days of the
Silk Road.

Touchstone Brewing Company Climbs High
A microbrewery opens alongside Sacramento Pipeworks climbing gym
Ryan Campagna is a long-time climber, a home brewer and now, the founder of Touchstone Brewing Company.

A Cooperative Spirit
Remembering 1972 and 50 years for Davis and Sacramento food co-ops
Both the Davis and Sacramento food co-ops have expanded
exponentially since their inception in the early 1970s, when they
primarily served ”the hippie population.” Fifty years
later, has the spirit of 1972 held up?

The Seeds of Conflict
How the Russian invasion of Ukraine and drought are affecting sunflower farmers in Yolo County
Yolo County’s most photogenic crop is facing a barrage of challenges, including supply issues related to the war in Ukraine, global currency volatility and drought.

Street Food Offers a Road to Success
The Midtown Association’s Street Food Sacramento grant supports entrepreneurs creating an authentic taste of Sacramento
Midtown Association’s Street Food Sacramento grant
is helping to better represent the city’s
diversity in the business district and the thriving Midtown
Farmers Market.

Penny Candy Store in Live Oak Dispenses Sweet Dose of Nostalgia
Store faces major changes after COVID-19 death of co-owner
Following tragic circumstances, Penny Candy has reopened,
continuing its decades-long status as a treasured destination in
Live Oak. Now, it’s up for sale.