Legendary Sonoma County farmer Bob Cannard was making plans in October for a major life change. He was relocating to the Chico area after decades of managing notable farms across the region and nearly ...

Out on Old Adobe Road, just on the way to Petaluma, there is a quaint little farm stand called Green String Farm. This unassuming farm is part of a local organization that is working to change the ...

Bob Cannard has long had a love affair with weeds. He believes their energy is vital to keeping balance on the land. So weeds like mustard and amaranth can be found all over his Petaluma farm property ...

There's a wreath on the door of the Green String Farm Store, located at the corner of Adobe and Frates roads in Petaluma, made of beautiful feathers, some of which I recognize as coming from Barred ...

PETALUMA — It’s a late fall afternoon, and farmer Bob Cannard is sitting in the bed of his pickup truck rattling off a list of the fruits and vegetables he grows — quinces, persimmons, pears, endives, ...

The 140 rolling acres of Petaluma’s Green String Farm are thrivingly productive, even though renowned organic farmer Bob Cannard, the steward of this land, doesn’t use commercial fertilizer or ...