What better way to follow an atmospheric river than with our Spring Gardening Guide ! Click here for local gardening inspiration With seed companies experiencing 5x the normal order volume in some cases, more people are heading out into the garden during this terrible pandemic. The garden is a magical place where we are witness to nature's inherent drive for life. In only a few steps we enter an entirely different world of plants, insects, birds, fungi, bacteria...and maybe a mammal or two. There's no better break from what is increasingly a digital world. The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on the inequities in our food system. Poorer neighborhoods are often described as food deserts..."nothing but fast food & liquor stores" as Ron Finley describes. Diets with little fiber or nutrients lead to preventable diseases like diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. And COVID-19 is most deadly to people struggling with these health conditions. The l