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shelter cove
Sleep, dream and recreate at these five campgrounds that grace Humboldt's northern kingdom.
Participants of L.A. Kitchen's food culinary training program chop vegetables. Still from video by Chase Alexander
L.A. Kitchen teaches culinary skills to those whose memories of eating ‘on the inside’ remain fresh.
Dishwashers Esteban Soc, left, and Joselino Aguilar, right, at work in the kitchen of Mexican restaurant Caracol in Houston, Texas. | Scott Dalton for The Washington Post via Getty Images
From paying healthcare surcharges on bills, to advocating for higher minimum wages, diners may tip the scales in favor of sustainable restaurant labor. 
Dessert at Baudar's wild food walk, made with dates, flavored with wild plants, and decorated with wild flowers I Camille Frazier
What does the future of the local food movement hold and what are the new sustainability blueprints being used by experimental chefs and eco-entrepreneurs?
Chapulines a la Mexicana at Guelaguetza | Yubo Wang
There is a growing appetite for alternative proteins in the U.S. and thanks to culinary pioneers, the United States is just beginning to catch up to what is already the present all over the globe.
Photo from a restaurant I Comfort Azubuko
Residents of cosmopolitan cities seeking a food future with multicultural food experiences face unique challenges when searching for the perfect balance between local and global influences and ingredients. 
During potato harvest season in the Potato Park in Cusco, Peru, the mountains are dotted with farmers cultivating potatoes in every hue found in the rainbow. | International Potato Center (CIP) / CC BY-NC 2.0
The potato not only represented a hope for a different kind of food future in 1664 for England, but it also made so many more individual futures possible, providing food where there otherwise would have been none.
alpacas
Want to make an alpaca BFF? Check out these five SoCal ranches for your chance!
fern canyon
Host to outstanding coastal and forest habitats, Humboldt County is a paradise of hiking destinations.
Biking at Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area
Whether you're a beginner or jumping back into the saddle after a long break, it's always wise to brush up on the basics of bicycling.
frog creek farm
Whether you’re a gourmand, an amateur aromatherapist, a history buff or a mystic, the upper and lower valleys of Ojai have got something for you.
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