Without the glare of city lights, starlight casts its soft glow on the landscape. In rural Humboldt County, the dark skies are filled with an unfathomable number of stars and a foray into the night need not take you far to see them. As a rule of thumb, stargazing is best from the higher elevations…
Vegetarian dishes are too often relegated to a sidebar, corner or back page of a restaurant’s menu, as if to say, “if we must.” Not so at Wildflower Cafe & Bakery, where vegetables in their many forms secure top billing and all the cameos, too. A staple of Arcata’s Northtown for more than 30 years,…
‘Ohana Organics True to its name, this family-run, organic beauty care company brings the aloha of Hawaii here to Humboldt County. ‘Ohana Organic creates body scrubs, lotions, tattoo butters, cleansers, vegan products, salves and more. The company’s philosophy is “real ingredients for real people.” Putting theory into practice, ‘Ohana Organics grows all its own certified…
For years, Southern Humboldt residents have enjoyed shopping at Chautauqua Natural Foods for organic food and supplements. In June of 2018, the owners of Chautauqua Natural Foods opened Souji House, an “Asian soul food” restaurant offering colorful lunch dishes, organic soft serve, Japanese sweets, beer, wine and sake. Peg Anderson started Chautauqua Natural Foods 35…
Down a winding unpaved road on the outskirts of the Victorian Village of Ferndale, you’ll find a farm nestled among many others in a verdant, fertile valley. This farm is special, though, thanks to the young couple running it. Thomas and Cody Nicholson-Stratton, the Foggy Bottoms Boys, manage and operate their family’s farm in much…
Does it take a village to make whiskey? For the owners and operators of Alchemy Distillery, community collaboration and a commitment to the environment have coalesced into an intoxicating beverage. Amy and Steve Bohner are known for building things. Steve (short cropped hair and a belly-length beard with lightning bolts of gray) and Amy (a…
Green is our middle name. Not only is Humboldt County home to emerald forests that stretch for miles, it is also an eco-friendly community with a unique history of conservation. Here are a few of the ways you can explore the North Coast that celebrate and preserve the environment. Good deal. Outdoorsy Type Arcata Marsh…
A man pulls down hard on a lever and watches as each reel on his slot machine spins and stops: one, two, three. He misses a jackpot by just one cherry. A row of machines over, a woman murmurs, “Come on, baby,” while her nickel slot machine spins. Across the aisle, a dealer places another…
