UPDATE: Costco will be up and running on generators, as will Walmart and Target. Ferndale’s Valley Grocery plans to stay open with the generator running. Just like during the last blackout, Iłwai kiliwh market in Hoopa will be open and running on a generator. CC Market in Rio Dell will not only be open during […]
Markets
Humboldt’s Food Business Meltdown
Shortly after 2 a.m. on Oct. 10, employees at both branches of the North Coast Co-op were doing what nobody wants to do: throwing out food. Some worked 12-hour shifts through the evening, pouring out milk, throwing out cheese and tofu, hauling legs of lamb, ox tails and cartons of eggs to the Dumpsters out […]
As Cannabis Markets Lurch, Some Humboldt Towns Are Rising, Others Falling
First quarter sales at The Garden of Beadin’ are bad. The small beading supply store, which has been operating in Garberville for 33 years, is used to seeing a slower stretch at the beginning of the year but owner Charlotte Silverstein attributes unusually poor sales in 2018 to the impact of cannabis legalization. “In this […]
The Market
Would you rather kick back in the sun, quaffing a draft kombucha and nibbling a Garden Goddess wrap, or hunker down and watch football amongst the barflies with a pint of local beer and a cheeseburger? Luckily, at Fieldbrook Market and Eatery, you can do both. Not to mention draft cider and corn hole, Diet […]
