Local residents in need of food assistance can buy fresh organic fruit and vegetables from local farmers using the EBT system at Redding’s Certified Organic Farmer’s Market. This allows folks to buy something other than the prepared foods available in retail outlets. Food which is often high in empty colories and low in nutrients.
When you consider how this economic activity ripples through the community, going directly from the families in need, and then straight into the hands of local small farmers, you can see the synergy. The EBT redemption system in Shasta County is available to patrons at the market, and so allows and encourages buying of healthy, organically grown food.

In my line of work as a REALTOR, I travel extensively in Shasta County, and I go inside many homes. I see how people really live here. My perception of government provided food assistance has evolved over the years. I started out with a pretty simplistic view about the reasons and results. I have lately come to see the issues involved are subtle and nuanced. No matter what your political view of food assistance might be, encouraging local families to buy fresh, locally grown produce is a benefit with no ideological downside. Its a good idea. It’s Really Redding.

A few days ago, I previewed a bank owned house located on Little Cow Creek in eastern Shasta County. Not far from that property, was this vision in a meadow. Pointed in the right direction, ready to head downstream in a Really Big Flood. Or maybe a rising sea.

Impulsive? Perhaps not. Planning ahead, I say. They laughed at Noah too, you know.

Coolest/hottest new restaurant in Redding. We welcome Kobe and wish them great success! The only thing more delicious than these images is actually eating there.






It’s Really Redding.

Check it out! A group of kids from Evergreen School found a skylight to a Martian lava tube. A familiar geological feature to Northern California cavers, here in volcano country. Real science, but then we have high expectations of our kids around here. Click the image for more. Congratulations Evergreen!

I recommend you spend some time here. I admire Dottie’s work very much. She is quite an asset to our community. Check it out.

Here’s a few images of the lake I took the other day. Stunning beauty everywhere. Yeah, that’s why we live here.







Not Really Redding, but just up the road a bit.

I took this image at the Certified Organic Farmer’s Market last Saturday. Looks like the number of vendors and farmers has seen a certifiably healthy increase.

However you can also buy from local farms direct, all week long. This Strawberry Farm is on Hwy 299E, just across from Intermountain Road in Bella Vista.

Strawberries figure large in the Redding area, and have been important since pioneer days, and no doubt long before that too.


A couple other favorite strawberry fields are on Bonneyview west of I-5, and another at the corner of Shasta View and Old Alturas Road. Oh, and shouldn’t forget the field west of Deschutes, near Foothill High School, and off Knighton Road at Churn Creek. Yum.

Our wet Spring conditions this year were less than ideal for the berries, but they remain a staple at our house. They’re Really Redding.

Just a reminder that it’s Spectator Appreciation Weekend at the Redding Dragstrip, and admission to the eastside is FREE FREE FREE. Come on out for inexpensive thrills!

Tough economy got you down? How does FREE sound? I thought so. More Details.

This weekend is Spectator Appreciation Weekend at the Redding Dragstrip. You can get in FREE for the action on both Saturday an Sunday, June 12 & 13, for seating in the Eastside Bleachers. Qualifying starts at 10 am. Pit Pass and Westside Bleachers admission is only $10. Come check out the new delicious and frugal gourmet menu at the snackbar too. Looking for inexpensive fun and thrills? Watch the fierce competition as the next 2 points races for the Summit Super Series E.T. Bracket Racing unfolds. Come join the Redding Dragstrip as we give back to our community. The longest continuously operating NHRA sanctioned dragstrip in the known universe!

“Act as though it were impossible to fail. A positive attitude helps bridge the gap between ability and aspiration.” Shasta Lake School principal Helen Herd quotes Emerson at the Shasta Lake School website. Longtime residents may remember this school as Deer Creek. Now a modern K-8, having benefited much from school bond funds, this lovely building displays our community’s commitment to our young. The Gateway District has a terrific program.

School’s out for a couple months, giving staff a needed break. Are there more under-appreciated workers than those teachers who keep the lid on hormonal middle school kids during a Shasta County Spring? Not a job for the weak of spirit. Have a great Summer, all. Classes start again soon enough (August!).