Healthy Eating in the Valley

Jan 2015 10

Basilwood – Healthy Eating Through the Skin

2015 Articles, Healthy Eating in the Valley, Tom Sims

by Tom Sims


Imagine living off the land and inviting others to come and see how you live off the land and how they can too.
I first heard of Basilwood Farm through a Facebook post from Philip Blackburn. I had known Philip most of his life and he was marrying Shelby Spruance. Shelby’s parents, Kim and Jill had bought five acres on a hillside near Morgan Canyon Road and were creating a little piece of heaven on earth where they could raise their own meat, eggs, and vegetables and live with the beauty around them.

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Jul 2014 5

Healthy Eating In The Valley A Tale of Two-Hometown Buffet & Zen Wok Fusion

2014 Articles, Healthy Eating in the Valley, Tom Sims

by Tom Sims


Sometimes you have to compromise. You are with your family and the combination of their preferences, health biases, and commitments are not the same as yours. At that time, you look for a place where there might be a meeting in the middle, or at least more options. Then, you might end up at Hometown Buffet and wonder why.
More on that later.

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May 2014 17

Healthy Eating In The Valley: Community Gardens for the Soul

2014 Articles, Healthy Eating in the Valley, Mental Health, Tom Sims

by Tom Sims


It just so happens that healthy food not only makes healthy bodies, but making healthy food can keep minds healthy as well.
Among the community gardens in Fresno are some special gardens tended by elders who find peace, serenity, and purpose in the process of growing vegetables. In that same process, they produce food for themselves, their families, and their neighbors.

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Mar 2014 22

High Quality Product; High Quality Experience: Casa de Tamales

2014 Articles, Healthy Eating in the Valley, Tom Sims

by Tom Sims


Don’t just ask what makes Liz Sanchez of Casa de Tamales tick. That would be the wrong question. She doesn’t just tick; she pulsates with passion! It is the same passion when she talks about tamales, business, her family, her staff-family, her customers and her philosophy of giving back to the community. She does not separate her business from her life. It is one package with common interests.

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