Soquel Homesteaders Markets

05/13/2026

We’re excited to invite you to a special evening that brings together so many of the things we value at the small school's campus: community, learning, and great food.

Join us for a Date Night at AFE/Monarch Kitchen (Saturday, May 23rd, 5-8pm) featuring a hands-on experience with delicious Indian cuisine. Together, we’ll cook, learn, and enjoy a wonderful meal in a warm, welcoming setting.

✨ What to expect:

A guided cooking experience featuring flavorful Indian dishes
Drinks: Mango lassi
Appetizers: Cutlets
Street food: Pani Poori
Main: Butter chicken or Daal
Bread: Roti
A shared dinner with time to relax and connect
Childcare included, so you can fully enjoy the evening - this is a child free event
Recipes and spices to take home, so you can recreate the dishes with your family
🎟️ Register here:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/indian-food-cooking-class-fundraiser

🥰 Donate here:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/love-your-school
Whether you come for the food, the learning, or the chance to connect with other parents, we hope this evening feels both special and nourishing.

We can’t wait to share this experience with you.

Warmly,
Sonia

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day! The Amazon Rainforest was my first area of focus a long time ago, and this sacred spot on Earth is still being attacked- the land and the people. Here is a movie highlighting the continuing plights, impacting us all.

In the Amazon, Indigenous guardians battle illegal loggers as deforestation surges, revealing human struggles behind a global environmental crisis.

02/25/2026

This is a thing. I know it’s scary and one more messed up thing we have to deal with, but it’s real and it’s been going on for decades. States around the country are banning it finally so let’s make California next!

📣BREAKING NEWS‼️

🎉HB25 by Rep. Mack Butler has passed out of committee and is now headed to the House floor. This progress happened because citizens showed up, spoke out, and stayed engaged.

💕A special thank you to Rep. Butler, the Concerned Doctors of Alabama, Dr. Calderwood, Dr. Roberts, and every supporter who took the time to be present, called and emailed.

💥Your involvement made this happen!

😎Momentum is building. Stay informed and continue following the bill as it moves through the process.

🔥 If you want to stay updated on this bill, make sure you sign up for FREE here: www.healthfreedomalabama.com/getinvolved

📌Next Steps:
Contact Representative Joe Lovvorn, the Rules Committee Chairman. He is the one in charge of getting this bill onto the House Floor for a vote. Tell him this:

"Please put HB25 on the agenda and get it to the House Floor for a vote!"

☎️ (334) 261-0573
☎️ (334) 261-0540
📩email: [email protected]

02/21/2026

Food demo at Fujifilm! I made yummy Azuki bean burgers!

01/29/2026

Do You Need Community to Be Happy? Having a healthy and happy life filled with fun and joy are goals many of us want to achieve and as we know, to achieve or move towards that moment, occasion, experience, thought, and whenever it arrives and forever long it lasts, is not just what you eat and put i...

01/20/2026

Do we need to have community in order to be happy? My next guest on Feeding the Family January 21st is

Susan O'Connor Fraser, community leader, who is passionate about her community and creating a joyful life. 🙂
Having a healthy and happy life is are goals many want to achieve and as we know, to achieve that happy moment, occasion, experience, thought is not just what you eat and put in your body, but also what you put in your mind and feed your soul!!

Let’s learn from her what and how she brings more joy to her life.

Join us for an enlightening conversation Wednesday the 21st of January at 3PM PST !! Live on Santacruzvoice.com Santa Cruz Voice Think Local First Santa Cruz The Food Tree Guide; Holistic Family Nutrition with Jill Troderman, N.C.

01/15/2026

Unravel the Knot and The Healing Begins When we unravel the knot, the healing will begin, says my next guest, Dr. Rachel Farber Acupuncturist, from Santa Cruz, CA. That may sound to some a bit woo woo but really it is philosophical statement rooted in anatomy and physiology, based on thousands of ye...

01/14/2026

https://youtube.com/shorts/Oup_jdld9hQ?si=du4sIphWdaPVdkcp

The Food Tree Holistic Nutrition 6-Week Series is now open for registration!!This fun and engaging 6-week series will propel you, your children and family fo...

01/13/2026

We’re excited for tomorrow show with inspiring Rachel Farber! She’s going to get real with us about healing from the inside out! Including how to take care of your skin from the outside in! 😊

01/10/2026

USDA new inverted food pyramid 2026, SNAP restrictions in certain states, plus California Gov. bans UPF’s in schools. Ep 32 Feeding the Family January 7, 2026 You know the famous Chinese proverb, "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now."? Well, the same goes fo...