Fall 2024

Autumn Leaves

When I was little, one hallmark of fall was whether our mom made us wear sweaters over our Halloween costumes. In SoCal, the Santa Ana winds are like the continent exhaling over our parched hills and valleys after a long, hot summer. Cool nights and winter rains beckon.

In this edition, gratitude is the mood as we share with you numerous perspectives of people in our food system here in San Diego County, including just a few of the family recipes contributed by wonderful readers over the last few months. Thank you to Jimbo’s for sponsoring our Cook the Cover program.

Our regenerative journey continues with profiles of farmers and winemakers who are nothing short of heroic. Whether we are talking about growing grains, grapes, microgreens, or strawberries, our heroes keep learning and partnering as they steward numerous natural systems and steer their businesses forward. As residents or visitors here, how can we participate in this regenerative work? Directly purchasing some locally grown food when we can to prepare at home? Inquiring when we dine out about where eateries source their food? Helping make fresh, wholesome food more broadly available? Yes, yes, and yes.

As our thoughts turn to the holiday season, please keep in mind what a wonderful gift that subscriptions to this magazine make. Please patronize our advertisers whose partnership enables us to present you, dear reader, with the heart-centered, award-winning local food journalism you expect from us. And tell them we sent you!

We hope the experiences and recipes passed on and preserved here will inspire you and shine a brighter light on how interconnected we are through small, everyday actions.

Wishing you peaceful moments with these pages and loved ones.

Katie Stokes
Publisher and Editor in Chief
Edible San Diego

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Edible San Diego recognizes the Kumeyaay, Luiseño/Payómkawichum, Cahuilla, and Cupeño/Kuupangaxwichem people who have lived in relationship with the earth, flora, fauna, waters, and sky for thousands of years as the original stewards of this region. This publication commits to building greater awareness of and appreciation for the traditional ecological knowledge, wisdom, and experiences of San Diego County’s first peoples as an essential part of the health and vitality of our local food system.