David Gardella is the Urban Agriculture Specialist at the JCCSF where he coordinates the JCCSF Rooftop Garden.
Food August 31, 2013
For the second year in a row, August for me means a trip up to higher elevations to teach, learn, and share at the Telluride Mushroom Festival in Telluride, Colorado. For 32 years the Telluride Mushroom Festival has offered a forum for intellectual exploration of the role mushrooms play in... Read more
Food March 20, 2013
On Sunday March 17, with or without the 'luck of the Irish,' I took part in the first ever one-day Jewish Food Festival at the JCCSF. While much of San Francisco was doing the jig down Market street, drinking green beer, and generally painting the town green, we were... Read more
Mind/Body October 24, 2011
I moved to San Francisco seven years ago after a few years of living in the Phoenix heat. As I happily welcomed my first season of winter rains, I was surprised and amazed to see so many varieties of mushrooms pop up in mulch piles, parks, and forests. ... Read more