Villano pens travel/living feature for Sunset magazine

18 July 2008

HEALDSBURG, Calif. - After years of contributing short pieces to Sunset magazine, Matt Villano has penned a full-length feature for the magazine's August 2008 issue.

The story, titled "The Sweet Life," takes up four pages in the current edition, which hit newsstands today.

In the story, Villano investigates the life of independent farmers, focusing on five farmers who live and work on three different farms that sit on California's San Mateo County coast.

The farms: Harley Farms, Pie Ranch and Blue House Farm.

The story explores the challenges of being a small farmer at a time when big farms rule the industry. In addition, three separate sidebars feature short question-and-answer sessions with individual farmers about their lifestyles.

As of July 19, the story was not available in electronic form.

Villano is a regular contributor to Sunset, having written short pieces for the Travel section since 2002. To see a list of his work for the paper, click here.