The crunchy granola and the homemade almond milk is nice and really fills me up just like good ingredients like rolled oats, nuts and seeds does.  I’m talking about Axe in Venice. Local, homemade and organic – the healthy way.

Axe is all about sustainable, organic and local and their food is simply amazing. Below is some staples I pulled from their site. I love it.

we buy organic seasonal products directly from local farmers – see our list of farmers below or find your own neighborhood farmers market 
we deliver our kitchen scraps for compost back to the farm, contributing to the creation of healthy soil
we buy our bulk staples from an organic distributor such as: grains, flour, dried beans and oils
we source as many organic products as possible including wine and beer
we use a reverse-osmosis filtration system to purify our water – which is the only purification system that removes fluoride from our drinking water
we use bio-degradable take-out containers, cleansers and laundry soaps
we use post consumer waste paper products
we recycle our trash

The backyard is not too shabby either.

You know that cafe in the Bu I always talk about? Yes… Malibu farm!  They are releasing a cookbook this fall. A must have lifestyle book with over 100 delicious recipes, beautiful pictures from Martin Löf and stories from the most mythical places in the world, Malibu! Reserve your ex here. Malibu Farm – living the dream.  I’m looking forward to it.

“live local, eat local and celebrate local”

Another great place I use as an “office” is underneath a shady tree in the yard at Malibu Cafe. This place is breathing serenity and the beautiful surroundings are so soothing and one of my favorite hidden gems – really hidden deep in the canyons above Malibu.

I’ll drink a juice or eat a kale salad and work for a few hours until it gets too hot up there. I love it!

Adorable. If I can’t be in Santa Barbara, here is where I go… anywhere up in the canyons. #myhappyplace