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SUMMARY:Join the Gravenstein Apple Core\, April 4th\, 2016
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Gravenstein Apple Core Team will meet Monday\, April 4th\, 2016\, at 5:30pm\, at VIVA\, 7160 Keating in Sebastopol\, enjoying homemade appetizers and sweets\, and local beverages and planning the upcoming Apple Season activities. \nMain item on the agenda is planning our participation in the Apple Blossom Parade in Sebastopol\, on the morning of Saturday\, April 16. \nThe Gravenstein Apple Core is your group if you want to help support local Sonoma County apple growers\, through education\, demonstrations\, hands-on work with the Community Apple Press\, or bring some new ideas to the table. Email Paula Shatkin at info (at) slowfoodrr.org
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LOCATION:VIVA – The Culinary Institute of Florence/Italian Cultural Center\, 7160 Keating Avenue\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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SUMMARY:Disco Soup Sonoma | Let’s Turn Food Waste into a Dance Party!
DESCRIPTION:Disco Soup Sonoma | Let’s Turn Food Waste into a Dance Party! \nIn conjunction with the Sebastopol Film Festival and the food waste film “Waste Cooking”\, we are inviting you to participate in Sonoma County’s 1st Ever Disco Soup where we turn food waste into a party and meal! \nWe’d love to see you there…and check out the list of remaining needs to see if you might be able to contribute: \n\nWhat: Make and enjoy soup and dance music! Bring a chopping board\, knife\, bowl\, spoon\, apron\, water cup and dancing shoes!\nWhy: Inspired by our sponsored film\, Waste Cooking\, we will use food that would have gone to waste and share it freely with everyone while we enjoy some great dance music!\nWhere: Outside the front of the Sebastopol Center for the Arts (Veterans Building).\nWhen: March 20th\, starting at 4pm. Clean-up ending at 7:30pm\nWho: Sponsored by Slow Food Russian River\, Laguna Farm\, CropMobster and the Grange Credit Union (same folks sponsoring our film) with support from the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival and Sebastopol Center for the Arts!\nRSVP: Here’s the Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/193097111061826/  or send us an email\n\n  \nWhat is A Disco Soup Event? \nThe event invites participants to join in cooking delicious meals with food waste that has been collected before it is thrown away. A great way to learn something new and grow the food waste prevention movement while having fun and enjoying Disco music! \n  \nVolunteers\, Food & Chef(s) Wanted \n\nChef(s): We are hoping to inspire a great chef or two who can transform food that would have gone to waste into yummy soups!\nFood: We are accepting donations of food that would have gone to waste ranging for local veggies to bone broth makings\nVolunteers: Looking for volunteers willing to help with logistics on the evening of the event.\nSpreading the Word: Having your help advertising and spreading the word would be wonderful!\n\nContact the organizer Max Caruso
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/disco-soup-sonoma-2016/
LOCATION:Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, 282 South High Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wastecooking: Make Food\, Not Waste
DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River is co-sponsoring the film Wastecooking: Make Food\, Not Waste at the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival.\nSunday\, March 20\, 3:15-5pm\nSebastopol Center for the Arts\n282 S High St\nSebastopol\, CA 95472 \nWastecooking: Make Food\, Not Waste\nAustria\, 2015\, 82 minutes\nDirectors: David Gross and Georg Misch\nWebsite \n\nSynopsis\nA car that runs on used vegetable oil\, a mobile stove and a host of culinary ideas in his backpack: Wastecooking – Make Food\, Not Waste is an entertaining road movie detailing a journey through five European countries\, where the only thing on the menu is what others call garbage. David\, the host of Wastecooking – Make Food\, Not Waste\, whips up creative meals aimed at fighting food waste and our consumption-driven society\, and at the same time inspire us to search for creative solutions. \nDavid Gross travels through five European countries on a quest for treasure. According to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization FAO\, one third of all food produced around the world ends up in the garbage\, roughly 89 million tons of food a year in Europe alone. David seeks out places where waste happens and asks: How can we save food that would otherwise go to waste and transform it into delicious recipes? Austria\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Belgium and France are all on the menu. \nOn his journey he rescues food from becoming trash\, and in every country he meets committed activists with ideas on how to combat waste. On board are gourmet chefs\, scientists and connoisseurs who team up to create sumptuous waste cuisine in protest against our consumption-driven society. David gets a look behind the scenes of the European Parliament’s cafeteria and even the refrigerators of everyday residents of the city of Salzburg. He cooks up a fresh bouillabaisse made from by-catch on a French fishing boat\, invites people to participate in a “Schnippeldisko” in Berlin and combs Mother Nature for edible delectables. All the while\, he compiles an innovative culinary travel guide with clever and delicious meals made from all sorts of rescued and collected food. With him on his journey is his trademark garbage dumpster\, which he rebuilt into a mobile cooking stove\, and his wastemobile\, which only runs on used vegetable oil. \nWastecooking – Make Food\, Not Waste is a biting self-experiment. It also offers inspiration for embarking on less travelled paths and getting to know and appreciate food from a different angle. And naturally for transforming it into creative dishes. \nA great insight into the topic of food waste in Europe is our Scroll Dok Wastecooking. On the Wastecooking Facebook-page you find great initiatives and links about the topic as well as wastefood-recipes. \n\nIn German with English subtitles.\n\n\n\nHelpers at the Schnippeldisco (a “Chopping Dance Party”) in Berlin – Wastecooking
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/wastecooking-make-food-not-waste/
LOCATION:Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, 282 South High Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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SUMMARY:It's All About the Soil - Farming on a hot planet
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 20\, 11am – 3pm\nGreen String Farm\,\n3571 Old Adobe Road\, Petaluma\, CA \n \nThere is now the option to get tickets at the door.\nSlow Food Russian River is excited to present best-selling author and educator Anna Lappé and leading climate and food policy activists Diana Donlon and Michael Dimock. Join us Sunday\, March 20 at Green String Farm in Petaluma for this stimulating\, thought-provoking 4-hour event that explores the connection of soil\, farming and climate change. \nClimate change is forcing us to rethink farming methods. Globally\, more than twice as much carbon is stored in our soil as in our living vegetation. Maintaining that soil and getting more carbon sequestered in the land is a key part of mitigating the crisis. The farmer is a great\, untapped resource in the fight against climate change. Hear about solutions emerging from the land:  from the soil\, the crops\, and the farmers who are employing climate-friendly methods to restore and regenerate the soil. Learn how your informed choices about your diet and your garden have an impact. And how Sonoma County and California are leading the way. \nLunch\nWe will enjoy a lunch break right after Anna Lappé’s talk. Bring your lunch or reserve a box lunch online (chicken or vegetarian) for $12 with your ticket. There will be coffee\, tea and water.  Please bring your own water bottle and refill it. \nLunch is followed by a conversation with Diana Donlon and Michael Dimock. The event ends at 3pm. \nExpert and Entertaining Speakers\nAnna Lappé\nAnna Lappé is a national bestselling author of Diet for a Hot Planet and a widely respected educator and speaker\, known for her work as an expert on food systems and as a sustainable food advocate. She is the founder of the Small Planet Institute and Small Planet Fund with her mother\, Frances Moore Lappé. She is also the founder and director of the Real Food Media Project\, a web-based action center to grow the movement for sustainable food and farming. \n \nDiana Donlon\nDiana Donlon is the director of Food and Climate at the Center for Food Safety where her work centers on advancing the global opportunity to mitigate climate change\, increase food and water supplies and protect habitat through rebuilding soil carbon. Soil Solutions to Climate Problems\, a new four-minute film she produced\, was screened by the French Ministry of Agriculture at the recent UN Climate Conference in Paris. Diana has worked for a variety of family foundations supporting youth and sustainable agriculture programs. \n Michael Dimock\nMichael Dimock is the president of Roots of Change\, an organization dedicated to creating a sustainable food system in California by the year 2030.  ROC builds relationships within various parts of the food system including farmers\, workers\, environmentalists\, food justice advocates and government  to create a food movement that offers communities better health and resilience for the 21st century. Michael is a co-founder of Slow Food Russian River and a Past President of Slow Food USA. \n 
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LOCATION:Green String Farm\, 3571 Old Adobe Road\, Petaluma\, CA\, 94954\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Dirt\, A Love Story\, edited by Barbara Richardson
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book Dirt\, A Love Story – 36 writers get down to earth\, edited by Barbara Richardson\, with a Foreword by Pam Houston (ForeEdge Books\, 2015). \nTo prepare for the conversation please read at least one essay from each of the five sections. \n***\nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group <sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com>. The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. You don’t need to be a member\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \n*** \nPublisher’s Blurb of Dirt\, A Love Story \nThirty-six artists\, scientists\, and renowned writers go wild about the virtues\, pleasure\, and importance of dirt! \nCommunity farms. Mud spas. Mineral paints. Nematodes. The world is waking up to the beauty and mystery of dirt. This anthology celebrates the Earth’s generous crust\, bringing together essays by award-winning scientists\, authors\, artists\, and dirt lovers to tell dirt’s exuberant tales. \nGeographically broad and topically diverse\, these essays reveal life as lived by dirt fanatics—admiring the first worm of spring\, taking a childhood twirl across a dusty Kansas farm\, calculating how soil breathes\, or baking mud pies. Essayists build a dirt house\, center a marriage around dirt\, sink down into marshy heaven\, and learn to read dirt’s own language. Scientists usher us deep underground with the worms and mycorrhizae to explore the vast and largely ignored natural processes occurring beneath our feet. Whether taking a trek to Venezuela to touch the oldest dirt in the world or reveling in the blessings of our own native soils\, these muscular essays answer the important question: How do you get down with dirt? \nA literary homage to dirt and its significance in our lives\, this book will interest hikers\, gardeners\, teachers\, urbanites\, farmers\, environmentalists\, ecologists\, and others intrigued by our planet’s alluring skin. \nTable of Contents of Dirt\, A Love Story \n• Foreword: Scratching the Surface—Pam Houston\n• Preface: The God of Dirt—Barbara Richardson\n• LAND CENTERED: “MAGNIFICENTLY HUMBLE”\n• My Life in Dirt—Edward Kanze\, Naturalist\n• The Great Beneath—Linda Hogan\, Author\n• Dirt Fantasies—Jana Richman\, Author\n• Praise to the Transformers—Janisse Ray\, Author\n• Glosses on Dirt—Erica Olsen\, Author\n• Soil Versus Dirt: A Reverie on Getting Down to Earth—Kayann Short\, CSA Farmer\n• Digging In—Elias Amidon\, Sufi Teacher\n• KID STUFF: “MAJOR IN MUD PIES”\n• Dirt Princess—Julene Bair\, Author\n• The First Worm—John T. Price\, Author\n• The Language of Clay—Roxanne Swentzell\, Sculptor\n• Dirt: Imago Ignota—John Keeble\, Author\n• Mud Pies—Chris Larson\, Green Architect\n• Services at the Church of Dirt—Marilyn Krysl\, Poet\n• DIRT WORSHIP: “THAT MOTHERLY FEELING”\n• Dreaming in Dirt—BK Loren\, Author\n• Tao of Dirt—Liz Stephens\, Author\n• The Life of Soil—Bernd Heinrich\, Biologist\n• Dirt in Love—Barbara Richardson\, Author\n• Dirt House—Peter Heller\, Author\n• Sinking Down into Heaven—Jeanne Rogers\, Artist and Author\n• DIRT FACTS: “INTERESTING SECRETS TO REVEAL”\n• The Soil’s Breath—Tyler Volk\, Biologist\n• Earthmover—Lisa Knopp\, Author\n• Worm Herder: A Q and A With Dr. Diana H. Wall — Carrie Visintainer\, Journalist\n• Seeing Soils—Deborah Koons Garcia\, Filmmaker\n• The Next Big Thing in Soil Science—Carl Rosen\, Soil Scientist\n• A Badge of Honor—Tom Wessels\, Terrestrial Ecologist\n• Dirty Business—David R. Montgomery\, Geomorphologist\n• Feed Your Soil—Bob Cannard and Fred Cline\, Sustainable Farmer and Vintner\n• NATIVE SOIL: “LOVED AND PROTECTED”?\n• Hostile Takeovers: An Ode to Guts and Gardens—Laura Pritchett\, Author\n• Fight the Power—Eban Goodstein\, Environmental Economist\n• Born Again: Loving the Least Worst Land in Mississippi—Donald G. Schueler\, Author\n• Stewards of the Land—Wes Jackson\, Agricultural Activist\n• We Are Soil—Vandana Shiva\, Soil and Seed Activist\n• City Dirt—Karen Washington\, Urban Farmer\n• Soil Versus Oil—Kale Versus Koch—Atina Diffley\, Organic Farmer\n• Contributors\n• Credits \n*** \nReviews \nBy Rosemarie Howard\, the Deseret News\nAmazon Customer Reviews\nGoodreads Reviews \nSlow Food Russian River Book Group at their February 2016 session.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-dirt-a-love-story-edited-by-barbara-richardson/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Food and Freedom\, Liberated Gastronomy\, by Carlo Petrini
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading Food and Freedom\, Liberated Gastronomy and Liberating Diversity. \nThis is part I (pp. 1-72) and II (pp. 173–127) of the book Food & Freedom (Cibo e libertà). How the Slow Food Movement Is Changing the World through Gastronomy\, by Carlo Petrini\, Translated by John Irving (Rizzoli\, New York\, 2015). \nCarlo Petrini is the author of Slow Food Nation and the founder of the Slow Food organization\, which counts 100\,000 members in 150 countries. Petrini was named a “Champion of the Earth” by the United Nations. and received the Sicco Mansholt Price for Slow Food’s contribution to sustainable agriculture. Sicco Mansholt was a farmer\, a member of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War\, a national politician and the first European Commissioner responsible for Agriculture.\nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group <sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com>. The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. You don’t need to be a member\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm. It’s a convivial dinner. Please bring a dish for four and a beverage. \n*** \nPublisher’s Blurb \nInspiring the global fight to revolutionize the way food is grown\, distributed\, and eaten. In the almost thirty years since Carlo Petrini began the Slow Food organization\, he has been constantly engaged in the fight for food justice. Beginning first in his native Italy and then expanding all over the world\, the movement has created a powerful force for change.\nThe essential argument of this book is that food is an avenue towards freedom. This uplifting and humanistic message is straightforward: if people can feed themselves\, they can be free. In other words\, if people can regain control over access to their food—how it is produced\, by whom\, and how it is distributed—then that can lead to a greater empowerment in all channels of life. Whether in the Amazon jungle talking with tribal elders or on rice paddies in rural Indonesia\, the author engages the reader through the excitement of his journeys and the passion of his mission.\nHere\, Petrini reports upon some of the success stories that he has observed firsthand. From Chiapas to Puglia\, Morocco to North Carolina\, he has witnessed the many ways different peoples have dealt with food problems. This book allows us to learn from these case studies and lays out models for the future. \n*** \n• Review by Rachel Jagareski\, August 27\, 2015\, on Foreword Reviews.\n• A Preview of Carlo Petrini’s Latest Book: Cibo e libertà (Food and Freedom)\, May. 21\, 2014\, by John Irving\, Slow Food Editore and translator of the book\, on the Slow Food USA blog.\n• Reviewed by Gretchen Wagner for San Francisco Book Review.\n• Featured as one of 10 new books that celebrate the beauty of freedom now\, on Beautiful Now. \n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/food-and-freedom-liberated-gastronomy-by-carlo-petrini/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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SUMMARY:2016 Annual Members Meeting & Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:(Photo Credit: Darla Schoenrock) \nYou are cordially invited to Slow Food Russian River’s 2016 Annual Members Meeting and Luncheon \nSunday\, Jan. 31\, 2 – 5pm\nat\nFranchettis’ Kitchen\n(formerly Rosso Rosticceria) \nFree to Slow Food Russian River Members \nRenew* or Join Slow Food Russian River at the door \n• get together for conviviality\, conversation\nand a delicious meal\n• recap 2015 events and ongoing projects\n• introduction of the new leadership team\n• discuss what’s planned for 2016\nand most importantly…\n• a great time\, great ideas\, everyone’s input and\nthe opportunity to volunteer \nPlease R.S.V.P. by Jan 22: Tickets \nPlease bring Appetizers or Desserts\nLast name A – L: Appetizers\nLast name M – Z: Desserts \nIf you wish\, please bring wine to share – beer available for purchase \nFranchettis’ Wood Fire Kitchen\n1229 N Dutton Ave\nSanta Rosa\, CA \nQuestions call or email :\nMarcia Lavine\nCell: 707-508-5292\nEmail: clavine@mailc.net \n*Check your membership status by following the link “update subscription preferences” at the bottom of your latest newsletter. \n****** \n\n\n\n\nWe are Slow Food Russian River\, Sonoma County\, California\, a SFUSA chapter of Slow Food\, the international organization dedicated to a food system that gives us Good Food\, Healthy Food\, Clean Environment\, Fair Pay\, and Food Justice\, for all. \nWe are located in Sonoma County\, California\, in an area covering Santa Rosa\, Rohnert Park and Cotati\, and further toward the Pacific Ocean\, with towns and hamlets in West County\, such as Sebastopol\, Freestone\, Valley Ford\, Bodega and Bodega Bay\, Occidental\, Graton\, Forestville\, Guerneville\, Jenner\, Duncan Mills\, Rio Nido. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSonoma County is well known for the wealth and breadth of its agricultural heritage and its open spaces. Our grapes and wines\, our apples\, cider and Eau de Vie de Pomme\, our barley\, hops\, and beers\, our sheep\, goats and cows\, and milk\, yoghurts\, and cheeses\, the wools and meats\, charcuterie. \nTo become a member of Slow Food Russian River sign up at Slow Food USA and give “Russian River” as your desired chapter affiliation.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/2016-annual-members-meeting/
LOCATION:Franchettis’ Wood Fire Kitchen\, 1229 N Dutton Ave \, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Members Only Event
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SUMMARY:Get into the Holiday Spirit: Slow Food Russian River Holiday Party 2015
DESCRIPTION:(Photo Credit: Darla Schoenrock) \nGet into the Holiday Spirit: Slow Food Russian River Holiday Party 2015\nPlease join us for a slow sipping cocktail party inspired by the bounty of Sonoma County! \nGet your tickets today! \nDecember 13th\, 4-7 p.m.\nVanguard Properties\nThe Barlow  6790 McKinley Street #120\nSebastopol \nReconnect with your Slow Food friends and family over locally produced\, globally inspired cocktails and bites provided by Chef Jenni Emory and the SFRR Leadership Team. \nDarlene Hayes\, who blogs at allintocider\, will demonstrate cider cocktails from her new book\, Cider Cocktails: Another Bite of the Apple\, and serve the Dr Walker cocktail (p. 24 of her book) with local persimmon puree\, West of Kentucky\, a bourbon whiskey from Sonoma County Distilling\, honey\, and Troy Cider\, a tart\, dry cider from Half Pint Ciders.  \nOther cocktails made with Black Jack 21 cider\, a Gravenstein cider made by ACE\, and booze from Spirit Works Distillery (their Vodka\, Rye Whiskey\, and Sloe Gin) will be available too\, all included in the admission. \nPlease add to the spread by bringing your favorite holiday finger food\, sweet or savory to share. Darlene Hayes will bring the cherry cider chutney timbale (p. 46 of her book) with Cherry Cider from Red Branch Cider in Sunnyvale. \nWe’ll also hear about our chapter’s connections to the global Slow Food Community in honor of Terra Madre Day.  \nAnd as an added bonus… Spirit Works is conveniently located right next door and  has offered to host a special after hours tour and tasting for those who want to imbibe a little more of the holiday spirit! ($20 add on). The tour starts at 4 p.m. and then you can join the party after. \nAt Spirit Works\, the milling\, mashing\, fermenting\, stripping out of the alcohol with the still\, and finishing runs through a 21-plate batch rectification column are all done in-house\, much of it by hand.  Read this story about the distillery at Tales of the Cocktails. \nGet your tickets today! \nThanks to Our Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/get-into-the-holiday-spirit-slow-food-russian-river-holiday-party-2015/
LOCATION:Vanguard Properties\, 6790 McKinley St #120\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151203T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Consulting the Genius of the Place\, Away from the Extractive Economy\, by Wes Jackson
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book Consulting the Genius of the Place\, Part II\, by Wes Jackson (CounterPoint\, Berkeley\, 2010) \, Section 3 and 4\, pp. 146 – 253\, Away from the Extractive Economy. \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group <sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com>. The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. You don’t need to be a member\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm. \n*** \nReviewer’s Commentaries\nContinuing the trajectory of Jackson’s earlier works\, Consulting the Genius of the Place is a crucial addition to a conversation in which anyone who wants to keep eating has a stake. Combining memoir\, scientific argument\, and prophetic diatribe\, this book is a bit like the prairie ecosystem it lauds: a sometimes gnarly\, sometimes lovely mix of ideas whose roots go deep\, and which possesses in its vitality emergent properties of its own. Only by consulting the genius of our own places instead of imposing our wills upon them\, Jackson warns\, can we carbon-hungry creatures avoid the fate of the petri dish. (Fred Bahnson\, in Orion Magazine). \nThe themes of place\, biodiversity and the virtues of perennial plants that have abounded in Jackson’s previous books converge in Jackson’s thorough argument for a new approach to agriculture that is dictated not by market economies or agribusiness but rather by the land and ecology of a given place. (Chris Smith\, in Englewoods Review of Books). \nBio from the Schumacher Institute: \nWes Jackson is one of the foremost figures in the international sustainable agriculture movement. Founder and president of The Land Institute in Salina\, Kansas\, he has pioneered reserach in Natural Systems Agriculture — including perennial grains\, perennial polycultures\, and intercropping — for over 30 years. He was a professor of biology at Kansas Wesleyan and later established the Environmental Studies program at California State University\, Sacramento\, where he became a tenured full professor. He is the author of several books including Becoming Native to This Place (1994)\, Altars of Unhewn Stone(1987)\, and New Roots for Agriculture (1980). \nThe work of the Land Institute has been featured extensively in the popular media\, including The Atlantic Monthly\, Audubon\, The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour\, and All Things Considered. Life magazine predicted Wes Jackson will be among the 100 “most important Americans of the 20th century.” He is a recipient of the Pew Conservation Scholars award and a MacArthur Fellowship\, and has been listed as one of Smithsonian’s “35 Who Made a Difference”. Wes has an M.A. in botany from University of Kansas\, and a Ph.D. in genetics from North Carolina State University. \nSee also this interview with Wes Jackson\, by Kathryn True\, The Genius of Place. The Land Institute founder on tapping the genius of the prairie in the design of agriculture.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-consulting-the-genius-of-the-place-away-from-the-extractive-economy-by-wes-jackson/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151120T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151120T190000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20151005T221855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151209T191611Z
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SUMMARY:Open House — Slow Salon\, Friday\, November 20\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:Our Open House\, the SFRR Slow Salon\, is a convivial get-together for members\, recent members who are considering joining again and prospective members. Please bring a beverage and/or appetizer. \nHear from Slow Food Leaders about upcoming events and ongoing projects and see how you can plug in. Ask your questions and provide your ideas for projects and events the chapter may take on. \n• Paula Shatkin about the founding of our chapter\, the early years\, and what in her judgment makes our chapter alive and kicking. \n• Sue Deevy about the  Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Presidium\, and how to become active in the Apple Core and with the Community Apple Press. \n• Elissa Rubin-Mahon\, of Artisan Preserves\, about the Ark of Taste\, telling the Story of the Bodega Red. What’s there to do working on the Ark? \n• Lillian Blackof Green Goose Farm on writing blog posts for the Slow Food Russian River website and how to join the team. \n• Roy Smith of Green Goose Farm on Slow Meat in the North Bay and what’s cooking. \n• Peg Champion about Policy Issues and Slow Food’s work in Sacramento with allied organizations to support policies for good\, clean\, and fair food\, and how you can get involved. \n• Rebecca Black of Green Goose Farm on the Slow Food Russian River Book Group\, what’s next for reading about food and ag\, and how this can inform our projects and events. How to Join. \n• Mike Stevenson of Warm Spring Wind Hop Farm About the recently founded NorCal Hop Growers Alliance and the potential for a “slow beer” type project. \n• Announcement of details of the Holiday Party on December 13\, 4–7pm\, and the date of the 2016 Membership Meeting. \nPlease send your RSVP to russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/open-house-slow-salon-friday-november-20-2015/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open House—Slow Salon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20151004T175939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151028T190042Z
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SUMMARY:Savor the Age Of Flavor Gala
DESCRIPTION:Livestock Conservancy\,  Slow Food Russian River and 4H present Savor the Age Of Flavor Gala\nSaturday\, November 7\, 2015. 6-9 pm\nJackson Park\nSanta Rosa \nTickets at http://bit.ly/1NxxOg1 \nA partnership between Slow Meat advocates: Slow Food Russian River\, the Livestock Conservancy\, and 4-H Sonoma County. \nHarvest dinner prepared by Bay Area chefs – benefit for the Lifestock Conservancy –\, with a live Heritage Breed Turkey auction – benefit for 4-H student ranchers –\, and a Silent Auction – benefit for Slow Food Russian River. \nThe Livestock Conservancy is a nonprofit organization focused on preserving and promoting rare breeds of livestock. This year’s conference focuses on the “age” of changing eating habits\, and the rediscovery of flavors forgotten since the consolidation of agriculture in the early 20th Century. \nKeynote address from New York Times best-selling author of Tomatoland\, Barry Estabrook. Barry’s newest book\, Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Guide to Sustainable Meat was released last May by W.W. Norton & Company\, Inc. \nFeatured Chefs include Douglas Keane\, of the former Cyrus – Adam Mali\, Regional Executive Chef at Bon Appétit Management Company  @ Twitter SF – Michael Tuohy\, executive chef Legends Sports complex\, Sacramento – Justin Wangler\, Executive Chef Jackson Family Wines – Tucker Taylor\, Director of Culinary Gardens Jackson Family Wines. \n6:00pm Wine reception with Artisan Cheeses and Charcuterie\n6:30pm  Dinner to follow
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/savor-the-age-of-flavor-gala/
LOCATION:Jackson Park\, 4057 Grange Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95404\, United States
CATEGORIES:Slow Dinner,Slow Meat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151105T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150515T235309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151024T193042Z
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Consulting the Genius of the Place\, Losses\, by Wes Jackson
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book Consulting the Genius of the Place: An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture by Wes Jackson (CounterPoint\, Berkeley\, 2010)\, Section 1 and 2\, pp. 1-144\, Losses. \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group <sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com>. The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation.  You don’t need to be a member\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm \nReviewer’s Commentaries\nContinuing the trajectory of Jackson’s earlier works\, Consulting the Genius of the Place is a crucial addition to a conversation in which anyone who wants to keep eating has a stake. Combining memoir\, scientific argument\, and prophetic diatribe\, this book is a bit like the prairie ecosystem it lauds: a sometimes gnarly\, sometimes lovely mix of ideas whose roots go deep\, and which possesses in its vitality emergent properties of its own. Only by consulting the genius of our own places instead of imposing our wills upon them\, Jackson warns\, can we carbon-hungry creatures avoid the fate of the petri dish. (Fred Bahnson\, in Orion Magazine). \nThe themes of place\, biodiversity and the virtues of perennial plants that have abounded in Jackson’s previous books converge in Jackson’s thorough argument for a new approach to agriculture that is dictated not by market economies or agribusiness but rather by the land and ecology of a given place. (Chris Smith\, in Englewoods Review of Books). \nBio from the Schumacher Institute: \nWes Jackson is one of the foremost figures in the international sustainable agriculture movement. Founder and president of The Land Institute in Salina\, Kansas\, he has pioneered reserach in Natural Systems Agriculture — including perennial grains\, perennial polycultures\, and intercropping — for over 30 years. He was a professor of biology at Kansas Wesleyan and later established the Environmental Studies program at California State University\, Sacramento\, where he became a tenured full professor. He is the author of several books including Becoming Native to This Place (1994)\, Altars of Unhewn Stone(1987)\, and New Roots for Agriculture (1980). \nThe work of the Land Institute has been featured extensively in the popular media\, including The Atlantic Monthly\, Audubon\, The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour\, and All Things Considered. Life magazine predicted Wes Jackson will be among the 100 “most important Americans of the 20th century.” He is a recipient of the Pew Conservation Scholars award and a MacArthur Fellowship\, and has been listed as one of Smithsonian’s “35 Who Made a Difference”. Wes has an M.A. in botany from University of Kansas\, and a Ph.D. in genetics from North Carolina State University. \nSee also this interview with Wes Jackson\, by Kathryn True\, The Genius of Place. The Land Institute founder on tapping the genius of the prairie in the design of agriculture.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-consulting-the-genius-of-the-place-losses-by-wes-jackson/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151001T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20141117T225909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150910T000502Z
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SUMMARY:Book Group: The Covenant of the Wild. Why Animals Choose Domestication\, by Stephen Budiansky
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book The Covenant of the Wild. Why Animals Choose Domestication (1996) by Stephen Budiansky. \nSome animal rights advocates argue that eating meat is murder and that pets are slaves. This controversial reappraisal of the human-animal bond\, however\, argues that domestication of animals is not an act of exploitation but a brilliantly successful evolutionary strategy that has benefited humans and animals alike. (Adapted from Goodreads) \nThis book is available in the 2nd hand book trade for less than $5. There is one copy in the Sonoma County Public Library System\, but not at SSU or the SRJC Library. \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group <sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com>. The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation.  You don’t need to be a member\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-food-russian-river-book-group-stephen-budianskys-the-covenant-of-the-wild-why-animals-choose-domestication-by/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150924T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150811T194748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150925T003941Z
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SUMMARY:Media Team Session\, September 24\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Educational and Media Team meets the fourth Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9 pm at a private location in Sebastopol\, CA. for a Media Team Session. The September 2015 meeting of the Media Team is on September 24\, 2015. \nIf you are interested in food education\, in any of its zillion aspects\, and love media\, writing\, photography\, video\, code\, please check us out. \nLocation after RSVP to SFRR Media Team \n*** \nThe SFRR Educational and Media Team creates – under the general guidance of the SFRR Leadership Team – content for the SFRR website  https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/\,  social media channels (Twitter\, Facebook\, Pinterest\, LinkedIn\, YouTube\, Google+\, Instagram\, and Flickr) and monthly and incidental issues of the SFRR Newsletter\, send via MailChimp. Members of the team participate in the Facebook group for Slow Food Convivium Communication Managers. You can contact the team at sfrrmediateam@gmail.com
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-salone-and-media-team-session-september-24-2015/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Media Team Dinner Meeting
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150913T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150913T133000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150903T191229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150911T174033Z
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SUMMARY:Apple Cider Pressing with the Sonoma Land Trust
DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River is partnering with the Sonoma Land Trust to bring apple cider pressing\, apple cider\, and local cheese to a SLT event in celebration of the restoration of the stone barn at historic Glen Oaks Ranch\, located in the heart of the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor. \nBring your own lunch and enjoy the picnic areas\, open hiking trails and a self-guided Nature Quest. \nJoin volunteers for Slow Food to make cider using an old-fashioned apple press and learn about the Sebastopol Community Apple Press project. We’ll use apples from your trees or ours. Bring jars if you’d like to take some cider home. For the adults\, we’ll also have some local hard cider to taste. \n10am—1pm Apple cider making\n9:45—11:15am Guided hike\n10:30—11:30am and 12:30—1:30pm Kids’ nature activities\n11—11:30am and 12:30—1pm House tours\n11:30am–noon Cider talk\n12—12:30pm Wildlife corridor slideshow \nSpeakers are Ellen Cavalli of Tilted Shed Cider\, who will speak about her adventures with making cider as well as the emerging and exciting cider industry in Sonoma County \nTed Richardson of Bella Ridge has been growing apples in Sonoma County for several decades. He will speak about the joys and sorrows of growing apples in Sonoma County. \nAnna Hancock of Pug’s Leap Cheese in Petaluma will say a few words about her cheese making endeavors. \nThere will be a delicious tasting of cider\, cheese and apples. \nPre-registration is required at http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/join_in/glen-oaks-ranch.html or by calling 707.526.6930 x110. \n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/apple-cider-pressing-with-the-sonoma-land-trust/
LOCATION:Glen Oaks Ranch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150907T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150907T183000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150828T214658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150903T191420Z
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SUMMARY:Slow Meat BBQ for the Slow Food California 2015 meeting in Sonoma County
DESCRIPTION:Slow Meat BBQ hosted by Slow Food Russian River\nSOLD OUT We have a limited number of tickets for members to join Slow Food Leaders from around the state and Pacific Region for the closing Slow Meat BBQ of the Slow Food California 2015 meeting in Sonoma County during Labor Day Weekend. \nJoin Slow Food Russian River for a Slow Meat BBQ and get-together at Chuck and Marcia Lavine’s located a few miles west of Sebastopol\, overlooking apple orchards and vineyards. We’ll be serving pork raised by our Slow Meat 2015 delegates at Green Goose Farm\, delicious sides\, local beer and cider\, and special treats from Dominique’s Sweets. Location after ticket sale. \nEnjoy and share with us the bounty of Sonoma’s West County! \n****** \nSlow Meat\nSlow Meat is an international campaign and biennial event that brings together diverse people to turn the herd away from the tyranny of cheap meat and toward a food system that is good\, clean and fair for all. \nWhy Slow Meat?\nMeat is a pivotal issue\, emblematic of the unsustainable and unethical practices that are part and parcel of the industrial food system. By championing better methods of animal husbandry and better consumption practices\, together we are creating a healthier and happier world. \nBetter Meat\, Less Meat\nThe average U.S. resident eats 270.7 pounds of meat each year\, more than double the global average and roughly five times more than we did a century ago. \nHanging Sausages\nOur increasing demand for cheap meat has caused a corresponding growth in industrial production of meat and placed the concentration of power in the hands of just a few large companies. These companies exploit their workers and livestock in order to satisfy the market’s demand for a large quantity of meat at a low cost. \nIf we resolve to eating “better meat\, less\,” however\, we can begin to shift the power away from these corperations and empower producers who raise their animals according to the highest standards. By eating consciously and locally\, you are choosing to support ethically sound and sustainable practices while reducing your environmental impact. \nLearn Meat\nCheck out these resources to help you join the Slow Meat movement. \n• Slow Meat 101 guide to meat\n• Breakdown of common labels\n• Tips for more conscious consumption\n• Reasons to limit meat consumption\n• Reading list of outspoken authors
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-meat-bbq-slow-food-california-2015-meeting/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Slow Meat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150903T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150903T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150528T024207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150829T191036Z
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Field Days. A Year of Farming\, Eating\, and Drinking Wine in California\, by  Jonah Raskin
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be discussing the book Field Days. A Year of Farming\, Eating\, and Drinking Wine in California (September 2010\, UC California Press)\, by Jonah Raskin. Photography by Paige Green. \nFor a first the author will be participating. \nYou can ask Jonah anything you want about writing\, editing\, publishing and more. He will be talking about the backstory to the book\, what changes he has seen in the ag world\, and where we are now as a foodshed. \nIf you can’t read the whole book – he says he understand – try to read the Introduction\, pp. 1-12 or the Coda\, pp. 289-291 and the Acknowledgements 293-297. \n“Sooner or later\, nearly everyone who cares about wine and food comes to Sonoma”—so begins this lively excursion to a spectacular region that has become known internationally as a locavore’s paradise. Part memoir\, part vivid reportage\, Field Days chronicles the renaissance in farming organically and eating locally that is unfolding in Northern California. Jonah Raskin tells of the year he spent on Oak Hill Farm—working the fields\, selling produce at farmers’ markets\, and following it to restaurants. He also goes behind the scenes at Whole Foods. In this luminous account of his experiences\, Raskin introduces a dynamic cast of characters—farmers\, chefs\, winemakers\, farm workers\, and environmentalists. They include such luminaries as Warren Weber at Star Route Farm\, the oldest certified organic farm in Marin County; Bob Cannard\, who has supplied Chez Panisse with vegetables for decades; Sharon Grossi\, the owner of the largest organic farm in Sonoma; and Craig Stoll\, the founder and executive chef at Delfina in San Francisco. Raskin also offers portraits of renowned historical figures\, including Luther Burbank\, Jack London\, and M.F.K. Fisher. Field Days is a heartfelt celebration of the farm-to-table movement and its cultural reverberations” (Publisher’s Description). \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group <sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com>. The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation.You don’t need to be a member\, although – of course – we hope that with time you will become one.  Location in Sebastopol with RSVP. \nThe Book Group meets the first Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9pm
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/field-days-a-year-of-farming-eating-and-drinking-wine-in-california-by-jonah-raskin/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150827T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150827T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150726T140931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150726T141655Z
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SUMMARY:Slow Salone and Media Team Session\, August 27\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:(Photo: Asparagus with sweet purple tips on the Slow Food Russian River‘s grill at our July meeting. — in Sebastopol\, California. Photo credit: Darla Schoenrock.) \nThe Slow Food Russian River Educational and Media Team meets the fourth Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9 pm at a private location in Sebastopol\, CA. for a Slow Salone and Media Team Session. the August\, 2015\, meeting of the Slow Salone and Media Team is on August 2027\, 2015. \nFrom 6 – 7 pm the team invites anyone with an interest in food and agriculture education and social media for a Slow Salon with drinks and appetisers\, potluck-style. \nEven if you are not on the  team (yet)\, you are welcome to hang around for the working dinner and provide your input. \nLocation with RSVP at SFRR Media Team \n*** \nThe SFRR Slow Salone is a convivial and informal get-together for anyone who wants to help transform our food system into one that is good\, clean\, fair\, for all. Please bring a beverage or appetizer. \nThe SFRR Educational and Media Team creates – under the general guidance of the SFRR Leadership Team – content for the SFRR website  https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/\,  social media channels (Twitter\, Facebook\, Pinterest\, LinkedIn\, YouTube\, Google+\, Instagram\, and Flickr) and monthly and incidental issues of the SFRR Newsletter\, send via MailChimp. Members of the team participate in the Facebook group for Slow Food Convivium Communication Managers. You can contact the team at sfrrmediateam@gmail.com
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-salone-and-media-team-session-august-27-2015/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150723T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150723T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150628T233252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150714T000809Z
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SUMMARY:Slow Salone and Media Team Session\, July 23\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Educational and Media Team meets the fourth Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9 pm at a private location in Sebastopol\, CA. for a Slow Salone and Media Team Session. \nFrom 6 – 7 pm the team invites anyone with an interest in food and agriculture education and social media for a Slow Salon with drinks and appetisers\, potluck-style. \nEven if you are not on the  team (yet)\, you are welcome to hang around for the working dinner and provide your input. \nLocation with RSVP at SFRR Media Team \n*** \nThe SFRR Slow Salone is a convivial and informal get-together for anyone who wants to help transform our food system into one that is good\, clean\, fair\, for all. Please bring a beverage or appetizer. \nThe SFRR Educational and Media Team creates – under the general guidance of the SFRR Leadership Team – content for the SFRR website  https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/\,  social media channels (Twitter\, Facebook\, Pinterest\, LinkedIn\, YouTube\, Google+\, Instagram\, and Flickr) and monthly and incidental issues of the SFRR Newsletter\, send via MailChimp. Members of the team participate in the Facebook group for Slow Food Convivium Communication Managers. You can contact the team at sfrrmediateam@gmail.com
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-salone-and-media-team-session-july-23-2015/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Media Team Dinner Meeting,Open House—Slow Salon
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150720T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150720T193000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150716T183710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150720T065802Z
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SUMMARY:Join the Gravenstein Apple Core\, July 20\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Gravenstein Apple Core Team will meet Monday\, July 20th\, at 5:30pm\, at VIVA\, 7160 Keating in Sebastopol\, enjoying homemade appetizers and sweets\, and local beverages and planning the upcoming Apple Season activities. \nThe Apple Season is early this year and we are scrambling to get ready. Join us. \nThe Gravenstein Apple Core is your group if you want to help support local Sonoma County apple growers\, through education\, demonstrations\, hands-on work with the Community Apple Press\, or bring some new ideas to the table. Email Paula Shatkin at info@slowfoodrr.org \nThe Community Apple Press — in fact two presses\, — will be available free-of-charge to anyone who wishes to press their apples – whether home grown or bought from our farmers -into delicious\, healthy\, apple juice\, or even try their hand at homestead cider making. Sign-up opens soon 🙂
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/join-the-gravenstein-apple-core-july-20-2015/
LOCATION:VIVA – The Culinary Institute of Florence/Italian Cultural Center\, 7160 Keating Avenue\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Apple Core Meeting
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150717T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150717T220000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150627T021653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150715T185517Z
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SUMMARY:Film Night: "All In This Tea" with David Gambill\, owner of Infusions Tea House in Sebastopol
DESCRIPTION:Film Night: “… All In This Tea”\nFriday\, July 17\, 7:30-10pm\nTickets \nPlease join fellow food lovers for a convivial evening of tea\, drinks\, food\, film\, and conversation in the 2nd of three film nights at 7:30pm\,Friday\, July 17th.  The film we will be viewing is All In This Tea by Les Blank & Gina Leibrecht. \nTickets for this event are $9. Participants are asked to bring a food item or beverage:\nLast name starts with A-F: Beverages; with G-O: Appetizers; with P-Z: Desserts. \nOur speaker for the evening is David Gambill owner of Infusions Tea House in Sebastopol (6968 McKinley St\, Sebastopol\, CA 95472). We will taste a variety of teas donated and served by him as well as ice teas donated by The Taste of Tea in Healdsburg (109 North Street\, Healdsburg\, Ca 95448).  \nNo need to be a Slow Food member to attend. Consider this an introduction to the ideas and ideals of Slow Food. However\, if you wish to become a member please go to https://www.slowfoodusa.org/join-or-renew-membership and make sure to identify Slow Food Russian River as your chapter of choice. \n**** \n“… All In This Tea\,” a film by Les Blank & Gina Leibrecht\, follows the world-renowned tea expert David Lee Hoffman to some of the most remote regions of China in search of the best handmade teas in the world. During his youth\, he spent four years with Tibetan monks in Nepal where he was introduced to some of the finest tea. Unable to find anything but insipid tea bags in the U.S.\, Hoffman began traveling to China to find tea for himself\, climbing up lush\, terraced mountainsides to meet the farmers who practiced skills handed down through generations of tea makers for thousands of years. \n“Take something as simple and ordinary as tea\, then dig deeply into its roots to show that it is far more complex\, subtle\, varied\, challenging and interesting than you would have ever believed. That’s the recipe for a delicious documentary\, and this one delivers. A fanatical tea drinker in California becomes a connoisseur of fine teas\, and then goes on to restore now forgotten traditions of organic artisan tea growing in China. Along the way he reveals the fascinating intricacies of how tea is hand-crafted\, almost like a bottle of wine. This low-key journey into the hinterlands of China will completely transform your idea of tea.” (KK) \nRead artist Lari Washburn’s blog post Time For Tea. \n*** \nPlease Follow The Rooster in your food/beverage choice by including at least one locally grown or produced food item. Make a small card with the name of your local producer so we can take a picture of our food and beverage tables and submit them to the Follow The Rooster website.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/all-in-this-tea/
LOCATION:Garden behind 7403 Palm Ave.\, 7403 Palm Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Film Group":MAILTO:sfrrfilmgroup@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150629T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150629T193000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150628T234407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150716T183424Z
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SUMMARY:Join the Gravenstein Apple Core\, June 29\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Gravenstein Apple Core Team will meet Monday\, June 29st\, at 5:30pm\, at VIVA\, 7160 Keating in Sebastopol\, enjoying homemade appetizers and sweets\, and local beverages and planning the upcoming Apple Season activities. \nJoin the Apple Core group if you want to help support local Sonoma County apple growers\, through education\, demonstrations\, hands-on work with the Community Apple Press\, or some new ideas you can bring to the table. Email Paula Shatkin at info@slowfoodrr.org \nThe Press\, in fact two presses\, will available free-of-charge to anyone who wishes to press their apples – whether home grown or bought from our farmers -into delicious\, healthy\, apple juice\, or even try their hand at homestead cider making.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/join-the-gravenstein-apple-core-june-29-2015/
LOCATION:VIVA – The Culinary Institute of Florence/Italian Cultural Center\, 7160 Keating Avenue\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Apple Core Meeting
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150625T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150625T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150611T205022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150628T234831Z
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SUMMARY:Slow Salone and Media Team Session\, June 25\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Educational and Media Team meets the fourth Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9 pm at a private location in Sebastopol\, CA. for a Slow Salone and Media Team session. From 6 – 7 pm the team invites anyone with an interest in food and agriculture education and social media for a Slow Salone with drinks and appetizers\, potluck-style. \nLocation with RSVP at SFRR Media Team
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-salone-and-media-team-session-june-25-2015/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Media Team Dinner Meeting,Open House—Slow Salon
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150619T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150619T220000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150609T045458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150628T235136Z
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SUMMARY:Film Night: "The Slow Food Story" + A Few Shorts
DESCRIPTION:Film Night: “The Slow Food Story” + A Few Shorts\nFriday\, June 19\, 7:30-10pm\nTickets \nTickets for this event are $9. Participants are asked to bring a food item or beverage:\nLast name starts with A-F: Beverages; with G-O: Appetizers; with P-Z: Desserts. \nPlease join fellow food lovers for a convivial evening of drinks\, food\, films\, and conversation in the first of three film nights for the Summer of 2015: the film “The Slow Food Story” preceded by a few captivating shorts. \n****** \nThe Slow Food movement is the subject of the new documentary from director Stefano Sardo. \nSlow Food Story (which might just as easily be titled Petrini Story) chronicles the evolution of the organization through its charismatic leader\, Carlo Petrini\, from its beginnings in the small Piedmonte town of Bra to a worldwide network of 170 chapters in 150 countries. \nThe film’s journey takes us from Petrini’s roots with Radio Free Europe through the Italian wine crisis in the mid-1980s when methanol additives poisoned people\, to the founding of Terra Madre (Mother Earth) in 2004. Despite some illness\, the patriarch Petrini never rests in his quest\, in his passionate pleas to counteract the destructive effects of fast food and a fast life. More than any other single person\, he has promoted the cause of food in Europe; Time Magazine dubbed him ‘Innovator’ in their 2004 list of European heroes. \n(From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/corinna-clendenen/slow-food-the-movie_b_3915246.html ) \n  \n[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”2″ gal_title=”The Slow Food Story: How Eating Became a Political Act”]\n 
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/film-night-the-slow-food-story-shorts/
LOCATION:Garden behind 7403 Palm Ave.\, 7403 Palm Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150601T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150601T193000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150523T200054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150716T184245Z
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SUMMARY:Join the Gravenstein Apple Core\, June 1\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Gravenstein Apple Core –  will meet Monday\, June 1st\, at 5:30pm\, at VIVA\, 7160 Keating in Sebastopol\, enjoying homemade appetizers and sweets\, and local beverages and planning the upcoming Apple Season activities. \nJoin the Gravenstein Apple Core if you want to help support local Sonoma County apple growers\, through education\, demonstrations\, hands-on work with the Community Apple Press\, or some new ideas you can bring to the table. Email Paula Shatkin at info@slowfoodrr.org \nThe Press\, in fact two presses\, will available free-of-charge to anyone who wishes to press their apples – whether home grown or bought from our farmers -into delicious\, healthy\, apple juice\, or even try their hand at homestead cider making.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/join-the-gravenstein-apple-core-june-1-2015/
LOCATION:VIVA – The Culinary Institute of Florence/Italian Cultural Center\, 7160 Keating Avenue\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Apple Core Meeting
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150528T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150516T002757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150714T000508Z
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SUMMARY:Slow Salon and Media Team Session\, May 28\, 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Educational and Media Team meets the fourth Thursday of the month\, 7 – 9 pm at a private location in Sebastopol\, CA. for a Slow Salon and Media Team Session. \nFrom 6 – 7 pm the team invites anyone with an interest in food and agriculture education and social media for a Slow Salon with drinks and appetisers\, potluck-style. \nEven if you are not on the  team (yet)\, you are welcome to hang around for the working dinner and provide your input. \nLocation with RSVP at SFRR Media Team \n*** \nThe SFRR Slow Salone is a convivial and informal get-together for anyone who wants to help transform our food system into one that is good\, clean\, fair\, for all. Please bring a beverage or appetizer. \nThe SFRR Educational and Media Team creates – under the general guidance of the SFRR Leadership Team – content for the SFRR website  https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/\,  social media channels (Twitter\, Facebook\, Pinterest\, LinkedIn\, YouTube\, Google+\, Instagram\, and Flickr) and monthly and incidental issues of the SFRR Newsletter\, send via MailChimp. Members of the team participate in the Facebook group for Slow Food Convivium Communication Managers. You can contact the team at sfrrmediateam@gmail.com
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-salon-and-media-team-session-may-28-2015/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Media Team Dinner Meeting,Open House—Slow Salon
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150514T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150514T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150108T224205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150512T183535Z
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SUMMARY:Farm Tour and Conversation about Saving Seeds and Biodiversity at Foxwhelp Farm
DESCRIPTION:Get tickets at http://foxwhelp-farm.brownpapertickets.com \n*** \nTerry and Carolyn Harrison of Foxwhelp Farm have been leaders of Sonoma County organic (“the old ‘new’ “) agriculture since they began farming in 1974\, and Slow Food Russian River is grateful that they open Foxwhelp Farm to us on Thursday\, May 14\, 6-9 pm for a tour of their orchards and fields\, and a potluck dinner conversation in their barn about seeds and grafts\, and the importance of biodiversity in agriculture and how to preserve and enhance it. \nThe Harrisons have been long time members of the California Rare Fruit Growers. They launched their business\, the Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery\, in 1980\, and are leaders in our partner organization  Community Alliance for Family Farmers (CAFF).  \nFoxwhelp Farm barn \nA recent project is the establishment of a Seed Bank at the Healdsburg Regional Library. A great article about the Harrisons by former Slow Food Leader Linda Peterson appeared on the Sonoma County Farm Bureau website. Also see Michele Anna Jordan’s article about Seed Banks in Sonoma Magazine of Friday\, March 14\, 2014. \nFoxwhelp Farm is off Westside Road near Healdsburg. Directions to Foxwhelp Farm will be send to you in an email after have gotten your tickets. \nThis event is organized by the SFRR Book Group as a termination point for their reading of the book The Third Plate. Field Notes on the Future of Food (2014) by Dan Barber but is open to anybody. \n“At the heart of today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture is a dark secret: the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food. Our concern over factory farms and chemically grown crops might have sparked a social movement\, but chef Dan Barber reveals that even the most enlightened eating of today is ultimately detrimental to the environment and to individual health. And it doesn’t involve truly delicious food. Based on ten years of surveying farming communities around the world\, Barber’s The Third Plate offers a radical new way of thinking about food that will heal the land and taste good\, too.” (From Goodreads)
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/farm-tour-saving-seeds-biodiversity-at-foxwhelp-farm/
LOCATION:Foxwhelp Farm\, Address with RSVP\, Healdsburg\, CA\, 95448\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150418T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150418T120000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150404T143543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150404T184107Z
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SUMMARY:Join SFRR's Gravenstein Apple Core in the Parade of the 69th Annual Sebastopol Apple Blossom Festival
DESCRIPTION:Please join us and our wonderful community of farmers and local groups to celebrate the Spring\, the apple blossoms and the beginning of apple season and walk with us in the Parade of the 69th Annual Sebastopol Apple Blossom Festival.\nWe are parading with our banner\, our flags and our spirit. \nWear your Slow Food T shirt if you have one\, or let us know and we’ll bring you one. \nYou are invited to bring your ideas to a meeting at Doug and Cathy Conover’s this Monday\, April 6th\, 5:30pm\, 8063 Blackney Road (intersects with Pleasant Hill). \nContact info@slowfoodrr.org for information and RSVP.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/join-sfrrs-gravenstein-apple-core-in-the-parade-of-the-69th-annual-sebastopol-apple-blossom-festival/
LOCATION:Launching Grounds Parade of the Annual Sebastopol Apple Blossom Festival\, Wallace Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150412T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150407T013630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150407T013630Z
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SUMMARY:Movie: "Occupy the Farm"\, a film by Todd Darling
DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River and Occupy the Farm Film are proud to present “Occupy the Farm”\, a film by Todd Darling\, that tells the story of 200 urban farmers who walk onto a publicly owned research farm and plant it with two acres of crops in order to save the land from becoming a real-estate development. \nThe film captures an intense conflict over one piece of land. Compelling characters on both sides of the battle create a remarkable narrative in which community members employ an ingenious strategy to confront a powerful institution in the effort to preserve public land for urban farming. \nFrom preparing the soil to police raids\, from lawsuits to overflowing harvests\, Occupy the Farm reveals a determined community responding with a direct action to address a major social need: healthy food and access to public land. \nJoin us on April 12th at the Summerfield Cinema at 7pm. There will be speakers from our community and lots of smiling faces. \nCritics Say: \n“Riveting from the start”\, says the Village Voice’s film critic Ernest Handy about OCCUPY THE FARM. “It illustrates the staggering extent to which corporate interests dictate policy and shape scientific research.” \n“Sweeps up the viewer in a fast-paced\, character-driven narrative\,” says Sarah Burke in her film review of OCCUPY THE FARM in East Bay Express. \n“Empowering food for thought\,” says Los Angeles Times film critic Michael Rechtsaffen. \nTo learn more about the Gill Tract Farm  (featured in the film) and support their movement please visit: https://gilltractfarm.wordpress.com/
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/movie-occupy-the-farm-a-film-by-todd-darling/
LOCATION:Summerfield Cinemas\, 551 Summerfield Rd\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95405\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150402T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150402T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T123843
CREATED:20150108T223537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T214448Z
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SUMMARY:Book Group:  The Third Plate. Field Notes on the Future of Food\, Part III (Sea)\, by Dan Barber
DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading Part III on Sea of the book The Third Plate. Field Notes on the Future of Food (2014) by Dan Barber. \n“At the heart of today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture is a dark secret: the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food. Our concern over factory farms and chemically grown crops might have sparked a social movement\, but chef Dan Barber reveals that even the most enlightened eating of today is ultimately detrimental to the environment and to individual health. And it doesn’t involve truly delicious food. Based on ten years of surveying farming communities around the world\, Barber’s The Third Plate offers a radical new way of thinking about food that will heal the land and taste good\, too.” (From Goodreads) \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group <sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com>. The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-the-third-plate-field-notes-on-the-future-of-food-part-iii-sea-by-dan-barber/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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