BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Slow Food Russian River - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Slow Food Russian River X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Slow Food Russian River REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151107T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151107T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20151004T175939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151028T190042Z UID:3064-1446919200-1446930000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/savortheageofflavorgala.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151105T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150515T235309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151024T193042Z UID:1387-1446750000-1446757200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 . 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wessjacksonbookglass.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151001T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151001T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20141117T225909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150910T000502Z UID:370-1443726000-1443733200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 . 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/covenant.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150924T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150924T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150811T194748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150925T003941Z UID:2509-1443121200-1443128400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mediateaamseptember.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150913T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150913T133000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150903T191229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150911T174033Z UID:2932-1442136600-1442151000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/stonebarn.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150907T033000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150907T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150828T214658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150903T191420Z UID:2919-1441596600-1441650600@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/slowmeatbbq.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150903T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150903T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150528T024207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150829T191036Z UID:1664-1441306800-1441314000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 . 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fielddayswithjonah.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150827T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150827T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150726T140931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150726T141655Z UID:2511-1440698400-1440709200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Asparagus-with-sweet-purple-tips-on-the-Slow-Food-Russian-Rivers-grill-in-Sebastopol-California.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150723T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150723T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150628T233252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150714T000809Z UID:2089-1437674400-1437685200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sfrr-media-team-june-2015.png ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150720T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150720T193000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150716T183710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150720T065802Z UID:2354-1437413400-1437420600@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gravscoming2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150717T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150717T220000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150627T021653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150715T185517Z UID:2082-1437161400-1437170400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/film-night-with-tea-for-website.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Film Group":MAILTO:sfrrfilmgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150629T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150629T193000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150628T234407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150716T183424Z UID:2092-1435599000-1435606200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/end-of-apple-season-core-dinner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150625T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150625T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150611T205022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150628T234831Z UID:2026-1435255200-1435266000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/editorial-team.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150619T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150619T220000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150609T045458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150628T235136Z UID:1987-1434742200-1434751200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/slowfoodstory.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150601T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150601T193000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150523T200054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150716T184245Z UID:1446-1433179800-1433187000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/end-of-apple-season-core-dinner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150528T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150528T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150516T002757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150714T000508Z UID:1392-1432836000-1432846800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/16612486729_c451dae736_b.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Media Team":MAILTO:sfrrmediateam@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150514T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150514T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150108T224205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150512T183535Z UID:392-1431626400-1431637200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/terry-and-carolyn-plucking-apples1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150418T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150418T120000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150404T143543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150404T184107Z UID:888-1429349400-1429358400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Gravensteins-are-Coming-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150412T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150412T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150407T013630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150407T013630Z UID:908-1428865200-1428872400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/occupythefarm2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150402T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150402T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150108T223537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T214448Z UID:390-1428001200-1428008400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 . 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/thirdplatepartIII.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150328T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150328T183000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150301T165524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150512T215522Z UID:448-1427561100-1427567400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Slow Food Russian River Sponsors Les Blank's 1980 documentary _Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers_ DESCRIPTION:Online sales have ended. Please buy tickets at Sebastopol Center for the Arts box office\, 282 S High St\, Sebastopol. 707-829-4797. \nSlow Food Russian River is honored to sponsor\, with our partner Laguna Farm\,​ Les Blank’s 1980 documentary _Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers_ at the 8th Annual Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival​. \nThis cinematic song in praise of the glories of garlic is a foray into the history\, consumption\, cultivation\, and culinary and curative powers of allium sativum. Featuring appearances by a host of passionate garlic lovers including Alice Waters at her Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley\, and plenty of lively music as only Les Blank can deliver. You’ll be amazed at the hundreds of uses to which that pungent herb can be put. \nShown together with _Gap-Toothed Women_\, a film by Les Blank\, Maureen Gosling\, Chris Simon and Susan Kell\, 1987. Part of the Les Blank Program of the 2015 Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. \n \n  \n           \n  URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-food-russian-river-sponsors-les-blanks-1980-documentary-_garlic-is-as-good-as-ten-mothers_/ LOCATION:Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, 282 South High Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Garlic-is-as-Good-web-e1425228624645.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150305T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150305T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150108T222416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T214509Z UID:388-1425582000-1425589200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: The Third Plate. Field Notes on the Future of Food\, Part II (Land) by Dan Barber DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading Part II on Land 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 . 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-ii-soil-by-dan-barber/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/thirdplatepartII.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20141117T225848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150108T222454Z UID:369-1423162800-1423170000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: The Third Plate. Field Notes on the Future of Food\, Part I (Soil) by Dan Barber DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading Part I on Soil 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 . 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/slow-food-russian-river-book-group-the-third-plate-field-notes-on-the-future-of-food-by-dan-barber/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/thirdplatepartI.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150131T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150131T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150108T220205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151201T084008Z UID:380-1422720000-1422730800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Slow Food Russian River's 2015 Annual Members Meeting & Dinner DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to Slow Food Russian River’s 2015 Annual Members Meeting & Dinner \nJanuary 31\, 2015\, 4 – 7 pm\nRosso’s Rosticceria\, 1229 N. Dutton\, Santa Rosa\, CA \nIf you are not a member yet this is great opportunity to become a Slow Food member at the door ($30 (youth and low income)\, $60\, or $100 for a family membership) and meet other members. \n** Get together for conviviality\, conversation and a delicious meal.\n** Recap 2014 events and ongoing projects.\n** Introduction of the new leadership team. \n** Discuss what’s planned for 2015.\n** Most importantly — We want everyone’s input\, ideas and willingness to volunteer! \nWe are soliciting new volunteers for the following committees: \n• Apple Corps\n• Turkey Project\n• Events\n• High School Gardens Project\n• Policy\n• Ark of Taste\n• Wild Card (for new ideas and brainstorming)\n• Education\, Publicity and Communications (website\, newsletter and social media). \nPlease Bring Appetizers or Desserts:\nA-L Last Names: Desserts\nM-Z Last Names: Appetizers\nand a beverage or donation (for staff gratuity) URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/2015-annual-members-meeting-dinner/ LOCATION:Rosso Rosticceria + Eventi\, 1229 N. Dutton\, CA\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401\, United States CATEGORIES:Members Only Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/450aadc5443e9bb6871826a1_620x249.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Marcia Lavine":MAILTO:mf.lavine (at) gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141207T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141207T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20141107T214747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150707T225842Z UID:329-1417968000-1417978800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Ark of Taste Speakeasy: Slow Food Russian River Holiday Happy Hour DESCRIPTION:We hope that you’ll join with your Slow Food Russian River friends and family to celebrate the holidays with a taste of Terra Madre. This year people from all over the country competed to represent America’s historic cocktail culture at Terra Madre by mixing up their best concoctions featuring Ark of Taste products\, a veritable Ark of Taste Speakeasy. In honor of Terra Madre Day\, we want to bring a bit of the fun back to Sonoma County! \nCome celebrate with us as we shake up our holiday happy hour with slow sips of Ark inspired cocktails (& mocktails)\, bites created with our local bounty\, and stories of Slow Food around the world shared by our delegates. \nWe’ll be sharing some of our favorite recipes\, and hope that you will too! Bring your favorite sweet\, savory snack\, or beverage featuring a heritage breed ingredient like the Gravenstein Apple\, Bodega Red Potato\, or an American Bronze Turkey. Check out Slow Food USA’s Ark of Taste database for a little inspiration http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ark-of-taste. \nTerra Madre Day\, December 10th\, is a day where Slow Food members in all corners of the world come together to put the spotlight on our collective work to ensure a good\, clean\, & fair food system. Slow Food Russian River will be one of dozens of chapters that will come together during this week to celebrate Slow Food near and far. We hope that you’ll come to connect to our work in Russian River\, California\, the United States\, and abroad. \nA few things to note we hope that you’ll consider carpooling. Parking is limited\, and we’ll have a special treat for designated drivers. We also ask that you bring your own small plate and silverware to help us cut down on waste. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/ark-of-taste-speakeasy-holiday-party/ LOCATION:GrowKitchen – Center for Fooducation\, 245 Ferguson Rd\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Members Only Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/coverphotospeakeasyevent851x315.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Tiffany Nurrenbern":MAILTO:tiffanyln@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141204T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20141117T225746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150701T215229Z UID:364-1417719600-1417726800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: Consumed: Food for a Finite Planet\, by Sarah Elton. DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book Consumed: Food for a Finite Planet\, by Sarah Elton (2013). \n“Anyone concerned about food\, our world’s increasingly broken and failing food systems\, and/or independent farming should read this. Excerpt from the Seeds section\, re: traditional vs. chemical rice farming: “High yields have come at a cost. Hybrid rice requires a lot of chemical fertilizers and pesticides\, many found. Traditional rice doesn’t like chemicals. If you fertilize traditional varieties with nitrogen to increase yields\, the plants tend to topple over under the weight of the larger seed heads. But there are benefits to growing chemical-free that can’t be measured in crop yields. In a rice field where traditional seeds are grown\, there exists a whole lot of life\, a whole lot of biodiversity. In the water live zooplankton and nematodes and molluscs as well as surface-dwelling insects. Because rice is grown in a wetland\, you will also find amphibians\, reptiles\, fish\, and water birds all thriving amid the growing grains\, as well as other vegetation. This life becomes food for humans\, and the biodiversity offers the farmers the protection of ecological resilience — if one part of the ecosystem doesn’t do well one year\, another is sure to flourish. Compare this with the hybrid rice paddy where chemicals kill all these other life forms and turn the growing area into a monoculture. And monocultures are the opposite of resilient. The ecology of the wetland is thrown out of balance by the chemicals. The pests’ natural predators are killed [by chemical pesticides]\, and the plant hoppers that are resistant to the pesticide multiply in a way that they normally wouldn’t have the opportunity to do. Then the plant hopper destroys the crop.” (Robin Tierney on Goodreads). \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . The book group is open to anyone who can read\, loves cooking a dish\, and likes a good conversation. You don’t have to be a member. Receive information about location in Sebastopol with RSVP. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/sfrr-book-group-consumed-food-for-a-finite-planet-by-sarah-elton/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/consumed.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141012T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141012T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150301T180647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150930T202658Z UID:462-1413126000-1413140400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Slow Food Russian River Heritage Turkey Auction and Harvest Dinner DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River is excited to announce our annual Heritage Turkey Auction and Harvest Dinner\, the chapter’s most important fundraiser of the year. \nOur chapter in collaboration with local 4H clubs started this project 8 years ago to re-introduce the heritage turkey varieties to the market. \nEnjoy an artisan cheese\, charcuterie\, and wine reception overlooking the beautiful Russian River valley where you can browse the diverse silent auction items. A harvest dinner prepared by talented\, young Bay Area chefs is followed by an exciting live turkey auction with a few select “experience” items. This is a great opportunity to meet your holiday turkey and the 4H youth who raised it. \nCasual Country Attire\, please dress warm\, comfortable shoes. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-food-russian-river-heritage-turkey-auction-and-harvest-dinner/ LOCATION:SRJC Shone Farm\, 7450 Steve Olson Ln\, Forestville\, CA\, 95436\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10623628_745000222208002_8786300129548962387_o-e1425233139430.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140912 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150327T231858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T212855Z UID:828-1410220800-1410479999@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Visit the Slow Food Booth @ National Heirloom Exposition DESCRIPTION:Drop by our booth @ The National Heirloom Exposition – September 9\, 10 & 11 – Santa Rosa\, and learn about our programs and events. Discuss how we can improve the food system in the North Bay and make it better\, cleaner\, and fairer – and provide access to food and food growing possibilities for all. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/visit-the-slow-food-booth-national-heirloom-exposition/ LOCATION:Sonoma County Fairgrounds\, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd\, Santa Rosa\, California 95401\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95401\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/expo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140904T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140904T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150330T213618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151015T191755Z UID:851-1409857200-1409864400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: Pig perfect : encounters with remarkable swine and some great ways to cook them\, by Peter Kaminsky DESCRIPTION:The Slow Food Russian River Book Group will be reading the book Pig perfect : encounters with remarkable swine and some great ways to cook them\, by Peter Kaminsky. \n“Peter Kaminsky loves all things porcine. He loves it from piglets to pork roasts. He loves it from breeding-stock genetics to artisinally-cured hams. In this book\, he pursues his love from villages in France and Spain to gas stations and general stores alongside blue highways in the Old South. He tracks the descendents of the pigs which Spanish conquistadors brought to America. He even makes a theological/cultural excursus to consider why pork is prohibited to Jews and Muslims. Recipes\, some his own and some lent by others\, are interspersed. Kaminsky is a Renaissance kinda guy. He is a good writer with lots of credentials in magazines like “Field and Stream.” He is a funny writer\, having been the managing editor of “National Lampoon.” He is a foodie writer\, having written a column called “The Underground Gourmet” for New York Magazine. This excellent book ends with an intense (but not preachy) appeal for sustainable agriculture and husbandry and a condemnation of factory farms. He is\, of course\, absolutely correct ” (@Stephen E. Moore on Goodreads). \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . 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/pig-perfect-encounters-with-remarkable-swine-and-some-great-ways-to-cook-them-by-peter-kaminsky/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Group ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pigperfect.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140830T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140830T130000 DTSTAMP:20260513T134842 CREATED:20150331T164708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T164708Z UID:859-1409389200-1409403600@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Honor the Gravenstein Apple at the Point Reyes Farmers Market DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River invites all apple lovers to the Point Reyes Farmers Market for a fun and delicious party to Honor the Gravenstein Apple. \n* Luscious Fresh Pressed Gravenstein Apple Juice\n* Fresh From the Tree Gravenstein Apples\n* Michele Anna Jordan will be joining in the celebration\, with apple-inspired recipes from Vinaigrettes and Other Dressings (Harvard Common Press\, 2014)\, which will be available for purchase and signing. \nA Free Community Event URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/honor-the-gravenstein-apple-at-the-point-reyes-farmers-market/ LOCATION:Toby’s Feed Barn\, 11250 Highway 1\, Point Reyes Station\, CA\, 94956\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tonysfeedbarn.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR