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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150629T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150629T193000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150625T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150625T210000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150619T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150619T220000
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150528T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150516T002757Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150514T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150514T210000
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CREATED:20150108T224205Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150418T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150418T120000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150412T210000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150402T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150402T210000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150328T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150328T183000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150305T210000
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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 <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-ii-soil-by-dan-barber/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Group
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150205T210000
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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 <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/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
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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:20150131T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150131T190000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150108T220205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151201T084008Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Marcia Lavine":MAILTO:mf.lavine (at) gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141207T190000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20141107T214747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150707T225842Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tiffany Nurrenbern":MAILTO:tiffanyln@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141204T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20141117T225746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150701T215229Z
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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 <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 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
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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:20141012T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141012T190000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150301T180647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150930T202658Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140912
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150327T231858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T212855Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140904T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140904T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150330T213618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151015T191755Z
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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 <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/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
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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:20140830T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140830T130000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150331T164708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T164708Z
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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
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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:20140823T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140823T130000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150331T170143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T170143Z
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SUMMARY:Honor the Gravenstein Apple at the Santa Rosa Farmers Market
DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River invites all apple lovers to the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market for a fun and delicious party to Honor the Gravenstein Apple. \n* Luscious Fresh Pressed Gravenstein Apple Juice \nA Free Community Event
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/honor-the-gravenstein-apple-at-the-santa-rosa-farmers-market/
LOCATION:Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Parking Lot\, 50 Mark West Springs Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95403\, United States
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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:20140817T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140817T133000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150331T223950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T223950Z
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SUMMARY:Honor The Gravenstein Apple at the Sebastopol Farmers' Market
DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River invites all apple lovers to the Sebastopol Farm Market for a fun and delicious party to Honor the Gravenstein Apple. \n* Luscious Fresh Pressed Gravenstein Apple Juice\n* Dominique Cortara’s Famous Apple Pie\n* Guest Chefs Daniel Kedan and Marianna Gardenhire of Backyard\n* Blender Bike Apple Juice Smoothies\n* For the Kids – balloon twisting\, face painting\, pony rides & baby animals\n* Apple Raffle \nA Free Community Event
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/honor-the-gravenstein-apple-at-the-sebastopol-farmers-market/
LOCATION:Sebastopol Farmers Market
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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:20140816T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141130T170000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150313T011206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T221555Z
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SUMMARY:Press Your Own Apples
DESCRIPTION:Bring your apples to the SFRR Sebastopol Community Apple Press and\, for free\, make your own apple juice\, which you can freeze and drink throughout the year. Slow Food Russian River makes its apple presses available to members of the community and to visitors. The presses are located at the historic Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm in Sebastopol.\nMake delicious\, healthy fresh juice from apples picked from your backyard trees\, or purchased or u-picked from local apple farmers.\nTo reserve time on the apple press\, please go to the calendar at https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/applepress_booking/ and select a time convenient for you on any of the available days.\nFor more details visit https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/applepress.html\nSlow Food Russian River thanks the following for their support of the Sebastopol Community Apple Press: \nCity of Sebastopol\nWestern Sonoma County Historical Society and Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm\nEllen Cavalli and Scott Heath of Tilted Shed Ciderworks\nJolie Devoto and Hunter Wade of Devoto Orchards\nPaul Berg and Bob Barclay of  http://russianriver.tv/\nEdie Otis of Artisan/Sotheby’s\nAndrei Pasternak\nKaren Preuss\nDon Hilliard\nTom Pringle
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-food-russian-river-press-your-own-apples/
LOCATION:Luther Burbank’s Gold Ridge Experiment Farm\, 7777 Bodega Ave\, 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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140809
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140811
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150331T225945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T225945Z
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SUMMARY:Visit our Booth at the 41st Gravenstein Apple Fair
DESCRIPTION:This year we will be pressing Gravenstein apples and serving free apple juice tastings to the public. \nCome volunteer with us! Shifts are Saturday\, Aug. 9\, 10am – 2p and 2 – 6pm and Sunday\, Aug. 10\, 10am – 2pm and 2 – 6pm (incl. takedown) Please contact info@slowfoodrr.org with your contact information and what event(s) you wish to volunteer. \n***\nThe 41st Gravenstein Apple Fair will be held on August 9th and 10th under the shade of majestic oaks in Ragle Ranch Park in Sebastopol and Slow Food Russian River will be there again with our booth promoting the Gravenstein apple and all the other delicious apples in the area. \nFor the first time we will be pressing fresh apple juice at the Gravenstein Apple Fair at Ragle Ranch Park in Sebastopol (Saturday and Sunday\, Aug. 9 and 10) and at three farmers markets\, Sebastopol Farmers’ Market (Sunday\, Aug. 17)\, Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market\, at the Wells Fargo Center (Saturday\, Aug. 23)\, and the Point Reyes Farmers Market\, at Toby’s Feed Barn (Saturday\, Aug. 30). \nWe hope you can join us – whether you are a Slow Food member or not – in this joyful work\, sharing the fun of watching people’s reactions when they taste real\, fresh pressed Gravenstein apple juice\, and getting to work together with other people who are passionate about the apples and the apple orchards in the North Bay. Help us as we include small children in the process and see their excitement. Getting people excited about seasonal local apples is one of the ways we make folks support our apple farmers. \nPlease contact info@slowfoodrr.org with your contact information and what event(s) you wish to volunteer. We will be running two presses at the Gravenstein Apple Fair and need about 14 people each shift\, each day!
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/visit-our-booth-at-the-41st-gravenstein-apple-fair/
LOCATION:Ragle Park\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140726T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140726T170000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
CREATED:20150401T192017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150401T192017Z
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SUMMARY:Strawberry Feasts Forever
DESCRIPTION:The Strawberry Season is fully here. Albions. Chandlers. Seascapes. Let’s have a feast\, in the Garden behind Palm Ave. 7403. Good\, clean\, and fair. \nWhile arguably strawberries cannot be improved upon and are best straight from the plant our team of creative pastry chefs has put together strawberry treats – both sweet and savory – that will dazzle your eyes and delight your taste buds. \nThese are the tastings that Dominique Cortara\, Rick Ferrari\, and Susan Kralovec will be serving: \n* Comparative tastings of different varietals of strawberries\n* Appetizers with prosciutto\, chutney and pepper/herb cheese\, and strawberries**\n* Pizza with goat cheese\, prosciutto\, balsamic vinegar\, and strawberries**\n* Duck skewers with strawberry balsamic glaze\n* Strawberry Shortcake\n* Strawberry Agua Fresca\n* Strawberry Chutney – take-away gift \n** Treats will also be available in a vegetarian version. \nWines will be for sale by the glass. Lemonade and cucumber water is served freely. \nBring your children and grandchildren. Games. Best Strawberry Inspired Hat. Make your own strawberry pastry. \nWe will get to know the different strawberry cultivars and where they are locally available\, and about some unknown but desirable varieties that we would like to have back. \nWe will learn why strawberries are #2 on the list of dirty dozen of the Environmental Working Group – after apples – and should always be bought organic or beyond organic\, and locally. \nAnd we will be informed about working conditions in the strawberry industry. \n**** \nElissa Rubin-Mahon will speak at this event about the history of strawberries in the United States and the possibilities of preserving and reviving old varieties of strawberries for being included in the Slow Food Ark of Taste. \nElissa is a champion of the revival of the Bodega Red potato\, now on the Slow Food Ark of Taste.http://www.sonomadiscoveries.com/stor…/digging_up_history/…/ \nFrom her Chef Bio at http://www.relishculinary.com/ \n\nElissa Rubin-Mahon’s foraging and gleaning business\, Artisan Preserves\, specializes in wildcrafted and rare heirloom ingredients. Elissa’s small batch preserving methods were deservedly rewarded when she took home a Good Food Award in 2011 for her Orange Marmalade made with old grove oranges. In addition to leading perserving workshops for public and community groups\, she writes a culinary column for Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming\, is past president and founding culinary chairperson of the Sonoma County Mycological Association\, and teaches about foraged and heirloom foods. Elissa’s work with Slow Food USA to research and evaluate rare and endangered foodstuffs for Slow Food’s Ark of Taste is evident in her ability to create menus and recipes that feature distinctive and exquisite ingredients. \nCindy Daniel of the Healdsburg SHED wrote about Elissa in 2012: \nWith the precision of a fine artist and the eye of an expert forager\, Elissa Rubin-Mahon selects her fruit and produces micro-batches of preserves here in Sonoma County. She sources her fruit from sustainable farms and wild\, public lands. Using no more than 7 pounds of ripe\, unrefrigerated fruit per batch\, Elissa hand cuts the pieces and cooks them – without pectin – in an open kettle. \nHer fruit has a regional\, and often historical\, provenance. Very knowledgeable about heirloom fruits\, she specializes in preserving their vibrant flavors. Some of her favorites are: Silver Logan peach\, Black Republican cherry and Sierra Beauty apple. \nAn expert preserver\, Elissa shares her know-how as leader of a group of community volunteers who cook-up gleaned\, surplus food from local farms and gardens. With inspiration from Elissa\, the group works out of a community kitchen\, preparing\, preserving and distributing food to local food pantries. \nWe love Elissa’s preserving and her commitment to community. We also like the way she thinks about tools. “If I were an inanimate object\,” she says\, “I would like to be a spoon. A well-shaped spoon fits one’s mouth like a smile.” \nSHED will offer Elissa’s preserves as well as selected foods from other artisans. \nhttp://healdsburgshed.com/2012/11/12/elissa-rubin-mahon/ \n\n**** \nWendy Krupnick will speak at this event about growing strawberries in Sonoma County. \nWendy’s primary passion for over 30 years has been organic farming and gardening. Her training started with a 1-year apprenticeship at the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden in 1976. \nFor 10 years she managed the variety trials and demonstration gardens for Shepherd’s Garden Seeds and was the lead garden advisor for customers nationwide. \n\nShe worked with many farming and gardening professionals around California as well as in fine restaurants\, where she produced herbs\, edible flowers\, and vegetables directly for their use. \nWendy has been actively involved with organizations working to further a more sustainable agriculture and was a farmers market manager for 10 years. For 7 years she coordinated the 4-acre garden at Santa Rosa Jr. College’s Shone Farm\, which is part of the Sustainable Agriculture program. It includes production market vegetables\, orchards and berries\, cut flower production\, perennials and herbs. She is currently Adjunct Faculty with this program. \nWendy has also been teaching Master Gardener classes since around 1992\, teaches workshops on edible gardening through Santa Rosa Parks & Recreation Department\, and assists home garden clients. \n**** \nDominique Cortara is one of the pastry chefs on this event\, responsible for the Duck skewers with strawberry balsamic glaze and the Strawberry Shortcake\, among others. \nDominique is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Academy in Paris where she earned the Grande Diplôme in 2006. \nHer Mission is to provide an out of this world experience to her customers when they bite into beautiful\, affordable and wholesome products made by hand and from local ingredients. \n\nHer macarons and pies consistently win awards and fans throughout the country. She can be found every Sunday 10am – 2pm at the Sebastopol Farm Market but be early since she often sells out around 1pm!!! \nhttp://dominiquesweets.com/about_us \n\n\n**** \nKaren Preuss is the photographer-not-in-residence of this event. Karen made the picture of Jonah Raskin’s hands holding Albion (??) Strawberries that is part of the broadsheet of Raskin’s poem. \n  \n  \n  \n**** \nJonah Raskin is the poet-in-residence of this event. He will read his poem celebrating Slow Food and local strawberries and makes a broadsheet of this poem available as a party-present to the participants. Photography is by Karen Preuss and design by Andrei Pasternak. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n**** \nWayne James of Tierra Vegetables Farm will speak at this event about his farm and his strawberries. \nThe Start-Up Years \nWayne James began his farming career in the mid to late 70s. While studying Viticulture at the Santa Rosa Junior College\, he also picked up a practical farming position working alongside his mentor named Clarence Gericke of Potter Valley in Mendocino County. Clarence had once worked with Wayne’s grandfather and at the time was operating a large market farm out of Potter Valley. Wayne spent approximately two seasons working with Clarence in 1976 and 1977\, trucking their diverse summer produce to the very first Santa Rosa Farmer’s Market (including opening day) and initiating markets in the Ukiah area. Clarence was of the opinion that there were far too many vineyards and drilled this perspective into Wayne as a young student of the wine grape growing business.\ncont. at http://www.tierravegetables.com/History.html \n**** \nChris Bramble will play acoustic guitar at this event! \n\nChris discovered the joys of singing at age 7 and picked up the guitar at age 12\, and has known since those early years that this is what he was meant to do in life. Utilizing his pedalboard to wrest an array of sounds from an acoustic guitar\, he revels in improvising and singing of the full range of experiences of a conscious life. He aspires to someday figure out what time signatures his songs are in.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/strawberry-feasts-forever/
LOCATION:Garden behind 7403 Palm Ave.\, 7403 Palm Ave\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Kristin Ohlson's the soil will save us. How Scientists\, Farmers\, and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
DESCRIPTION:The SFRR Book Group will be reading the book the soil will save us. How Scientists\, Farmers\, and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet\, by Kristin Ohlson. \n“Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices—and\, especially\, modern industrial agriculture—have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world’s soils. That carbon is now floating in the atmosphere\, and even if we stopped using fossil fuels today\, it would continue warming the planet. In The Soil Will Save Us!\, journalist and bestselling author Kristin Ohlson makes an elegantly argued\, passionate case for “our great green hope”—a way in which we can.” (Rodale Books) \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . The book group is open to anyone who can read and likes a good conversation. Location in Sebastopol with RSVP.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-kristin-ohlsons-the-soil-will-save-us-how-scientists-farmers-and-foodies-are-healing-the-soil-to-save-the-planet/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140628T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140628T193000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Meat is Here: Slow Meat
DESCRIPTION:What can be the future of meat? Is the present model sustainable? Can livestock be humanely raised and slaughtered? What is the role of meat in human nutrition? Are smaller local slaughterhouses important? What role can livestock play in building healthy soil or reversing climate change? \nThe event will be an experiential journey in Sonoma County to two locations that provide new and exciting answers to these questions and a glimpse of a better future. \n1:30pm – 3:00: At the Sonoma County Meat Co.\, 35 Sebastopol Avenue\, Santa Rosa\, CA we meet owners Rian Rinn and Jenine Alexander for a guided tour of this new butchery. They run a USDA + CA State inspected custom “cut & wrap” facility working mostly for local farmers and ranchers as well as launching their own cuts\, sausage\, and charcuterie. We will attend a butchering demo and have the opportunity to buy products and/or sign up for their meat subscription CSA. \nParticipant will then use their own transportation to reach the second destination of our trip\, Tara Firma Farms\, 3796 I Street\, Petaluma\, CA. \n3:45 Arrival at Tara Firma Farms\, a 300 acre ranch raising pastured eggs\, poultry\, pork and beef using rotational grazing approaches as modeled by Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farms (featured in Omnivore’s Dilemma). \nWe will get a tour of the farm and a demonstration of their holistic pastured animal management. \nAppetizers & panel discussion on The Future of Meat in Sonoma County. Opportunity to buy eggs & meat and sign up for their meat subscription delivery CSA. Panel members include Marissa Guggiana La Brecque\, author of Primal Cuts: Cooking With America’s Best Butchers and co-founder of The Butcher’s Guild; Scott Collier of Slow Money\, and Roy Smith of Green Goose Farm in Petaluma. \nDinner with meat dishes provided and cooked by Tara Firma Farms. Bread and Salad from SFRR\, and potluck desserts from participants. Bring Your Own Drinks. To make this a green event please bring your own tablesetting. \n7:30pm: End event \nNB If you become a Slow Food member\, or renew your membership\, just prior to getting a ticket please forward your confirmation email to Slow Food Russian River russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org \nYou can join Slow Food USA at http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ways-of-giving \n**** \nFor folow-ups and more background see the Facebook event page.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/the-future-of-meat-is-here-slow-meat/
LOCATION:Sonoma County Meat Co.\, 35 Sebastopol Avenue\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95407\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140627T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140627T210000
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SUMMARY:Movie: After Winter\, Spring\, a Film by Judith Lit (2012)
DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River sponsors this gripping documentary in the Best of the Fest series of the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival \nIn the Périgord region of southwest France\, a rural community grapples with a profound question: will it be the last generation of farmers in a region cultivated for 5\,000 years? Filmed over four years\, After Winter\, Spring captures the changing lives of farmers with deep roots in the Périgord. Their story is recorded by their American neighbor\, a filmmaker raised on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania. Inter-weaving their stories\, it reveals the human story of family farming at a turning point in history.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/movie-after-winter-spring-a-film-by-judith-lit-2012/
LOCATION:Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, 282 South High Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140605T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T145203
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SUMMARY:Book Group: Gary Paul Nabham's Coming Home to Eat. The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods | | Sebastopol
DESCRIPTION:The SFRR Book Group is finishing Gary Paul Nabham’s Coming Home to Eat. The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods. \nFor this second meeting on Nabham’s book we will have read Fall and Winter of Gary’s now classical book. \nThis is also an opportunity for folks who read the whole book but can’t meet bi-weekly. \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 and likes a good conversation. \n“A celebration of food and culture with a social conscience\, in the tradition of M. F. K. Fischer and Frances Moore Lappe. We really are what we eat. Eating close to home is not just a matter of convenience it is an act of deep cultural\, emotional\, and environmental significance. Gary Nabhan’s experience with food permeates his life as a third-generation Lebanese American (with Irish and Lithuanian mixed in)\, as an avid gardener and subsistence hunter\, as an ethnobotanist preserving seed diversity\, and as an activist devoted to recovering native food traditions to promote the health of Native Americans in the Southwest. To rediscover what it might mean to “think globally\, eat locally\,” he spent a year trying to eat only foods grown\, fished\, or caught within two hundred miles of his home with surprising results. In Coming Home to Eat \, Nabhan draws these experiences together in a book that is a culmination of his life’s work and a vibrant portrait of the essential human relation to the foods that truly nourish us\, affirming our bonds to family\, community\, landscape\, and season.” \n*** \n\nGary Nabham’s recent work has been on mitigating climate change (heat\, moisture changes) on the field and in the garden. \nCoping With Heat in the Garden: Drought-Tolerant Crops\, Resilient Perennials and MoreYou can employ several strategies for growing food while coping with drought and climate change\, including planting dozens of recommended varieties of short-season\, more drought-tolerant crops.
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-gary-paul-nabhams-coming-home-to-eat-the-pleasures-and-politics-of-local-foods-sebastopol/
LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140620
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SUMMARY:Vote Every Day for Appleseed Sour in the Slow Food Ark of Taste Cocktail Competition
DESCRIPTION:Vote for Gravenstein Apple cocktail. \nVote every day at\nhttps://secure3.convio.net/sfusa/site/SPageServer?pagename=sfusa_speakeasy_vote \nDaily Voting Event Ends Thursday\, June 19. \nHaleah Hoshino\, one of 12 finalists for the Slow Food Ark of Taste Cocktail Competition\, created the Appleseed Sour which uses three Ark Products: \n• Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple\n• Meyer Lemon\n• Artisanal American Apple Brandy \nClearly a winner!!! You can vote once a day\, every day\, until June 19. Let’s make Haleah a winner.\nThe four top winners will represent Slow Food USA at Terra Madre. \nThe 2014 edition of the international Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto world meeting of food communities\, held in Turin\, Italy\, from October 23-27\, will display the extraordinary diversity of food from around the world and unite small-scale farmers and artisans who follow the principles of good\, clean and fair. \n**** \nABOUT THIS COCKTAIL\nSebastopol\, California\, was until recently Gravenstein country. The town holds festivals celebrating the apple blossom in spring and the harvesting of the apples in fall\, and there used to be Gravenstein orchards everywhere you looked. Sadly\, in the past decade\, most of the apple trees have been uprooted to make room for wine grapes\, which are much more profitable. The Gravenstein is the ubiquitous apple from childhood for anyone raised in Sebastopol\, and its sweet\, tart flavor is one worth saving. The elements of honey and Meyer lemon also represent California. The cocktail name “Appleseed Sour” is a nod to Johnny Appleseed\, an American folk hero and conservationist who planted hundreds of apple trees so that early settlers could all get drunk on applejack. \nABOUT THIS MIXOLOGIST\nHaleah Hoshino was born and raised in Sebastopol\, California. After living there for 18 years\, Haleah then spent 10 years in the Bay Area and 3 years in New Orleans\, Louisiana before moving back to Sonoma County. Haleah has worked in restaurants for 11 years and has been a bartender for 4 of them. Currently working at Chalkboard restaurant in Healdsburg\, California\, Haleah loves building cocktails around seasonal\, locally-sourced ingredients and finds making infusions and liqueurs is a great way to use different flavors throughout the year. \n***** \nNote added later: \nUnfortunately the Applesee Sour did not make it. \nSee for more and about the winners https://www.facebook.com/events/519356944856489/
URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/vote-every-day-for-appleseed-sour-in-the-slow-food-ark-of-taste-cocktail-competition/
LOCATION:Online – Slow Food Ark of Taste Cocktail Competition\, United States
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