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:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140823T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140823T130000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150331T170143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T170143Z UID:861-1408782600-1408798800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/santarosawellsfcftafarmersmarket.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140817T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140817T133000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150331T223950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T223950Z UID:864-1408269600-1408282200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/paulas.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140816T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150313T011206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150330T221555Z UID:585-1408176000-1417366800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/applepress-for-website-event.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140809 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140811 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150331T225945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150331T225945Z UID:866-1407542400-1407715199@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/applepressgirls.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140726T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140726T170000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150401T192017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150401T192017Z UID:869-1406383200-1406394000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/strawberryfeastforever.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140703T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140703T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150409T175511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150409T175511Z UID:917-1404414000-1404421200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/KristinOhlsonsthesoilwillsaveus.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140628T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140628T193000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150404T134453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T204917Z UID:885-1403962200-1403983800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pigs5.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140627T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140627T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150406T221119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150406T221119Z UID:897-1403895600-1403902800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/film.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140605T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140605T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150406T224556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150406T224556Z UID:904-1401994800-1402002000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 . 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bookgroupneed.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140620 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150406T222030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150406T224816Z UID:899-1401580800-1403222399@www.oldsf.bmkt.net 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/applecocktail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140522T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140522T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150409T185108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150409T185108Z UID:924-1400785200-1400792400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: Gary Paul Nabham's Coming Home to Eat. The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods DESCRIPTION:The SFRR Book Group is starting to talk about Gary Paul Nabham’s Coming Home to Eat. The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods. \nOur first meeting on the book is Thursday May 22 and we’ll discus the Spring and Summer section of Gary’s now classical book. \nTo RSVP write the Book Group at Slow Food Russian River Book Group . You’ll get a reponse with the home we are meeting. 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.” URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-gary-paul-nabhams-coming-home-to-eat-the-pleasures-and-politics-of-local-foods/ 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/2015/04/cominghometoeat.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140521T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140521T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150416T151752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150416T151752Z UID:939-1400695200-1400702400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:A Slow Dinner @ Woodfour Brewing Company DESCRIPTION:A convivial dinner at Woodfour Brewing Company in Sebastopol with other eaters who want our food system to be better\, cleaner and more fair\, for everybody. \nSlow Food Russian River invites you to join our table at Woodfour Brewing Company in Sebastopol to celebrate those local farmers\, ranchers\, chefs and restaurant workers who work to make our food system better\, cleaner and more fair. \nA table host represents Slow Food Russian River.\n* The menu is appropriate to the season and locally sourced where possible.\n* The serving staff is knowledgeable about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant food philosophy.\n* The chef\, where possible\, visits the diners during the meal to talk about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant’s food philosophy.\n* The table setting is designed by Slow Food Russian River and reflects Slow Food ideals and the goals of the Three Sisters Project. \nMenu: TBA URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/a-slow-dinner-woodfour-brewing-company/ LOCATION:Woodfour Brewing Comp.\, 6780 Depot St Suite 160\, Sebasopol\, CA\, 94472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/woodfour.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140517T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140517T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150511T190939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150618T232649Z UID:942-1400349600-1400356800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:A Slow Dinner @ Peter Lowell's in Sebastopol DESCRIPTION:A convivial dinner at Peter Lowell’s in Sebastopol with other eaters who want our food system to be better\, cleaner and more fair\, for everybody. \nSlow Food Russian River invites you to join our table at Peter Lowell’s in Sebastopol to celebrate those local farmers\, ranchers\, chefs and restaurant workers who work to make our food system better\, cleaner and more fair. \nA table host represents Slow Food Russian River.\n* The menu is appropriate to the season and locally sourced where possible.\n* The serving staff is knowledgeable about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant food philosophy.\n* The chef\, where possible\, visits the diners during the meal to talk about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant’s food philosophy.\n* The table setting is designed by Slow Food Russian River and reflects Slow Food ideals and the goals of the Three Sisters Project. \nMenu: \nAntipasti\nbeets\, goat cheese and balsamic\nbaby carrots\, pinenuts and currants\nsnow peas\, watermelon radishes and ricotta salatta\ncurried cauliflower\, almonds and golden raisins \nFirst Course\nMixed baby lettuces\, shaved vegetables and Bragg’s Vinaigrette \nSecond Course\nBraised Magruder Ranch Short Ribs\nCreamy Polenta\nBraised Kale \nThere will be two bottles of complementary wine (corkage fee waived!): A 2006 Radio-Coteau Syrah (Cherry Camp\, Sonoma Coast) and a 2013 Simi Sauvignon Blanc (Sonoma County. \n  URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/a-slow-dinner-peter-lowells-in-sebastopol/ LOCATION:Peter Lowell’s\, 7385 Healdsburg Ave.\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SlowDinneratpeterlowell.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140515T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140515T203000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150511T184314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150618T232434Z UID:1325-1400178600-1400185800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:A Slow Dinner @ Backyard in Forestville DESCRIPTION:A convivial dinner at Backyard in Forestville with other eaters who want our food system to be better\, cleaner and more fair\, for everybody. \nSlow Food Russian River invites you to join our table at Backyard in Forestville to celebrate those local farmers\, ranchers\, chefs and restaurant workers who work to make our food system better\, cleaner and more fair. \nA table host represents Slow Food Russian River.\n* The menu is appropriate to the season and locally sourced where possible.\n* The serving staff is knowledgeable about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant food philosophy.\n* The chef\, where possible\, visits the diners during the meal to talk about the menu\, the sourcing and restaurant’s food philosophy.\n* The table setting is designed by Slow Food Russian River and reflects Slow Food ideals and the goals of the Three Sisters Project. \nMenu (Family style): \n• Pickle Plate – house fermented kimchi\, fermented butter\, & variety of pickled vegetables from our local farms\n• Young head lettuces\, shaved radishes\, Gypsy Cheese Co. feta\, spiced walnuts\, olive & caper vinaigrette\n•Buttermilk fried chicken. Braised kale agro dolce\, young onions\, apple cider vinegar. Creamy polenta\, green garlic & mushroom ragout. Buttermilk biscuits & honey butter\n•Strawberry trifle. Olive oil cake\, sweet cream\, lemon curd \nPlease note that the menu ingredients are subject to change due to farmer availability. \n \n  \n  \n  URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/a-slow-dinner-backyard-in-forestville/ LOCATION:Backyard\, 6566 Front St\,\, Forestiville\, CA\, 95436\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/backyarddinner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140514T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140514T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150511T191150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150713T231402Z UID:1331-1400094000-1400101200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Free Movie: More than honey DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River Film Group\nNo cost to attend\nMORE THEN HONEY\nWednesday | May 14 at 7pm | Cotati \nSerge Labesque will lead a conversation how we can individually and collectively support pollinators such as the honey bee in our part of the world. \nPlease RSVP to Slow Food Russian River Film Group Location details will be sent to those planning to attend. Free (donation). If you can please bring a dessert for 3. \nThe Film Series is open to Slow Food members and non-members alike. Bring a friend! \nMore than honey is an unprecedented global examination of endangered honeybees spanning from California to Switzerland\, China and Australia. With all the hallmarks of a great nature documentary\, the film employs the latest in cinematic technology to observe phenomena undetectable by normal eyesight\, beautifully portraying the dramatic story of the disappearance of millions of bees in the last decade. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/free-movie-more-than-honey/ LOCATION:Cotati Cohousing\, Cotati\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/beehoneyevent.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Film Group":MAILTO:sfrrfilmgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140503T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140503T130000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150512T222451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150512T222451Z UID:1360-1399113000-1399122000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Growing a vegetable garden that flourishes in the drought DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about creating a bountiful garden in a drought\, and have a gourmet lunch in Marcia’s Garden. \nAn Event in Sebastopol for Supporters\, Friends and Members of Slow Food. Tickets $18. Proceeds will benefit the Slow Food Russian River 3 Sisters Garden Project. \nSome topics we will be demonstrating and discussing are: \n• Best vegetables to plant in the drought: Heirloom/Ark/Hybrid seeds\n• Water saving practices: presented by Sonoma Co. Master Gardeners\n• Drip irrigation & mulching\n• How to make compost in a quick 6 weeks\n• Vermicomposting – composting with worms (demonstration) \n• Planting in raised beds and containers (demonstration) \nHandouts will be included. \nFollowed by Brunch in the Garden: Coffe Cake\, coffee & tea\, Torta Rustica\, Spring Salad \nPlease bring a dessert or fruit for 6\, plus a beverage of your choice (juice\, wine\, champagne) to share. Plates etc. will be provided. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/growing-a-vegetable-garden-that-flourishes-in-the-drought/ LOCATION:Lavine’s\, 1610 Watertrough Road\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/marciasgarden.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140426T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140426T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150618T232145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150628T224436Z UID:2041-1398528000-1398538800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Let's Cook and Share A Slow Meal: East Indian Dinner in Cotati DESCRIPTION:Part of the Let’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River.\nEast Indian Meal with curry\, raita\, rice\, chutney\, dahl\, nan\, and tapioca dessert.\nHosts invite their own guests. \n****\nLet’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River.\nThe basic idea: People come together to cook a meal\, sit down to eat it\, and clean up. The meal is in the spirit of Slow Food: good\, clean\, and fair\, for all.\nSo\, it’s not a potluck: meal preparation is done together\, in the same space.\nIt’s not a family meal: there are guests.\nIt’s also not a dinner party: guest share the cooking with the host\, the person who makes the invitation and provides the place where the cooking\, eating and cleaning up is happening.\nBut the basic idea leaves still many options. They’re like games with different constraints set by the host. Some invite friends\, others cast a wider net. \nContact Info: SFRR Cook-In Team URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/lets-cook-and-share-a-slow-meal-east-indian-dinner-in-cotati/ LOCATION:Cotati Cohousing\, Cotati\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Slow Dinner ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/indiandinnerincotati.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140424T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140424T213000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150622T171758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150622T173558Z UID:2047-1398358800-1398375000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Slow Spring Dinner on a Hill in Sebastopol DESCRIPTION:Slow Spring Dinner on a Hill in Sebastopol\nThursday\, April 24\, 2014\n5 – 9:30pm\nDetails about the menu on Brown Paper Tickets. \nPart of the Let’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River.\nIn this variant the host has created a menu with links to recipes. Each guest is asked to get ingredients for one of dishes on this list and bring a listed drink.\nYou do this by “buying” two (free) tickets. Your cost in participating is bringing the ingredients for your dish and some drink to share. \n****\nLet’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River\nThe basic idea: People come together to cook a meal\, sit down to eat it\, and clean up. The meal is in the spirit of Slow Food: good\, clean\, and fair\, for all.\nSo\, it’s not a potluck: meal preparation is done together\, in the same space.\nIt’s not a family meal: there are guests.\nIt’s also not a dinner party: guest share the cooking with the host\, the person who makes the invitation and provides the place where the cooking\, eating and cleaning up is happening.\nBut the basic idea leaves still many options. They’re like games with different constraints set by the host. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/slow-spring-dinner-on-a-hill-in-sebastopol/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Slow Dinner ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dinneronhill.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140416T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150715T210447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150715T211403Z UID:2086-1397674800-1397682000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Free Movie: Three Sonatas of the Soil DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River Film Group\nNo cost to attend\nTHREE SONATAS OF THE SOIL\nWednesday | April 16 at 7pm | Cotati \nPlease RSVP to Slow Food Russian River Film Group Location dotails will be sent to those planning to attend. Free (donation). If you can please bring a dessert for 3. \nThe Film Series is open to Slow Food members and non-members alike. Bring a friend! \nWe will view some of the Sonatas of the Soil\, from the companion disk to the Symphony of the Soil by Mill Valley cinematographer Deborah Koons Garcia\, especially those on biodynamics and soil building in the vineyards. Ned Horton\, Assistant Winegrower at Quivira Vineyards in Dry Creek Valley\, a Demeter Certified Organic Biodynamic estate\, will give his vision on soil in grape growing. \nThree Sonatas of the Soil are short films about the role of soil and soil building in regenerative agriculture. \nNext film event is on Wednesday\, May 14. We’ll resume the Book Group in the Fall. \n*** \nAbout the Films in the Sonatas of the Soil Collection: \nA Talk by Satish Kumar\, 2008\,  44 minutes\nA full presentation from Satish Kumar\, Editor of Resurgence Magazine and Program Director of Schumacher College. \n \nPortrait of a Winemaker: John Williams of Frog’s Leap\, 2011\, 15 minutes\nPortrait of a Winemaker tells the remarkable story of John Williams and Frog’s Leap Vineyards in the Napa Valley where organically managed dry-farmed grapes make for great soil and award winning wine. \nSekem Vision\, 2011\, 14 minutes\nSekem Vision features the sustainable development and business pioneers Dr Ibrahim Abouleish and his son\, Helmy Abouleish as they discuss their vision for the comprehensive development initiative\, Sekem\, a giant biodynamic farming community in the deserts of Egypt. \nSoil In Good Heart\, 2008\, 13 minutes\, 2008\, 13 minutes\nSoil in Good Heart is a brief look at why good soil fertility is vital to life. It illustrates how valuable soil is to society and how it’s been neglected at our peril. A mini-primer on what we’ve done to soil and how we can fix it! \nTransition Town Totnes\, 2011\, 13 minutes\nTransition Town Totnes is a short film featuring Transition movement founder Rob Hopkins as he discusses the core principles of the Transition Initiative\, a global community response to the twin pressures of climate change and peak oil. \nWalking and Talking with Vandana Shiva\,  2008\, 54 minutes\nAn extended interview with acclaimed writer\, physicist and activist Dr. Vandana Shiva from Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm in Doon Valley\, Uttarakhand\, India. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/free-movie-three-sonatas-of-the-soil/ LOCATION:Cotati Cohousing\, Cotati\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/soilsonatas.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Film Group":MAILTO:sfrrfilmgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140413T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140413T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150629T163704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150713T231339Z UID:2100-1397404800-1397419200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Let's Cook and Share A Slow Meal: Tapas at the Lavine's DESCRIPTION:Part of the Let’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River. \nIn this variant of the idea the hosts invited their guest directly or through the Slow Food Newsletter to members and supporters. \nThe hosts gathered a nice diverse group consisting of a few new SFRR members\, non members\, and SFRR members that haven’t been active recently. They cooked and enjoyed a Spanish Tapas dinner together mostly made from local\, seasonal ingredients. \n****\nLet’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal. A Spring 2014 Campaign of Slow Food Russian River \nThe basic idea: People come together to cook a meal\, sit down to eat it\, and clean up. The meal is in the spirit of Slow Food: good\, clean\, and fair\, for all. \nSo\, it’s not a potluck: meal preparation is done together\, in the same space. \nIt’s not a family meal: there are guests. \nIt’s also not a dinner party: guest share the cooking with the host\, the person who makes the invitation and provides the place where the cooking\, eating and cleaning up is happening. \nBut the basic idea leaves still many options. They’re like games with different constraints set by the host. \n********* \nApril 13\, 2014 Event:\nLet’s Cook and Share A Slow Meal: Tapas!\nBy: Peg\nA beautiful Russian River spring green landscape fairly glowed outside the kitchen windows\, as SFRR chapter members and folks interested in Slow Food ideals of good\, clean and fair food for all gathered on a Sunday afternoon to prepare a Slow tapas meal at the home of Marcia and Chuck Lavine. \nThe convivial guests chatted and sipped Spanish wines while they chopped\, sautéed\, roasted and baked.\nThe abundant alfresco menu began with tapas “appetizers” of seasoned olives\, Manchego cheese with quince preserves\, roasted asparagus with Serrano ham\, and a spinach and mushroom tortilla\, both paired with Albarino wine. \nWhile enjoying the Sebastopol sunset\, diners sampled patates bravas with a tomato aioli dip\, meatballs in almond sauce\, fennel and orange salad\, grilled Monterey sardines in lemon and herbs\, chickpea and chorizo\, and steamed mussels with a crusty bread for dipping\, all paired with Rioja and Tempranillo wines. Dinner concluded at a table indoors\, with a traditional flan and Fino Sherry wine. \nEveryone joined in for a quick and easy cleanup\, then the grateful guests thanked their hosts for a wonderful evening\, calling “Buenas noches!” as they strolled into the night. \n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\nIf you would like to host a Slow Meal in your home\, contact the SFRR Cook-In Team:\nsfrrcookinteam@gmail.com\nPhoto captions\nDining Alfresco Kate\, Marcia\, Peg\, Brad\, Chuck\, Liz and Linda enjoying apps and Albarino. Not shown: Ken.\nMen at Work. Brad chops fennel\, while Chuck prepares the mussels. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/lets-cook-and-share-a-slow-meal-tapas-at-the-lavines/ LOCATION:Private Home in Sebastopol\, Address with RSVP\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Slow Dinner ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tapasatthelavines.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140412T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140412T120000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150701T212551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150701T213230Z UID:2133-1397296800-1397304000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Join Gravenstein Apple Presidium in Apple Blossom Parade DESCRIPTION:Please join the Gravenstein Apple Presidium in Apple Blossom Parade. Our wonderful community of apple growers and local groups come together to celebrate the apple blossoms and Spring and the beginning of apple season. \nWe are parading with our banner and our flags and our spirit for the first time. \nWe are in Division 3\, #20 of the parade. We meet on Wallace St\, off Main St in Sebastopol\, at 9:30. Park where you can and walk to find us. The Parade has asked everyone to wear blue\, red\, or white. If you can wear red\, for apples\, that would be great. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/join-gravenstein-apple-presidium-in-apple-blossom-parade/ 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/2015/07/paulashatkinwithappledisplay2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Apple Core":MAILTO:info@slowfoodrr.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140410T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140410T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150707T221316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150713T231230Z UID:2308-1397156400-1397163600@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Book Group: Taste\, Memory: Forgotten Foods\, Lost Flavors\, and Why They Matter\, by David Buchanan DESCRIPTION:The SFRR Book Group is currently reading David Buchanan’s Taste\, Memory: Forgotten Foods\, Lost Flavors\, and Why They Matter. \nOur next meeting is April 10 and the reading is the remainder of this inspiring book by David Buchanan\, Taste\, Memory: Forgotten Foods\, Lost Flavors\, and Why They Matter\, Chapters 6 – 11 (110pp.) \nThe book traces the experiences of modern-day explorers who re-discover culturally rich forgotten foods and return them to our tables for all to experience and savour. David Buchanan explores questions fundamental to the future of food and farming. (Goodreads) \nA meander\, with hoe\, through organic vegetable patches\, lost orchards\, seed catalogs and produce markets with a dedicated gardener in search of a small farm. From experiments “trying to live off the grid” in Washington state after college to raising produce on semiurban plots around Portland\, Maine\, Buchanan has always followed his passion for heritage plants: the ugly heirloom baking apple\, undersized pear\, thin-skinned tomato and other relics of the old family farm lost or marginalized by bottom-line-obsessed agribusiness\, environmental degradation and government regulation. In this combination of memoir and treatise for the back-to-the-farm movement\, the author laments the loss of 90 percent of America’s crop diversity over the last century. What that means to the average supermarket shopper is dinner without a world of region-specific savors―the fruit of what the French call the terroir. Seeking inspiration and the perfect place to start a market garden\, Buchanan made research forays to thriving organic farms and nurseries in New England\, talked with seed collectors\, visited a USDA gene bank and hunted for heritage apple trees by highways and in backyards. He ponders the relevance of agricultural diversity in the contemporary world and the role individuals can play in keeping heritage varieties in our markets and on our plates. Buchanan ended up swapping work for equipment and the use of small parcels of tillable land around Portland\, where he continues to battle late blight and caterpillars to raise a varied crop of rare apples for his own brand of raw cider. It’s a catch-as-catch-can lifestyle\, but it’s deeply satisfying to Buchanan and demonstrates the way forward for a new generation of farmers and locavores. A specialized look at the small-farming movement\, written with appealing self-knowledge\, diligent research and occasional flair. (Kirkus Reviews) \nWe meet in Sebastopol. \nWe started looking for our next book. On the table are:\n• Kristin Ohlson. the soil will save us. How Scientists\, Farmers\, and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet (2014)\n• Gary Paul Nabham. Coming Home to Eat. The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods (2002)\n• Janisse Ray\, The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food (2012)\n• Margaret Gray\, Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic (2014) \nTo contact the Book Group send a message to Slow Food Russian River Book Group URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/book-group-taste-memory-forgotten-foods-lost-flavors-and-why-they-matter-by-david-buchanan/ 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/2015/07/tastememory-copy.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Book Group":MAILTO:sfrrbookgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140401T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140401T220000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150709T192750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150709T193429Z UID:2327-1396339200-1396389600@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Lets Cook and Share A Slow Meal DESCRIPTION:Lets Cook and Share A Slow Meal — April 2014 Multi-Event from Slow Food Russian River \nThe central idea: People come together to cook\, eat a meal\, and clean up. The meal is in the spirit and fits the mission of Slow Food. They document their meal is some way and share that with the general public. This inspires more people to host and participate in a Slow Meal. \nSo it’s not a potluck: meal preparation is done together\, in the same space. \nIt’s not a family meal: there are guests. \nIt’s also not a dinner party: guest share the cooking with the host\, the person who makes the invitation and provides the place where the cooking\, eating and cleaning up is happening. \nIt’s also unlikely the kind of meal you can get in a restaurant\, where logistics make it often impossible to both cook and eat a meal because of its complexity (similarly with an authetic rijsttafel I imagine as it was cooked in colonial Indonesia by native servants and eaten by the Dutch colonialists). \nBut the central idea leaves still many choices. It’s like games with different constraints set by the host. \nWe have already a good bunch of people signed up to host a dinner for this SFRR multi-event\, but we cannot have too many hosts. And the number of guests is only limited by the number of hosts. Hosts should be knowledgable and supportive of good\, clean\, and fair food\, for all. \nSo\, Lets Cook and Share A Slow Meal! \nIf you are interested participating contact SFRR Cook-In Team \n  \n  URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/lets-cook-and-share-a-slow-meal/ LOCATION:Anywhere Where Slow Food Lives CATEGORIES:Slow Dinner ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/slowmeal.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="SFRR Cook-In Team":MAILTO:sfrrcookinteam@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140329T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140329T133000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150713T230727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150713T231032Z UID:2333-1396092600-1396099800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:After Winter\, Spring\, a Film by Judith Lit (2012) DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River is sponsoring the gripping documentary After Winter\, Spring\, a Film by Judith Lit (2012) in the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. \nIn the Périgord region of southwest France\, a rural community wrestles with a profound question: will it be the last generation of farmers in a region cultivated for 5\,000 years?\nFilmed over four years\, After Winter\, Spring captures the changing lives of farmers with deep roots in the Périgord.\nTheir story is recorded by their American neighbor\, a filmmaker raised on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania.\nInter-weaving their stories\, it reveals the human story of family farming at a turning point in history. \n**** \nSYNOPSIS \nIn the Périgord region of southwest France\, a rural community grapples with a profound question: will it be the last generation of family farmers in a region continuously cultivated for over five thousand years? \nAfter Winter\, Spring\, a Film by Judith Lit (2012)\, is an intimate study of these French farmers as they struggle with that issue. Shot over three years\, the film captures the daily lives of Nanou\, Guy and other neighbors with deep roots in the Périgord. At their kitchen tables and in their fields\, these family farmers communicate a profound attachment to the land. But the film’s characters also share their day-to-day challenges and their fears that small-scale operations such as theirs may be no match for the multitude of 21st century threats. \nIn an era of rapid growth of mega-farms\, the encroachment of suburbia\, new European Union rules\, and reductions of agricultural subsidies\, these farmers — young and old — are forced to confront challenges that threaten the very existence of their small farms. \nTheir story is recorded by one of their neighbors\, an American filmmaker who grew up on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania. Inter-weaving her story and theirs\, the film explores the nature of the farming life and the changes\, over the last 60 years\, that impact the lives of families whose survival is tied to the land. As each of the farmer’s stories unfolds\, we see their individual responses to change…the losses and the surprising adaptations. \nThe Périgordine farmers show us that as agriculture moves out of the hands of families who have farmed for generations and into a model of “agriculture as business\,” something fundamental shifts. This farming community caught between tradition and an uncertain future struggles to hold on not only to their farms but to a set of values that comes of their intimate relationship with the natural world. \nAFTER WINTER\, SPRING reveals the human story of family farming at a turning point in history. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/after-winter-spring-a-film-by-judith-lit-2012/ 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/2015/07/afterwinterspring.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140322T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140322T170000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150713T233324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150713T233324Z UID:2336-1395496800-1395507600@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Fabulous Fungi. Gorgeous Garlic. Perfect Pinot. Two Tours And A Tasting. DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River is happy to invite Slow Food members to Fabulous Fungi. Gorgeous Garlic. Perfect Pinot. Two Tours And A Tasting\, an exciting tour of a prominent grower of culinary and nutraceutical mushrooms and fungi mycelium\, Gourmet Mushrooms\, Inc. in Graton\, CA.\, followed by a tour of renowned Porter Creek Vineyards\, with a presentation by legendary garlic grower\, Chester Aaron\, and a mushroom\, garlic\, and wine tasting. \nTo become a member\, google “Slow Food USA” and go to the national website. Click on “Donate” to become a member\, fill in your details and close the deal. Then inform us that you became a member so we can accelerate your inclusion in our conviviality. \nGourmet Mushrooms Inc. was the first commercial grower of shiitake mushrooms in the Western Hemisphere. Now fresh shiitake are commonplace\, and the company has moved on to develop new varieties – such as Buna-Shimeji\, Trumpet Royale\, Nameko and Hen-of-the-Woods – and remains on the cutting edge of mushroom cultivation. \nPorter Creek Vineyards focuses on producing handcrafted organic\, hillside-grown\, vineyard designated wines of grape varietals from the Burgundy and Rhone regions. Meet Alex Davis\, winemaker for Porter Creek’s estate vineyards\, who will talk about farming with Aurora certified organic practices in transition to Demeter (biodynamic) certification. Porter Creek’s wines are a unique\, intriguing expression of the true Russian River Valley terroir. \nChester Aaron\, a prolific author of novels\, stories\, and memoirs\, was born in 1923 in a Pennsylvania coal-mine town\, saw combat in World War II\, and was with the troops that liberated Dachau. Following publication of his first novel in 1967\, he was an x-ray technician at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley\, CA. He joined the faculty at Saint Mary’s College\, retiring as a full professor in 1997. Over the last twenty-five years\, he has become known worldwide for the ninety varieties of exotic garlic he grows on his farm in Sonoma County. \nThe Event Highlights: \n– Tour of Gourmet Mushrooms Inc. by Bob Engel.\n– Introduction to Porter Creek Vineyards.\n– Presentations by a team member of GMI\, by a representative of the mushrooming scene\, and by world-renowned garlic grower\, Chester Aaron.\n– Opportunity to buy Mr. Aaron’s latest book\, The Marriage of Mushrooms and Garlic\, coauthored with Malcolm Clark (one of the founders of Gourmet Mushrooms) and Roger Adams (Photographer).\n– Comparing taste and texture differences between grilled and sautéed mushrooms.\n– Appetizers from chef Rick Ferrari include: Endive boats with 3 mushrooms; Roasted Shiitake with Shiitake mousse; Filo cups with Alba and Brown Clamshell Duxelles and caramelized Pear\, and Vol-au-Vent with Maitake salpicon.\n– Wine pairing: 2012 Russian River Valley Chardonnay and the 2011 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir \nThis tour is exclusive to Slow Food members. To become a member\, google “Slow Food USA” and go to the national website. Click on “Donate” to become a member\, fill in your details and close the deal. \nThen inform us that you became a member so we can accelerate your inclusion in our conviviality. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/fabulous-fungi-gorgeous-garlic-perfect-pinot-two-tours-and-a-tasting/ LOCATION:Gourmet Mushrooms\, 2901 Gravenstein Highway \, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Members Only Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Fabulous-Fungi.-Gorgeous-Garlic.-Perfect-Pinot.-Two-Tours-And-A-Tasting..jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140319T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150715T204808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150715T210756Z UID:2345-1395255600-1395262800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Free Movie: Symphony of the Soil DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River Film Group\nSYMPHONY OF THE SOIL\nwith a talk by Cotati farmer Roy Smith\nWednesday | March 19 at 7pm | Cotati \nSlow Food Russian River is organizing a Film Series this Spring with showings in March\, April\, and May. The events will take place in Cotati\, on Wednesdays at 7pm. \nPlease RSVP to Slow Food Russian River Film Group Details will be sent to those attending. Free (donation). If you can please bring a dessert for 3. \nThe Film Series is open to Slow Food members and non-members alike. Bring a friend! \nOn Wednesday\, March 19\, at 7pm we will view Symphony of the Soil by Mill Valley cinematographer Deborah Koons Garcia plus a few of the Sonatas of the Soil. \nCotati farmer and Slow Food Russian River member Roy Smith will talk about how he is building soil on Green Goose Farm\, what role his pigs play\, and what climate shifting has to do with it. \nSYMPHONY OF THE SOIL is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil\, water\, the atmosphere\, plants and animals\, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The film also examines our human relationship with soil\, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture\, deforestation and development\, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time. Filmed on four continents\, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers. \nFuture events are on Wednesday\, April 16 and Wednesday\, May 14. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/free-movie-symphony-of-the-soil/ LOCATION:Cotati Cohousing\, Cotati\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/symphonyofthesoil.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Film Group":MAILTO:sfrrfilmgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131026T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131026T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150720T010441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150720T010600Z UID:2370-1382810400-1382821200@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Three Sisters Garden to Plate Dinner DESCRIPTION:You are invited to celebrate the harvest from the Three Sisters Garden Project at a Garden to Plate Dinner on Saturday Oct. 26th\, 2013\, at 6pm. \nPiner High School students\, teachers Robert Lopez\, Michael Doucette\, and members of Slow Food Russian River\, led by Slow Food Leader Sueki Woodward\, worked in the Piner High School Garden to plant heirloom beans (20 varieties)\, Blue & Multi-color corn\, and several varieties of squash. \nWe will celebrate their work with a delicious dinner\, cooked by the award winning Piner High School Culinary Students supervised by Rob Dilillo. \nThe formal sit-down dinner will be held in Piner High School’s activity room with a Three Sisters theme. \nThe Menu will include Smoked Roast Pig\, 2 Three Sisters stews\, dessert\, and beverages. \nSpecial guests John Ash\, Mei Ibach\, and Jennifer Una will discuss ” The importance of bio-diversity foods and careers in the food industry.” \nSponsored by Slow Food Russian River\, teachers Robert Lopez\, Michael Doucette and Rob Dilillo\, the Piner High School PTSA\, the Piner High School Faculty\, the Piner High School Environmental Club and the Piner High School Garden club. \n*** \nWhat is Slow Food?\n Slow Food is an idea\, a way of living and a way of eating. It is part of a global\, grassroots movement with thousands of members in over 150 countries\, which links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. \nA Sustainable Way of Eating…\n The Native Americans planted corn\, pole beans\, and squash in such a way that they all benefited greatly from each other.  The beans used the corn to grow tall\, the beans provided the nitrogen from the squash\, and the squash crept along the ground\, preventing weeds from taking over.  This sustainable planting method is becoming forgotten. \n What is the Three Sisters Project?\n Slow Food Russian River developed the Three Sisters Project to revive this sustainable planting method in our communities.  Our goal is to educate the youth by giving them hands-on experience with the three sisters crops that our country survived on for thousands of years. \n Slow Food finds that maintaining successful school gardens are a necessary step towards regaining our grasp on the food system in the world.  School gardens teach children the importance of respecting food and those that provide it.  Our initiative is to educate the youth about the fundamentals of growing\, gathering\, cooking\, and enjoying the food with the community in which they live\, so that the new coming generations hold a piece of this attitude towards food in their heart for them to pass down to their children and so forth. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/three-sisters-garden-to-plate-dinner/ LOCATION:Piner High School\, 1700 Fulton Road\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95409\, United States CATEGORIES:School Gardens ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/threesistersgardentoplatedinnerfeatured.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130922T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130922T140000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20150811T221457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150811T224257Z UID:2727-1379844000-1379858400@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Reducing Waste Relieving Hunger DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River: Reducing Waste Relieving Hunger with CropMobster and COTS  @ Bloomfield Organics\nJoin other members for Reducing Waste Relieving Hunger by gleaning vegetables at Bloomfield Organics as a donation to the Committee on the Shelterless (COTS) in Petaluma. \nShare a delicious Southern-influenced farm meal by chef Brandon Guenther of Rocker Oysterfeller’s Kitchen + Saloon and Firefly Catering in Valley Ford\, made from products from the farm and other growers in the area\, such as True Grass Farms – with their Guinea and Blackworth hogs – and Twisted Horn Ranch – with their Longhorn cattle -.  \nMenu:  Twisted Horn Ranch Albondigas Soup with Bloomfield Farms Kale and Valley Ford Estero Gold Reserve \n            Tortas Ahogadas (drowned sandwich) with True Grass Farms Pork Carnitas\, Bloomfield Farms Heirloom Tomato Sauce\, Pickled Leeks\, Salsa de Chile Arbol \n            Cajeta (caramelized) Buffalo Milk Gelato Ice Cream Cones with Sea Salt – Cajeta subject to change to another flavor until confirmed \nSample products from a new generation of young local food entrepreneurs: \n       • Gold Ridge Organic Farms – Olive Oil \n       • Valley Ford Cheese Company – Cheese \nHear from Elizabeth Hale\, Director of Food Programs/The Petaluma Kitchen and Monica Savon\, Assistant Executive Director\, about the programs of COTS. \nGet to know the new community network platform CropMobster™\, the idea of Nick Papadopoulos\, the general manager of Bloomfield Farms\, to solve problems relating to food waste\, hunger and the challenges farmers and food companies face to remain economically viable. \nHear about the recent history of the EsteroAmericano watershed from the Friends of the Estero\, an eco-agricultural disaster averted. \nLearn about new thinking around money and investments in local agriculture from Slow Money\, the North Bay group. \nIt’s an all family event\, so do bring your kids\, grandchildren\, nieces and nephews\, and their friends\, too. \nThis is a BYO adult beverage\, BYO place setting\, including glassware\, and BYO musical instrument event. \nParking is limited so please carpool. \nPhotos of this Event on Flickr URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/reducing-waste-relieving-hunger/ LOCATION:Bloomfield Organics\, 12550 Valley Ford Road\, Petaluma\, CA\, 94952\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gleaning34.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120915T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120915T180000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20120802T224400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150825T224449Z UID:2902-1347706800-1347732000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Fresh Food Picnic DESCRIPTION:Slow Food founder\, Carlo Petrini\, will headline the Slow Food’s Fresh Food Picnic as the featured speaker. Two other food revolutionaries – Chez Panisse founder Alice Waters and food justice leader Nikki Henderson of People’s Grocery will join him. \nNamu Gaji’s Dennis Lee\, (Rising Star Chef\, 2012\, SF Magazine) will lead a team of young\, emerging chefs who will prepare a family style seasonal picnic with music from Dry Creek Trio\, Cahoots\, and Con Brio!!! \nChefs include:\nRyan Farr\, 4505 Meats\nLiza Hinman\, The Spinster Sisters\nChristopher Kostow\, The Restaurant at Meadowood\, Chef of the Year\, 2012\, SF Magazine\nChris Kronner\, formerly Bar Tartine and Slow Club\nMarykate McGoldrick\, Namu Gaji\nThomas McNaughton\, Central Kitchen\, Rising Star Chef\, 2010\, SF Magazine\nChristopher Thompson\, A16\nTaste food from new chefs\, farmers\, food artisans and winemakers while local bands play on an outdoor stage\, including local favorites Dry Creek Trio and Cahoots with their Sonoma County sound. Headline band is Con Rio\nAll day music includes Dry Creek Trio (11:45 am ) and Cahoots (1:00 pm) and Headline band\, Con Brio (4:15 pm). \nTour Rancho Mark West\, a historic Sonoma County farm that maintains one of the oldest standing barns in California. \nProceeds from this event\, including a silent auction and raffle \, will benefit the world as the event’s net proceeds generated from ticket sales will be four worthy non-profit projects:\nSlow Food’s 1000 Gardens in Africa\, The People’s Grocery – Oakland nonprofit\, LandPaths – fosters a love of the land in Sonoma County\, and Slow Food California – statewide work by California’s chapters. \nSponsored tables of 8 for $1000.00 will be given reserved seating with excellent view of the stage. \nBring your children; they will have plenty to do too\, including a petting zoo\, a blender bike\, and guided hikes along the creek or through the redwood forest. \nEvent Schedule \n11am – Tasting event featuring region’s emerging culinary and beverage talent\, property tours and other fun begins\, all accompanied by Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Trio with Doug Lipton\, Chris Amberger and Lorca Hart\n1pm – Silent auction and raffle ticket sales begin and local country-rock band Cahoots takes the stage\n2pm – Slow Food’s Fresh Food picnic served\n3pm – Speakers take the stage\n4:15pm – Con Brio takes the stage\n5:15pm – Auction ends and raffle winners announced\n5:30pm – Final set from Con Brio\n6:15pm – Event ends \nThis is a zero waste event!!! You need to bring your own plates\, flatware\, and napkins. Slow Food will provide your glassware and everything else you will need to have a great time! Wear clothes for an outdoor farm environment! \nWEB SITE PHOTOS & Information : https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/Slow_Food_Russian_River/PICNIC2012.html URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/fresh-food-picnic/ LOCATION:Rancho Mark West\, 7125 St. Helena Rd \, Santa Rosa\, CA\, 95404\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/freshfoodpicnic.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River":MAILTO:russianriverca@slowfoodusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120722T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120722T190000 DTSTAMP:20260513T170134 CREATED:20170504T164542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170504T164542Z UID:5901-1342972800-1342983600@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Annual Summer Mixer for Slow Food North Bay Chapters DESCRIPTION:ANNUAL SUMMER MIXER FOR SLOW FOOD NORTH BAY CHAPTERS\nSUNDAY\, JULY 22nd\, 4 pm\nHosted by Slow Food Russian River\nJoin us at our Annual Summer Mixer with Slow Food members\, guests and maywannabe members from Marin\, Petaluma\, Russian River\, Sonoma County North\, and Sonoma Valley. \nThe picnic will reflect Slow Food’s commitment to a good\, clean and fair food system and those attending will be folks who celebrate food as a cornerstone of pleasure\, culture and community. \nFood: Smoked Pork and grilled marinated chicken with homemade sauces. Also appetizers\, side dishes and desert (potluck). \nDrinks: Beer sampling and BYO. A local beer will be available for tasting. More on this in a next email. \nAbout the Food: Our chefs for the picnic\, Tony Ferrari and Jonathan Sutton from Hillside Supper Club (http://www.hillsidesupperclub.com/gallery)\, a couple of guys obsessed with fire\, smoke and meat will be firing up the smoker for the pork roast and grilling the marinated chicken. And there will be a competition for the best… “Saucy Sauce” for pork or chicken. Best sauce wins a signed cookbook. \nPicnic tables are next to the small lake\, in the shade of some big beautiful trees. Bring your bathing suit and towels if you wish to swim (there is a changing room). \nOur picnic will be a potluck (except for meat and beer tasting) which means each person contributes some dish to a common table for all to share. Please bring wine or other drink to share\, also your own plates and flatware etc. \nScholarships for teens available. Contact Sueki.\nDirections \nFrom 101 South\, exit at Westside Road/Guerneville. Turn right\, go about 3/4 mile and turn right again onto West Dry Creek Road. Drive approximately 2.3 miles\, and turn left onto Brack Road. Follow signs to 2323 on Brack/Jameson Road. \nAfter about 0.3 miles\, stay left at the fork (Jameson Road) and stay left again at the second fork. You will drive through vineyards on both sides of the road; when the roads turns sharply to the left\, GO RIGHT and go through the gate into the Gradek Ranch. Follow the road past a house and barn and after a short stretch there is a gate on the right into an orchard. Go through the gate\, turn left\, and follow the signs to parking and the picnic area. \nFrom 101 North\, exit at Central Healdsburg and turn left at the second stoplight onto Westside Road (it will say Mill Street to the right). Then follow directions above. \nIf possible please car pool! URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/annual-summer-mixer-slow-food-north-bay-chapters/ LOCATION:Gradek Ranch\, 2323 West Dry Creek Road\, Healdsburg\, CA\, 95448\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gradek-ranch-mixer-web.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR