The photos on this page show the students of Ashley Radzat’s third grade class from the Sebastopol Charter School, pressing apple juice at the Sebastopol Community Apple Press at the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm, completely in the moment and engaged. Could your students profit from pressing apple juice at the Sebastopol Community Apple Press…
You know you have arrived when you are on CropMobster TV interviewed by celebrity gleaner and all-round no-food-waste hero Nicky Bobby!! CropMobster TV’s Nicky Bobby visited the Sebastopol Community Apple Press a few days ago and filed this interview with Sue Deevy. Sue is a Slow Food Leader at the Apple Core, the…
The booth of the Apple Core of Slow Food Russian River at the Gravenstein Apple Fair on August 8 and 9, 2015 was a great success. On Saturday we pressed 1200 pounds of Gravenstein apples and gave away 3200 servings of apple cider. And on Sunday we pressed 1000 pounds of apples and gave away 2500…
It starts, where nearly all good things start, on the farm with veggies, hops, grains and more. Then comes the next stage, whether it’s farm to table, farm to fridge, or farm to city. Then there’s farm to fermentation that features everything from familiar pickles and ubiquitous sauerkraut to uncommon…
Slow Food Russian River is honored by this Proclamation dated August 4th, 2015 of the City Council of Sebastopol Proclaiming August 2015 as Gravenstein Apple Month, which we publish here verbatum. ****** Whereas, the Gravenstein Apple is recognized as a special and endangered heirloom variety that plays an important role in the…
Do you have a spare room? A guesthouse? Know someone who does? Can you host a Slow Food Leader? Slow Food California is Coming to Town! Tickets are now available. Sonoma County is hosting the next Slow Food California Regional Leaders meeting. We’ll be welcoming 100 members and leaders from…
The Gravenstein apples have arrived, and so has the Sebastopol Community Apple Press, where you can bring your apples and make freshly squeezed juice. Slow Food Russian River lets you use the press, for free, at the Luther Burbank Experiment Farm at 7777 Bodega Highway on most Saturdays and Sundays…
Dont miss #GAF2015 Farm Panels!! Going strong for 42 years! You can’t miss this annual tradition of the Gravenstein Apple Fair. We’ll see you there on August 8 & 9 at Ragle Ranch Park in Sebastopol! Come by the Slow Food Russian River booth for a sample of fresh Grav…
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