This Apple Photo Exhibit begins on 1 July 2018 and closes at the end of month. The opening reception, which starts at 7 p.m., takes place on Friday July 6, 2018. It’s free and open to the public. This July, Karen Preuss's color photos of Sebastopol apples are going on the...

Slow Food leaders from chapters around the state gathered for a Slow Food California 2018 Leaders Meeting to share plans, ideas, hopes, dreams. The meeting, on April 12 and 13, was hosted by Slow Food South Bay, in Cupertino. Day One started with a tour of Veggielution Community Farm to give...

The California Grain Campaign provides new marketing opportunities for California grain growers and educates our communities about the many benefits associated with including California-grown whole grains in our diet. Increasing California-grown grains at farmers’ markets will help farmers in their businesses, markets in their diversity, bakers in their craft, and...

Meat is back! So proclaimed culinary curator Hendrik Haase, editor of the book Crafted Meat: The New Meat Culture: Craft and Recipes (Gestalten, 2015), at an intimate tasting and educational event at Zazu, a restaurant at the Barlow in Sebastopol. Co-hosted by Slow Food Russian River, the Friday Happy Hour...

Welcome to Spring and to the renewal and new possibilities it brings! Hope Springs Eternal. We’ve got some great reasons for hope this month – in the form of garbage and chickens. Wait, what? Yes, garbage. As you may know, the county lost our local compost company, Sonoma Compost, about...

Slow Food Russian River operates a Community Apple Press through October. Want to bring your class? It’s at the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm in Sebastopol during apple season – from August through October. Use of the press is a free community service. You can use apples from your…