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…
Overlapping the Slow Food North Bay region is the California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) garden club, many members of which are also Slow Food members. CRFG is in 35 countries, but kept the “California” name as its where it started. A recent club meeting had 105 varieties of fruit to taste! Founded…
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…
The Gravenstien apples are here! With an early harvest, the apples are now available throughout Sonoma County. Gravenstein apples are avialable at local farmer’s markets, Oliver’s Markets in Santa Rosa and Cotati, and Andy’s Produce Market in Sebastopol. If you’re looking for a simple delicious recipe that highlights the Gravenstien…
No water = no food. No water + no food = no life. It’s that simple and yet human beings here and around the world have done nearly everything possible to pollute the world’s water supply and to treat it with contempt. We are water and we live on a…
This is an introduction to a series of bog posts I have been planning. I’m calling it: What We Have Forgotten: The Lifestyle of Simplicity in Food and Human Nature In today’s world, with our thirst for entertainment, and a desire to while away the time, we depend on popular culture…
When I was a toddler, my favorite food was escargot. There were only two restaurants in our town and one of them was French. My parents and older siblings didn’t tell me I was eating snails; they were too amused watching me smack my lips in delight as the butter…
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