In Search of Good Food, the Bike Ride
When:
May 18, 1pm
Where:
16th and Mission
In collaboration with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s annual Bike to Work Day, there will be an In Search of Good Food ride, mostly through the Mission and southeast portion of the city (nice and flat!).
The ride meets at 16th and Mission at 1pm on Sunday, May 18th, and will meander around the Mission and southeast portions of the city before ending up at Alemany Farm (on time for the weekend workday!).
Over about 2 hours, we will visit sites of interest that relate to the history, past and present, of people trying to eat Good Food in San Francisco. There will also be guest speakers at a few stops, including Pie Ranch, Veritable Vegetable, and a unique up-and-coming FREE farm stand.
Please RSVP to our email: insearchofgoodfood@gmail.com, so we know how many people to expect.
Ride Safe, Eat Well!
Golden Glass 2008
When:
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Where:
Fort Mason, Festival Pavillion
Slow Food San Francisco’s annual Golden Glass is a lively wine tasting event featuring top indigenous & regional wines from Italy and Europe complemented by gastronomic delights from leading Bay Area restaurateurs and food producers.
This event is sure to be our biggest and best yet as we will move it the Fort Mason’s Festival Pavillion! For more details please visit thegoldenglass.com
The Inaugural Slow Food Nation
When:
Labor Day Weekend 2008,
from Friday, August 29 to
Monday, September 1
Where:
Fort Mason and City Hall
San Francisco, CA
Contact:
Slow Food Nation
609 Mission Street, Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
info@slowfoodnation.org
www.slowfoodnation.com
Slow Crab Festival - Help Send Fisherman to Terra Madre 2008
When:
Friday, November 30th - 6:30pm
Where:
County Fair Building - Golden Gate Park (Lincoln Way and
9th Ave)
Cost:
Sold Out
Celebrate the start of Dungeness Crab season at the Slow Crab Festival where a Portuguese style dinner will be cooked for you by Nate Keller (exective chef at Google) and his sous chefs. Fine wines and local beer will be served with dinner.
Local Fisherman and Terra Madre food producers will be present. Proceeds will be used to send local fisherman to Slow Food’s Terra Madre event in Italy 2008. The dinner will include products from local artisan food producers as well as lots of locally caught crab. Delegates from previous Terra Madre conferences in Italy will be on hand.
Fall Harvest Celebration: Apple and Asian Pear U-Pick/Community Apple Press
When:
Sunday, Oct. 7, 10am
Where:
U-Pick at Gabriel Farm
Cost:
$10 - Limited to 25 people
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19910
Note: Staggered Ticket Release policy - we will be
releasing tickets for this event on Sept 14 and additional
tickets on Sept 22. If you receive “Sold Out” message
on Brown Paper tickets during attempted registration, please
try again at the later date.
Come celebrate the Fall harvest with an organic Apple and Asian pear U-Pick at Gabriel Farm in Sebastopol, and a Community Apple Pressing the following weekend at Blackberry Farm in Bolinas.
Lucy and Torrey Olson lovingly tend to their small, 14 acre, organic orchard in Sebastopol. Originally planted in 1973 with a multitude of “dwarf” apple and pear varieties, the Olsens’s have been nurturing these relatively old trees and sustaining the environment by maintaining organic farming practices—a relatively uncommon practice among today’s orchards. In addition to picking delicious apples (varieties likely at that time: Fuji, Rome, Pink Ladies) and pears (Yali, Shinko, Niitaka) straight off the tree, come walk the land with Torrey and learn:
- Why is Organic apple and pear farming so difficult?
- Why are labor costs estimated to be 50% higher on Organic orchards?
- What are “dwarf” trees?
- What are the differences between Asian pears grown in the US and European varieties?
Attendees can pick for themselves and/or pick a little extra for Slow Food’s Community Apple Pressing taking place the following weekend. If we’re lucky, a certain obscure, but highly regarded (among members of his own family) pie-maker from Cleveland, OH may allow us to break pie with him to celebrate the Harvest.
For those who wish, join us for an informal gathering at the Ace in the Hole Cider Pub acecider.com.
Learn, taste, and share the Harvest together at this warm, small family farm.
NOTE: as this is a very small farm, we are limited in the number of cars and attendees that we can accommodate. Carpool strongly recommended. We apologize for this consideration. Details to follow...
Community Apple Pressing at Blackberry Farm
When:
Saturday, Oct. 13, 10am
Where:
Blackberry Farm
Cost:
$30 - Limited to 30 people
This will be a Slow Food members Only event.
Limit 2 Tix Max per Order. (Children under 13 free)
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/20057
Note: Staggered Ticket Release policy - we will be
releasing tickets for this event on Sept 14 and additional
tickets on Sept 21, and Sept 29. If you receive “Sold
Out” message on Brown Paper tickets during attempted
registration, please try again at the later dates
From Marin Organic’s Web Site: “In 1972, Aggie and Walter Murch bought four acres known as the ‘old Peters Dairy’ on Gospel Flat in Bolinas. There the Murchs raised children, horses and vegetables until the children grew up and the horses died. Now Aggie concentrates on her orchard of English and American heritage apples, twenty-four different varieties in all, one of which has survived from Mrs. Peter’s original garden. Roaming the orchard is a flock of flamboyantly feathered chickens. In addition to the eating and cooking apples, Blackberry Farm produces magnificent Bonne de Jersey pears, Meyer lemons, Greengage plums, Rhubarb, Jerusalem artichokes, Lavender, honey and eggs. Most of the produce is sold within a twenty-five mile radius if not directly from the farm.”
Come celebrate the Harvest at this annual event—but a Slow Food first. The Murchs generously open their barn doors to us all, and together we’ll work the small, hand-made cherrywood apple press to create the freshest, tastiest apple juice around. For those who need a break from their work at the press, there is plenty to see, and learn at this diverse, small farm, and if inclined--in Bolinas/ Point Reyes as well. Each attendee will receive a 1 Gallon jug of freshly squeezed Apple Juice.
NOTE (1): there will be 2 tracks offered:
First: Group A will enjoy a beautiful 5+ mile coastal hike, led by Farm Visits committee member Melissa, from Palomarin Beach to Bass Lake, where a Potluck Lunch will be held. The hike will last from 9 am to approximately 12:30 pm, then the Group will head to Blackberry Farm to continue with the afternoon apple pressing.
Second: Group B will head directly to Blackberry Farm, and enjoy a Potluck Lunch at the Farm at around 1 pm.
Please denote which Group you would like to join during registration.
NOTE (2): as this is a very small farm, we are limited in the number of cars and attendees that we can accommodate for this event. Carpool is strongly recommended. Details to follow. We apologize for this consideration.