With a handful of other people, Tom and I are putting together the largest event we’ve ever planned for tomorrow – the Just Food – Celebrating Locally Grown event. We will be featuring a panel of speakers and then showing the movie FRESH. The speakers include Lucy Thairu, assistant professor at Touro University who will be speaking about food access and the obesity epidemic; Rita LeRoy, Farm Manager at Loma Vista Farm here in Vallejo, who will be speaking about sustainable farming; and Esperanza Pallana, urban farmer and Coordinator for the Oakland Food Policy Council, who will be speaking about the OFPC, food justice and urban agriculture. The Dalt Williams Trio will be providing us with live jazz during the intermission.
Light “farm-to-table” fare will be offered by the Cal Maritime Academy’s Cafe (produce provided by Shooting Star CSA), local wine and beer tasting, and homemade, local, fresh pressed mulled cider will also be available (Tom will be pressing it that morning). A fun event for the entire family!
Tickets will also be available at the door for $15 provided the event does not sell out 24 hours in advance.
This event is sponsored by the Just Food – Celebrating Locally Grown Steering Committee – A group of Vallejoans, including myself, who care about celebrating and supporting local food systems.
Fiscal Sponsorship by Sutter Solano Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente of Vallejo.
Saturday, October 20, 2012 4:30pm until 9:00pm Rizzo Auditorium, Cal Maritime Academy, 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo, CA
We hope you can come out and have a great time with us!
Hi,Just discovered your website this morning as i was reding the Prepare online magazine. You are doing a great work. Keep it up.My hubby of 33 yrs. and i live in a log cabin in Miami County, Ks. we have 3 very wooded acres.We have 15 Rhode island reds and a huge garden which we can and freeze. We also have Hillsdale Lake a few minutes away and fish out of there quite a bit. Our son-in-law runs a cattle ranch in NE Wyoming and shot an elk while we were up there visiting-we processed it ourselves and brought home a lot of the meat. YUM! We enjoy the country life and our log cabin.Am excited to go thru your website. thanks. Becky
Welcome Becky! Sounds like you’ve got a great setup!
The event was lovely – interesting and educational! Thanks so much to you and everyone else who put it together.