Slow Food Sonoma County North

Cloverdale Breweries Tour & Tasting
2016-10-22 11:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
We are touring and tasting in two Cloverdale breweries on Saturday, October 22. The first tour starts at 11:30 and we will finish at the second brewery at approximately 2:30. Please join us!

Bear Republic Brewing Company
Bear Republic’s brewery is seldom open to the public, and we are very pleased to be given a private tour and beer tasting by the company’s CEO, Richard R. Norgrove, who is also a member of Sonoma County North.
Please arrive at 11:20 for an 11:30 am tour.
110 Sandholm Lane, Cloverdale

Cloverdale Ale Company
When we are finished at Bear Republic, we’ll go to Cloverdale Ale for a matched food and ale tasting. The company is locally owned by Doug & Lois Dilley and Jeff & Elsie Richardson. We will be hosted by Doug and brew master Tim Gallagher. Five ales will be matched with delicious bites that include cheeses, roasted vegetables and shrimp, chicken mini-tacos, beef tenderloin crostini, and cookies!
The tasting will be followed by a tour of the brewery.
131 East 1st Street, Cloverdale

Space is limited so sign up now!
$35 per person for members, $45 for non-members.
Please RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.
When you’ve received an acknowledgement, send your check made out to Sonoma County North to Lisa Hunter, 1321 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg 95448.

Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2016
2016-09-22 - 2016-09-26 | CA
Slow Food will once again gather its leaders and supporters from across the globe for an unparalleled event – Terra Madre Salone del Gusto. This year marks an important evolution for the gathering, which had its beginnings in 1996. For the first time, it will move out into the beautiful city of Turin, making the delicious and important message of Slow Food available to all.
As in years past, a global delegation will be selected to join the meetings there to help chart the future of our movement as we continue to create a world in which there is good, clean and fair food for all.
Signature tasting events will invite the public to learn from producers, chefs, and other food experts while sampling some of the most incredible foods in the world. These experiences will be available both as ticketed and free events.

Spuds, Fun, and Friends!
2016-08-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Healdsburg
Celebrate the Bodega Red Potato and Slow Food Membership Month!
Please join us for an early evening snack fest of Bodega Red potatoes and friendship: Bring your favorite beverage and your favorite friend (or two) and we’ll handle the rest!
Sonoma County North has championed the Bodega Red potato by bringing it back from the edge of extinction. Presently the potato is on the Slow Food Ark of Taste, grown by numerous Sonoma County farmers, and sold by local farmers and supermarkets. This year we planted our own crop and have a bountiful harvest to share. Our team is preparing the potatoes in a variety of delicious ways.
And because September is Membership Month for Slow Food across the nation, this is the perfect opportunity to bring our friends into the Sonoma County North community.

There is no cost for the event, but space is definitely limited! Please RSVP by August 18 to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com. Directions will be sent with confirmation.
Bodega Red potato snacks
Bring Your Own Beverage
Bring a friend…it’s membership month!
Sunday, August 21, 6-8 pm

Wise Acre Farm Tour and Garden Brunch
2016-08-16 09:45 | Wiseacre Farm, 631 Arata Lane, Windsor, 95492, United States
Meet the chickens at Wise Acre Farm and enjoy their eggs at brunch!
Our farm tour will be followed by brunch in the beautiful garden of a nearby home. The menu will include fruit, croissants, frittatas, deviled eggs, mimosas, and coffee.

Space is limited so please RSVP now! slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.
$25 per person, $35 for non-members. To confirm your reservation, send a check made out to Slow Food SCN, c/o Marisha Zeffer, 195 Westside Road, Healdsburg 95448.

Wise Acre Farm raises happy, healthy chickens in an environmentally friendly manner:
“We have custom built mobile coops to provide our hens with a safe comfortable shelter. During the day our chickens are free to forage for their natural diet consisting of: seeds, green plants, insects and worms. We supplement this diet with certified non GMO, organic feed. Every week the hens get moved, which allows the previous fields to rejuvenate for up to 8 months.”

Annual Summer Picnic at Gradek Ranch
2016-07-17 15:00 - 19:00 | Gradek Ranch, 2323 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA, 95448, United States
Please join us at the Gradek Ranch in Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Valley.
This year’s picnic will be a pig roast!
Music by New Skye
Raffle to raise funds for Sonoma County North projects
Beer tasting by Cloverdale Ale
100-mile appetizer contest-If you wish, bring a “100-mile appetizer” using ingredients sourced within 100 miles. Prizes for the best two appetizers!
Menu
Roast pork, cooked on site by Keith’s BBQ Beast
Bodega Red potato salad
Petaluma Gold Rush beans
Green salad
Costeaux bread
Dessert

BYOB and place setting.
Bring a bathing suit if you want to swim in the lake.

Tickets are $40 for Slow Food members, $50 for nonmembers.
Please register at events@slowfoodsonomacountynorth.org
Buy your tickets at Brown Paper Tickets or send a check made out to SF Sonoma County North to Marisha Zeffer, 195 Westside Road, Healdsburg 95448.

Tour of Sunset/Cornerstone Sonoma
2016-06-30 09:45 | Cornerstone Sonoma, 23570 Arnold Drive, Sonoma, CA, 95476, United States
Join us for a tour of the Sunset Gardens and Outdoor Test Kitchen at Cornerstone Sonoma, followed by lunch.
$15 Slow Food members, $20 nonmembers
Register at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com, and send a check made out to SF Sonoma County North to Lynn Davis, 855 Foothill Drive, Windsor 95492-7996.
Space is limited, so sign up now!
Check out Sunset/Cornerstone!
The tour is approximately an hour and begins promptly at 10 am; please arrive by 9:45.
After the tour, we’ll enjoy lunch together at the Cornerstone picnic tables. These tables are not shaded, so please bring a sun hat. Either brown bag it, or pick up lunch at the onsite Park 121 Restaurant. (Better yet, order your lunch ahead at 938-8579. Park 121.) Chef at Park 121 is Bruce Riezenman, a long-time member of Slow Food. He has been sourcing locally for more than 25 years, and has built relationships with farmers and producers throughout Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties.

Cornerstone Sonoma is a marketplace featuring shopping, boutique wine rooms, artisanal foods, art-inspired gardens, and live music. It is home to the newly completed Sunset Gardens + Outdoor Test Kitchen.
The five Sunset Test Gardens span a quarter acre and highlight food production, the Sunset plant line, bee habitat, cut flowers, and composting. Designed by Homestead Design Collective, the new gardens are divided into distinct rooms: the Cocktail Garden, the Farm Garden, Gathering Space, Backyard Orchard, and the Flower Room.
In the Sunset Outdoor Kitchen, recipes and kitchen crafts are tested, explored, and photographed in search of the best new ideas and insider tips.

Annual Meeting
2016-05-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Timber Crest Farms picnic area, 4791 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA, 95448, United States
More information to follow

Slow Food Russian River event: It’s All About the Soil – Farming on a Hot Planet
2016-03-20 11:00 - 15:00 | CA
For more information on this event, https://www.facebook.com/events/557101537786003/
For tickets, http://sfrr-allaboutthesoil.brownpapertickets.com/

Bodega Red Seed Potato Pick up
2016-03-19 | CA
More information to follow.

Festa di San Giuseppe Dinner and the West Coast Movie Premiere of Amuri: The Sacred Flavors of Sicily
2016-03-12 17:00 - 20:00 | St Rose Parish Hall, 320 10th Street, Santa Rosa, 95401
North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation & Slow Food Sonoma County North jointly present a special event – Festa di San Giuseppe Dinner and the West Coast premiere of documentary film “Amuri—The Sacred Flavors of Sicily”

This Special Event Commemorates La Festa di San Giuseppe, a traditional day of giving.
Dinner includes Appetizer, Salad, Fried Fish, Lemon Risotto, Vegetables, & Assortment of Biscotti for Dessert. Wine included. No-host Bar.
Raffle: To benefit “The Living Room”
Donations of canned goods for the Redwood Food Bank are welcome
Doors open at 5:00pm, Dinner at 6:00pm
35-min documentary film to be shown following dinner
Limited Seating: Prepaid Reservations Only: $30/each for Members (NBICF & SFSCN); $35/each for Guests; $12/each for Teens, 13–18 yrs; $8/each for Child, 5–13 yrs; free /each for Child under 5 yrs
Reserve by March 4, 2016. Make checks payable to NBICF. Mail to 64 Brookwood Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. You can also reserve tickets online at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2494551

Around the Slow Table
2016-02-24 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
You are invited to the next in our series of “Around the Slow Table” potluck dinners on Wednesday, February 24, 6 pm in Santa Rosa.
These dinners are designed for our convivium members–who might not otherwise get together–to get to know each other in an intimate and relaxed setting, and bond over conversation and “good, clean, and fair” food. When you know members better, you’ll want to attend more events! The host prepares the main course and communicates directly about the evening with those who sign up.
This dinner will be held in a historic home in the MacDonald area of Santa Rosa. Don’t miss it!
Space is limited–sign up now at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com!

Third Annual Farmers Guild Raising
2016-02-20 | Shone Farm, 7450 Steve Olson Lane , Forestville, 95436
Sonoma County North supports this event and will have an information table. Tickets available to all events at http://www.farmersguild.org/3rd-annual-farmers-guild-raising-2016.html.
On February 20, agrarian communities from across California converge in Sonoma County to re-envision our food system at The Farmers Guild’s 3rd Annual Farmers Guild Raising. We call upon you, farmers and good food advocates alike, to come forge local solutions to our agricultural and food system challenges all while celebrating the newest generation of food and farms. All eight Farmers Guilds—from the Mendocino Coast down to San Luis Obisbo—unite for one day to engage on vital issues such as carbon farming, land access and agricultural policy, exploring opportunities like growers’ cooperatives and innovative markets for organic produce. Return home with new connections, tools and inspiration to enhance your farm and empower your community.
Followed by The Agrarian Lover’s Ball

Followed by UP UP FILM FESTIVAL: Sunday February 21 (at the Sebastopol Grange)

Terra Madre Day Winter Dinner
2015-12-10 18:00 - 20:00 | CA

2015 Farm Series: Singing Frogs Farm Tour and Lunch
2015-09-29 10:00 | Singing Frogs Farm, 1301 Ferguson Rd, Sebastopol, CA, United States
Join Farmer Paul for a 90-minute tour of Singing Frogs Farm, followed by lunch.
Singing Frogs Farm is the one you’ve been reading about in many local media! Owned by Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser, it is a unique, no-till, ecologically beneficial, highly intensive vegetable farm in Sebastopol. Through innovative systems including no-till soil management, the Kaisers have more than tripled the organic matter in their soil while producing over five times the state average of crops per acre. They have brought back tremendous, healthy populations of pollinators, beneficial insects and vertebrates (natural pest control). They say, “Not only do we use less water to produce our vegetables because of our soil organic matter, we also use NO sprays of any kind, not even organic sprays, and our awesome crew of year-round employees (not seasonal) have job security.” The Farm has won the National Farmer Rancher Award for Pollinator Conservation (2010) and the 2013 Leadership in Sustainability Award, Sonoma County.
$25 members, $35 nonmembers.
After the tour we’ll have our lunch at shaded picnic tables. Our meal will be prepared and served by Sonoma County North leaders, and will include panzanella, green salad, cheeses, breads, fruits, and wine. Please bring your own place setting and glass.
SIGN UP NOW at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com, and send a check made out to SF Sonoma County North to Slow Food, c/o Crapeau, 985 Lupine Court, Healdsburg 95448.
Directions
Singing Frogs Farm is located in the valley bottom of the confluence of the Atascadero and Jonive Creeks, immediately northwest of Ragle Park in Sebastopol. Our address is 1301 Ferguson Road, near the intersection with Mill Station Road. We are the last house at the end of the neighborhood private drive (please drive slowly) and then down a steep hill onto our farm!
Farm Phone: (707) 829-1389

Around the Slow Table
2015-07-24 18:30 | CA
You are invited to the third in our series of “Around the Slow Table” potluck dinners.

These dinners are designed for our convivium members–who might not otherwise get together–to get to know new people in an intimate and relaxed setting, and bond over conversation and “good, clean, and fair” food.
Dinners are taking place on the same evening at host-member homes in Cloverdale and Healdsburg. When you sign up, we will randomly assign you to one of these homes. The host will prepare the main course and will communicate further with you about the evening.

To reserve your place at the table, email slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com
Call Lisa Hunter if you have questions: (707) 431-1046.

Space is limited–sign up now!

2015 Farm Series: Preston Farm and Winery: A Diversified Tour and Tasting
2015-07-23 10:00 | Preston Farm & Winery, 9282 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA
Join Lou Preston and farmer Rebecca for a walking tour of Preston Farm and Winery.
Preston runs a diverse Organic and Biodynamic farm and winery in Dry Creek Valley that “grows” soil for grain, fruit, vegetables, olives, wine, and community. The tour will include visiting the row crops, hedge rows, orchards, vineyards, animals, and bakery.
Experience the farm first hand and then sample the produce!

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See where we mill our heirloom grain and then taste the bread,

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Visit the vines and then savor the wines,

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Check out our many olive trees, then enjoy some oil and olives.
$20 members, $30 nonmembers.
Bring a lunch for yourself to enjoy with friends under the trees after the tour and tastings.
Space is limited! Sign up now at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com, and send a check made out to SF Sonoma County North to Slow Food, c/o Crapeau, 985 Lupine Court, Healdsburg 95448.

2015 Farm Series: Sonoma County Meat Company tour & picnic at Bayer Farm
2015-06-06 12:00 - 15:30 | CA
Join us for a tour of Sonoma County Meat Company, owned by our members Rian Rinn and Jenine Alexander in Santa Rosa. Preceded by a picnic at nearby Bayer Farm.
We will meet at noon at Bayer Farm, 1550 West Avenue, Santa Rosa. Bring your own lunch and beverage (no alcohol at this one!).
Bayer Farm is a unique collaboration between Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks and LandPaths. It is a 6-acre urban farm & city park-in-the-making in the heart of the Roseland neighborhood, 1 mile from Downtown Santa Rosa, with old barns, community gardens, and other agricultural aspects that are a joyful relief from the urban environment! We will get an insight into what is happening at this unique and wonderful farm.
Next we will head over to Sonoma County Meat Company, 35 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa. We will have a 2pm tour of the facility and watch a demo carcass breakdown.
So Co Meat Co is a retail butcher shop and USDA and State inspected Cut & Wrap facility. They focus on locally and sustainably raised meat.

$15.00 per person (non-members $20)
RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com and mail checks to 985 Lupine Ct., Healdsburg, 95448
Space is limited!

Sonoma County North Annual Meeting & Pizza Picnic
2015-05-17 15:00 | CA
We’ll begin the afternoon with our State of the Chapter meeting inside the farm’s beautiful barn, and then move outside for a picnic under the trees. Foggy River owners Emmett and Lynda Hopkins will also offer a tour of the farm.
We will provide water and pizza baked in the outdoor pizza oven! Please bring:
Appetizer, side dish or dessert to share
Your place setting and glass
Something to drink
Optional: A lawn or beach chair

NOTE: If you would like to attend but are not currently a member of Slow Food, you may join or renew at the meeting in cash or by check ($60 per person/$100 per family/$30 per student or reduced income).
Please RSVP to Laura at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com

Tastes & Tales of Terra Madre
2015-04-12 15:00 | CA
Join us for our bi-annual Tastes & Tales of Terra Madre to celebrate Slow Food around the world!
Sit-down dinner under the oaks in Dry Creek Valley

Healdsburg Chef Louis Maldonado and family farmer Yael Bernier represented Sonoma County North at Terra Madre 2014 in Italy. There, delegates from more than 100 countries gathered to share the very best of what their country’s food systems have to offer.
Our sit-down, al fresco three-course dinner is planned and prepared by Louis, Yael, and Sonoma County North leaders, and features food and wine from local producers. The evening will be accompanied by live music.
Tastes & Tales is an opportunity for our members and their friends to hear about the latest international Slow Food issues and initiatives. Louis, Yael and other California delegates will regale us with stories from Italy and share their thoughts for adopting new ideas in Sonoma County.

This evening will raise funds to send delegates to Terra Madre 2016, and to support our chapter’s projects (School Gardens, Beginning Farmers, the Ark of Taste, Slow Harvest Gleaning, and AMIDI/Women Who Farm and Weave).
There will be a silent auction for a “100-Mile Dinner” prepared by Sonoma County North leaders and served in the winner’s home.

Purchase tickets at Brown Paper Tickets
or send a check to SFSCN, c/o Hunter, 1321 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg 95448.
Slow Food members, $60
Non-members, $70
Farmer/student/past delegates, $40
Directions will be sent upon registration.

How to Plant Heirloom Potatoes
2015-03-28 | CA
How to Plant Heirloom Potatoes is a hands-on workshop conducted by Nathan Boone, Slow Food member and former co-owner of Firstlight Farm. He will demonstrate planting techniques with Bodega Red potatoes.
More info to follow.

A Slow Afternoon with Michele Anna Jordan
2015-03-01 14:00 - 16:30 | CA
“If we keep preaching to the choir, who will hear us?”
A presentation and discussion with Michele Anna Jordan about what could and should be next for Slow Food.
Please join us for this lively afternoon with Michele Anna Jordon. She is best known for her books–nearly 20 to date–and her four popular columns about food and wine in The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, for which she also writes a companion blog, Eat This Now. An award-winning chef, she has written for many national publications and hosts two radio shows.
Michele will be bringing her two newest books for purchase:
▪ Vinaigrettes and Other Dressings: 60 Sensational Recipes to Liven Up Greens, Grains, Slaws, and Every Kind of Salad
▪ More Than Meatballs: From Arancini to Zucchini Fritters and Everything in Between
We will enjoy wine and appetizers made from recipes in the cookbooks.
For more info – A Slow Afternoon with Michele Anna Jordon
or email slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com
To purchase tickets Brown Paper Tickets
$15 members, $20 non-members

"Around the Slow Table" potluck dinners
2015-02-06 18:30 - 20:00 | CA
You are invited to the second in our series of “Around the Slow Table” potluck dinners:
Friday, February 6, 6:30 pm
These dinners are designed for our convivium members–who might not otherwise get together–to get to know new people in an intimate and relaxed setting, and bond over conversation and “good, clean, and fair” food.
The potluck dinners in Healdsburg and Geyserville are coming up again on Friday, February 6. Invitations were sent in mid-January for a dinner party of 6-8 people in the homes of two of our members. Sign up now at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.

Terra Madre Day Crab Dinner
2014-12-10 18:00 - 20:00 | CA
Please join us for dinner to celebrate Terra Madre Day and 25 years of Slow Food!
Our meal will feature dishes made from Meyer lemons, a local product on the Ark of Taste, and highlight our local Dungeness Crab.
Terra Madre Day will be celebrated across the world on December 10. It is an opportunity for the global Slow Food network to celebrate local food and promote sustainable production and consumption to their communities and local decision makers. Thousands of actions in all corners of the world highlight our united vision and the diversity we are striving to maintain.
Help us celebrate our local products!

$35.00 SF members, $40.00 non-members
Space is limited–sign up now!

RSVP to slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com
Send your check to SFSCN, 1321 West Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg 95448
See you on December 10!

"Around the Slow Table" potluck dinner
2014-11-07 18:30 - 20:00 | CA
You are invited to the first in our series of “Around the Slow Table” potluck dinners:
Friday, November 7, 6:30 pm
These dinners are designed for our convivium members–who might not otherwise get together–to get to know new people in an intimate and relaxed setting, and bond over conversation and “good, clean, and fair” food.
Dinners are taking place on the same evening at 3 host-member homes in Cloverdale, Healdsburg, and the Dry Creek Valley. When you sign up, we will randomly assign you to one of these homes. The host will communicate further with you about the evening.
Sign up now!
Please email Lisa at lkhunter@aol.com.
If you have questions, please call Lisa at 707/431-1046 or
Debbi at 707/431-1344.

Terra Madre
2014-10-23 - 2014-10-27 | CA
2014 will mark the tenth Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre, with this year’s events bringing together more than 1,000 exhibitors from 130 countries, including over 300 Slow Food Presidia, chefs, farmers, fishers, eaters, authors, advocates, academics, artisans, international representatives from wine and gastronomy, and Slow Food’s network of small-scale producers and food communities on six continents. The packed program of conferences, taste workshops, classes and more combine to reveal the impacts our eating and consumption habits have on the welfare of the planet’s ecosystems, people and animals.

Terra Madre
refers to the conference or world meeting of food communities to address topics such as: climate change, population growth, animal welfare, food waste, land grabbing, and much more.

Slow Night at the Movies
2014-09-12 19:00 | CA
Slow Night at the Movies will be showing The Slow Food Story, the history of Carlo Petrini and the growth of Slow Food. Donation is $5; popcorn will be served and wine available for $3/glass. Our barn theater is in Healdsburg; directions will be given upon registration at slowfoodsonomacountynorth@gmail.com.

The National Heirloom Expo
2014-09-11 11:00 - 20:00, 2014-09-09 11:00 - 20:00 | Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, 95404, United States
Slow Food Sonoma County North and Russian River are sharing a display table featuring their programs and projects. Stop by and see us!

The Heirloom Expo
2014-09-10 11:00 - 20:00 | Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, 95404, United States
