Events :: October 2007
Hoes Down Celebration
Date: Saturday, October 6th and Sunday, Oct. 7th
Time: 11 am - 11 pm (Sat)
Location:
Full Belly Farm
Guinda, Capay Valley (Yolo County)
Admission:
Festival: Adults $20
Children (2-12): $5
Under 2: Free
Camping
(Saturday night only):
$20 per car
Contact: Full Belly Farm at (800) 791-2110 or info@hoesdown.org
More information at www.hoesdown.org
Listing of events:
| Main Music Stage | Family Music Stage | Farming Workshops
* Workshop in Spanish and English |
| 11:00 a.m. The Frey's
• 12:45 p.m. Bottom Dwellers • 2:45 p.m. Clarence and the Blues • 4:45 p.m. Contra Dance • 7:15 p.m. Los Amigos del Valle • 9:00 p.m. Mind X |
• 12:00 p.m. Linda Book - MC for the day • 12:45 p.m. Temba • 1:30 p.m. Izzi Tooinski • 2:15 p.m. Utah Phillips • 3:15 p.m. Waldorf Strings - Violin with the kids • 4:15 p.m. Marylou Lindville - Puppet show • 5:15 p.m. Linda Book • 6:00 p.m. Izzie • 6:45 p.m. Hipwaders • 7:45 p.m. Journey into the Fiery Night - A story walk through the farm • 8:15 p.m. Drumming • 9:00 p.m. Los Amigos del Valle |
• Olives & Oil - The art and science of growing and pressing • Truly Happy Chickens & Eggs- Free range for aging • Mushroom Gardening- A hands on inoculation • Agriculture by land & sea- Watershed stewardship • “Spinning your wheels” – Starting to farm from the ground up • Native Plants/Invasive Plants- Identification process • Who are our native pollinators?- A walk and talk • Finally…Truly organic Strawberries! • Cooking with kids – AHA… How to get your kids begging for vegetables • Cow Milking: The Udder Side! • Plant nutrients, insects and disease: it’s a jungle out there! • Tule Mat Weaving for Kids • The Straw Bale House • Blacksmithing • Introduction to Biodynamic and Compost Making • What’s your Beef? Organic Meat and Livestock • The Real Dirt: Soil Fertility and Organic Nutrients |
Sunday Activities (Must pre-register)
- Cache Creek Wildlife Rafting Trip
- Chicken and the Egg
- Full Belly Farm Kid’s Day Camp
- Full Belly Farm Tour
- Get the Lead Out! Biodiesel Fuel
- Hedgerows and Birds
- Olive Oil: Small-Scale Production
- Sheep Raising in the Capay Valley
Ark of Taste Harvest Dinner -- Eat It to Save It!
Date: Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Time: 5pm- 9pm
Location: Knoll Farms -- Home of Tairwà Produce
Cost: $125 per person
Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets
Contact: poppy@poppytooker.com
Description:
Renew American Food Traditions with Slow Food Ark of Taste Chair, Poppy Tooker and Rick and Kristie Knoll.
The storied flavors featured in this multi-course meal will include wild-caught Louisiana seafood paired with
Knoll Farms specialty heritage produce grown for this dinner and locally produced wines from award-winning Bloomfield Vineyards!
A retinue of Bay Area chefs will transform these inspiring ingredients into magical courses for a once-in-a-lifetime evening in the bucolic setting of the fragrant fig orchard at Knoll Farms.
All proceeds will benefit Slow Food Nation, to be held in San Francisco from May 1 - 4, 2008.
Monticello Dam 50th Anniversary Celebration
Date: Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Time: 10:00am- 3pm
Location:
Lake Solano Park
8685 Pleasants Valley Road, Winters
Admission: Free to all. There is a $5 parking fee at the park facilities
Contact: Laura Cole-Rowe at
707-631-5029 or
Description:
Entertainment for the event includes music by the Putah Creek Crawdads from 10 a.m. to noon, and music by Hardwater from 1 to 3 p.m. Also available are free wagon rides by Buzzards Roost Ranch of Winters at the park.
Various non-profit organizations (including CAFF) will have displays, information and activities for children at the park. All exhibiting organizations have a tie to the dam – agriculture, education, water conservation, recreation, water resources or environment.
A limited number of 45-minute tours of the Monticello Dam will be given throughout the day, beginning at 10:30 a.m. and leaving every half-hour until 2:30 p.m. Shuttles will leave Lake Solano Park and go up to the dam, where a narrated tour will be given at the top of the dam.
"The Future of Cotton" Sustainable Cotton Project Farm Tour 2007
Date: Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Time: 7:00am-5:30pm
Location: Fresno, California
Admission: Open to all
Contact: Joy Noelle 530-756-8518 ext. 27 or joynoelle@caff.org to register and for more information.
Description:
A one-day tour of the San Joaquin Valley that will challenge your perceptions about what agriculture is and what it could become.
Between late September and mid October, when cotton is harvested and farms throughout the state are at the height of activity, The Sustainable Cotton Project offers a one-day tour. Visitors travel a central loop through the San Joaquin Valley, gaining a behind-the-scenes look at the many sides of conventional, BASIC (Biological Agriculture Systems in Cotton), and organic cotton production.
The tour leaves from the Piccadilly Inn-West Shaw in Fresno.
Zest
Date: Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Time: 2:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Capay Valley Vineyards & Full Belly Farm
Contact: Temra Costa (510) 832-4625 or temra@caff.org to purchase tickets or for more information.
Description:
The Community Alliance with Family Farmers and Arriba Adventures invite you to a singularly spectacular evening on the farm with world-renowned master chefs Charles Phan of the Slanted Door and Russell Moore of Chez Panisse.
This fundraiser supports:
Bay Area Buy Fresh Buy Local
Helping connect eaters with more locally produced and seasonal food, and helping family farmers increase
their visibility in the marketplace.
The Mosaic Project
Uniting school-grade children from different socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds in week-long outdoor programs focused on building respect, self-esteem and community.
Click here to download a pdf version of the invitation.
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