Reducing Waste Relieving Hunger

Slow Food Russian River: Reducing Waste Relieving Hunger with CropMobster and COTS  @ Bloomfield Organics

Join other members for Reducing Waste Relieving Hunger by gleaning vegetables at Bloomfield Organics as a donation to the Committee on the Shelterless (COTS) in Petaluma.

Share a delicious Southern-influenced farm meal by chef Brandon Guenther of Rocker Oysterfeller’s Kitchen + Saloon and Firefly Catering in Valley Ford, made from products from the farm and other growers in the area, such as True Grass Farms – with their Guinea and Blackworth hogs – and Twisted Horn Ranch – with their Longhorn cattle -. 

Menu:  Twisted Horn Ranch Albondigas Soup with Bloomfield Farms Kale and Valley Ford Estero Gold Reserve

            Tortas Ahogadas (drowned sandwich) with True Grass Farms Pork Carnitas, Bloomfield Farms Heirloom Tomato Sauce, Pickled Leeks, Salsa de Chile Arbol

            Cajeta (caramelized) Buffalo Milk Gelato Ice Cream Cones with Sea Salt – Cajeta subject to change to another flavor until confirmed

Sample products from a new generation of young local food entrepreneurs:

       • Gold Ridge Organic Farms – Olive Oil

       • Valley Ford Cheese Company – Cheese

Hear from Elizabeth Hale, Director of Food Programs/The Petaluma Kitchen and Monica Savon, Assistant Executive Director, about the programs of COTS.

Get to know the new community network platform CropMobster™, the idea of Nick Papadopoulos, the general manager of Bloomfield Farms, to solve problems relating to food waste, hunger and the challenges farmers and food companies face to remain economically viable.

Hear about the recent history of the EsteroAmericano watershed from the Friends of the Estero, an eco-agricultural disaster averted.

Learn about new thinking around money and investments in local agriculture from Slow Money, the North Bay group.

It’s an all family event, so do bring your kids, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and their friends, too.

This is a BYO adult beverage, BYO place setting, including glassware, and BYO musical instrument event.

Parking is limited so please carpool.

Photos of this Event on Flickr