Last Saturday we pressed 3,065 pounds of apples! When I parked in our little lot at the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm, at 12:30pm, to volunteer, I could hear the sound of the apple press chugging away in the distance. The air was scented with apples. When I approached our…
Hi there Slow Food supporters. I am not sure whether you have been up to the Sebastopol Community Apple Press to help out yet this season, but after my awesome day there yesterday, I want to really encourage you to do it before the end of the season because this is…
Come and join us in support of our local apple culture. Slow Food Russian River Gravenstein Presidium is getting ready for Apple Season 2015. The all round good apple called the Gravenstein needs our continuing support. Save the Gravensteins! Please contact us at info@slowfoodrr.org with the dates you can help: Sunday August 2nd; Saturday, August 8th or Sunday,…
This past November, I was a lucky delegate from our Slow Food chapter to Terra Madre, a biennial gathering of 5,000 delegates from every corner of the globe to share their stories and learn from each other on behalf of the earth, farming, and biodiversity. It is a huge coming-together…