At 31, Rachel Kohn Obut has farmed and gardened with passion ever since she graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio just over ten years ago. More recently and especially since 2011, she has learned heaps about the therapeutic properties of growing and harvesting vegetables, pulling weeds and planting seeds. As the…
The most trending post on our social media this past month was a message about cilantro on our Facebook page, “Why 10% of the Population Hates Cilantro and the Rest Doesn’t Know Any Better.” The posting reached, as we write, about 6500 people with 27 likes, 9 comments and 26 shares and strengthened the…
Look what photo we found in a drawer of ours: Slow Food President and Founder, Carlo Petrini, with Susan Campbell (left) and Paula Shatkin (right)! In 2008, in the run up to Slow Food Nation, the first national Slow Food event in the U.S., Carlo Petrini visited us here in northern California and…
As good as Sonoma restaurants can be, it’s probably fair to say that if you want the very best food and wine in this part of the world you won’t find it at any restaurant, at least not during normal business hours, though “best” is certainly subjective. The best tacos…
One hot day, in June of last year, my mom and sister and I drove to Sebastopol for, what my mom told me, was a Gravenstein Apple video shooting for Slow Food. It was so hot that it felt like our truck was melting. I hadn’t been to Sebastopol much,…
Slow Food Russian River is expanding its education and outreach on social media. On our Facebook page.we invite you to have a conversation about the good, the clean, the fair, the for all, of food. We also want to become active on Pinterest, but we need help. Are you a Pinner?? We love…
This coming Thursdays April 23rd and 30th, and Friday, May 1st, help support the school garden project at Steel Lane Elementary School in Santa Rosa by purchasing plants for your garden. Fundraising keeps the kids learning, growing, and eating fresh vegetables and fruit throughout the school year. Plant sale dates…
When a popular restaurant closes, albeit briefly, it seems to cause consternation whether in small villages such as Glen Ellen or big towns such as San Francisco. This winter when the small (just 42 seats) the fig café closed its doors for renovations, foodies in and around Glen Ellen in rural…
Slow Food USA’s National School Garden Program started to release a curriculum for educators to teach students to “enjoy the pleasures of healthy and delicious food.” We love it! The first part is called GOOD and includes Sensory Education and Kitchen Skills training. It’s quintessential Slow Food. The goal of the curriculum is…
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Long time Long time Rus board member and leader Paula Downing is fondly remembered by so many in our community. From her ongoing work with our Community Apple Press and championing the Heritage Turkey Project, Paula was an indefatigable friend to furthering school gardens and Sonoma County farmers, fisherfolk, and foodmakers whom live our good, clean, and fair values.
Paula, you will be missed. 🐌❤️🍏🦃We at Farm Trails mourn the passing of Paula Downing early last week. Paula was an indefatigable champion of local farms and farmers since the 1990s. She formerly served on the Farm Trails Board of Directors, on the leadership council at Slow Food Russian River, and as longtime manager of the Sebastopol Farmers' Market. We had expected to spend Saturday with Paula at the Gravenstein Apple Fair, where she was slated to be a panelist on the Life on the Farm stage. Instead, we paid tribute to her during the panel, and hope you were able to join us in that collective memorial.
To read more about Paula and her indelible impact on the ag community, and particularly her advocacy for farmers' economic viability, read Michele Anna Jordan's reflections on her friend: www.pressdemocrat.com/article/lifestyle/remembering-paula-downing-a-force-for-farmers-markets/
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