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FARM FRESH TO YOU OPENS FARM FOR AUGUST TOUR WITH FREE TOMATO HARVEST SAMPLE |
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Farm Fresh To You (www.farmfreshtoyou.com), the local, organic produce home and office delivery CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture) program, invites the public to its farm in Capay in Yolo County for a farm tour on Saturday, August 11, 2012, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The farm address is: 23800 State Highway 16, Capay, Calif., 95607.
Chief farmer Thaddeus Barsotti will give a lecture about organic farming at 11:30 a.m. “If you didn’t make it out for our Capay Tomato Festival, you can now pick tomatoes as the free harvest sample at our August tour,” said Barsotti. “As leaders in the sustainable food movement, we want to connect our community with the land and people that grow their food.”
The farm’s tractor tram will tour guests around the farm to see summer fruits and veggies growing in the fields and orchards.
There will be an organic produce market stand where guests can also buy farm fresh produce in bulk. Kids can do a craft and play with bubble wands and hula hoops. Kids can bring their swimsuits and run through the sprinklers (weather permitting).
Guests are encouraged to bring a picnic and spend the afternoon and listen to the live music of Snap Jackson and the Knock on Wood Players (playing from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
The farm is located 90 miles northeast of San Francisco and 30 minutes west of Sacramento. For more details, go to the Farm Fresh To You Facebook page events tab. (http://www.facebook.com/farmfreshtoyou).
Admission is $5 per person for Farm Fresh To You customers and $8 per person for the general public. For children 12 and under, admission is free.
Directions:
The farm is located 90 miles northeast of San Francisco and 30 minutes northwest of Sacramento. The farm address is 23800 State Highway 16, Capay, CA 95607.
From Sacramento:
Take Interstate 5 North through Woodland to the Highway 16 W/Esparto exit. Take the exit and turn left; then travel three miles to second stoplight. Turn right onto Highway 16. Follow Highway 16 through Esparto and Capay. The farm is a 1/4 mile past the town of Capay on the right. Look for the Farm Fresh To You event signs and turn onto the gravel road that leads to the parking area.
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Kids and Teens Cooking Camp |
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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Wolfskill Ranch 4334 Putah Creek Road - Winters, Ca
A Bastille Day Feast, celebrating local food and flavors in the French style will be served to 175 people seated at a single long, white tablecloth- covered table set between the towering, 150-year old olive trees at the historic Wolfskill Ranch. The Wolfskill USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository is housed here, with a collection of thousands of varieties of grapes, olives, figs, kiwis, stone fruits and more, and its Director, Dr. John Preece will be giving tours of the property prior to lunch. There will also be an auction of one-of-a-kind food and wine related items.
Local lamb from Rominger Ranch is the centerpiece of the meal, and local wines will be poured throughout.
The event is a fundraiser for the Winters Farm to School program whose mission is to help the Student Nutrition Services purchase and serve fresh, local food for school lunch.
Gathering Time: 11:30 A.M.
Tour Of Historic Wolfskill Ranch: 11:45 A.M.
Aperitif: 12:30 P.M.
Bastille Day Feast: 1:00 P.M. To 3:00 P.M.
All participants bring their own tableware - salad, dinner and dessert plates, knives, forks, and spoons, as well as cloth napkins. Wine glasses will be provided.
Advanced tickets required, $100 per person
Purchase Tickets at: www.brownpaperticket.com
Call if any questions 530-795-6109
For more information visit www.slowfoodyolo.com
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FARM FRESH TO YOU FARM BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT FOR BEE LECTURES & DEMOS AT JUNE FARM TOUR |
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Farm Fresh To You (www.farmfreshtoyou.com), the organic produce home delivery CSA service, invites the public to its farm in Capay in Yolo County for a farm tour on Saturday, June 9, 2012, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The farm address is: 23800 State Highway 16, Capay, Calif., 95607.
Dr. Jennifer Forrest, postdoctoral fellow and UC Davis researcher from the UC Davis department of entomology, will speak on the topic of "Wild Bees on the Farm" at noon and 1:30 p.m. in the farm's garden near the farm house. The Bay Area Bee Company will be displaying honeycombs, offering honey samples and showing how pollen acts in nature.
Farmer Thaddeus Barsotti will give a lecture about organic farming at 11:30 a.m. "Our June tour is bustling with activities," said Barsotti. "We look forward to talking about the role of bees in what we do and as always, connecting people to the land that grows their food."
Visitors will be able to go into the farms' orchards and harvest different varieties of stone fruit as the free harvest activity. The farm's tractor tram will tour guests around the farm to see spring fruits and veggies growing in the fields. There will be an organic produce market stand where guests can also buy farm fresh produce in bulk. Kids can do a craft and play with bubble wands and hula hoops.
Guests are encouraged to bring a picnic and spend the afternoon and listen to the live music of The Plainfield Pickers (playing from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.)
The farm is located 90 miles northeast of San Francisco and 30 minutes west of Sacramento. For more details, go to the Farm Fresh To You Facebook page events tab. (http://www.facebook.com/farmfreshtoyou).
Admission is $5 per person for Farm Fresh To You customers and $8 per person for the general public. For children 12 and under, admission is free.
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Sactown Dining Collective Kick Off Event |
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