By MIKE TRELEVEN Register Staff Writer
Community gardens, a year-round farmers market, and more fresh fruits for local school children are on the wish list of participants at the first-ever Napa Local Food Forum.
For the full article, see the Napa Valley Register.
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Napa Valley Expo – Chardonnay Hall
575 Third Street, Napa
Napa County’s Agricultural Commissioners’ Office and Napa Valley Expo invite you to the First Annual Napa Local Food Forum. Join farmers, health providers, institutions, restaurants, and community organizations for in-depth discussions on building a sustainable local food system, expanding agricultural diversity, and creating greater access to healthy food for the entire Napa Community.
A local seasonal lunch will be served featuring Paul Muller of Full Belly Farm as Keynote Speaker. A wine reception hosted by the Napa Valley Vintners will conclude the day.
Admission $20, students & seniors $10
Registration and volunteers through Brown Paper Tickets.
View the Press Release for more information.
Preservation Napa Valley’s Preservation and a Pint discussion series continues with Transformation: Napa in the Midst
Thursday, May 6
6:00-7:30pm
Fagiani Building, 813 Main Street, Napa
Panel:
Amelia Ceja, Ceja Vineyards
Steve Cuddy, Napa County Landmarks
John Harrington, Harrington Investments, Inc
Dennis Binstock, Napan
Steve Sando, Rancho Gordo
Bob Massaro, Healthy Buildings
John King, San Francisco Chronicle Place and Architecture columnist
Peter Mott, City of Napa Council Member
Keith Rogal, Rogal+Walsh+Mol
Preservation and a Pint is a series of four convivial gatherings held in popular local, historic settings, present a forum of speakers and audiences talking about what’s happening in Napa—from sustainable growth to identity, cultural resource conservation, development trends and more.
Raise a pint to the preservation issues of the day! Snacks served, with beer generously provided by Silverado Brewing Company.
By MIKE TRELEVEN, Register Staff Writer
Keeping Napa County sustainable means going back to the county’s roots when the first settlers arrived — producing not only wine, but also peaches, prunes, olives, grains, cattle and even tomatoes.
This was the conclusion after the group Napa Valley Preservation hosted farming panelists at Silverado Brewing Company to talk about agricultural diversity.
For the rest of the article, see the Napa Valley Register.
The “Downtown Napa Chef’s Garden Co-op,” led by Ken Frank of La Toque, will be taking over the Copia garden until a new use is found for the space.
In addition to rescuing the garden to grow produce for their own restaurants, the group of chefs will be working with the community. They will share seeds with the Master Gardeners and hope to help to move the Copia greenhouse to Connolly Ranch.
Find out more from Paul Franson’s weekly NapaLife newsletter.
Mark Burnett, who has been designing and installing organic market gardens in Napa for over seven years, is launching a project in 2010 to connect food producers in the Napa Valley of all sizes, including household growers.
“The Community Farm Napa is being driven by landscape agriculture, an organic growing technique focused on the design, installation, and maintenance of organic market gardens and orchards in neighborhoods.”
With a new warehouse space, the Napa Valley Food Bank should be back in full operation by the second week of December. The food pantry provides income-eligible people with free food once a month, and is open at Living Vine Church (3305 Linda Vista Ave) on Thursday and Friday mornings.
Agricultural Commissioner Dave Whitmer and local food system advocate Joanna Winter talk about the Napa County food system on KVON Radio’s green talk show.
KVON 1440
9:00am, October 23
Residents working on or interested in local food are particularly invited to join the August 5th Green Drinks, a monthly networking event for people who are interested in all things sustainable.
This month Green Drinks will be meeting on the lawn or under the shady oaks and redwoods at Main Street Trees, a native and fruit tree farm in the heart of Napa. Local food and refreshments will be provided.
For more information, visit Napa Green Drinks
Just to the North of Napa County, Lake County and the Health Leadership Network (HLN) have completed a request for proposals for a community health assessment. The information found in the assessment will help in the creation of a local food guide, act as a resource for organizations throughout the county, and identify gaps in Lake County’s local food system.
Partners in the HLN include Sutter Lakeside Hospital (which also is the fiscal recipient for the HLN), St. Helena Hospital Clearlake, Lakeside Health Center (Mendocino Community Health Clinics), Lake County Department of Health Services, Lake County Department of Social Services, Lake County Marketing and Economic Development Program, Lake County Office of Education (Healthy Start), Lake County Tribal Health Consortium Inc., Lake Family Resource Center, First Five Lake County and Easter Seals of Northern California.
Read the full article.