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A fundraiser for Marin Organic at
Stubbs Vineyard
1000 Marshall - Petaluma Road,
Petaluma, CA 94952
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Gather in the splendor of Stubbs Vineyard and celebrate the diversity of West Marin. A delicious feast will be prepared by five of West Marin's finest chefs:
Gerald Gass of McEvoy Ranch, James Wong of The Olema Inn, Adam Mali of Nick's Cove, Paul Buscemi of Cowgirl Cantina, and Ben Angulo of Drakes Beach Cafe.
Revel in the company of friends while sipping Stubbs Vineyard wines, Square One Vodka cocktails and Iron Springs microbrews. Savor Hog Island oysters and yummy baked treats. Bid on exciting silent and live auction items. Kick up your heels for some old fashioned folk dancing with
The Bear Flag Republic!
All proceeds support Marin Organic's School Lunch and Gleaning program, giving healthy, local, organic lunch options to 12,000 children every week.
$85.00 per person - food, dancing, and two drinks included.
Please purchase tickets using the Buy Now button below, or by calling our office at (415) 663-9667.
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Marin Organic is an association of organic producers in Marin County whose livelihood is based on a respect for nature and a sense of place. Marin Organic's mission is to practice, support and promote sustainable, organic agriculture and encourage a preference for locally produced food.
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This year Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Marin Organic, and Marin Farmers Markets are collaborating with Slow Food Nation in an event engaging tens of thousands of attendees to come together and learn how our everyday food choices affect our well being, our culture and the health of the planet. The event has received the support of Mayor Gavin Newsom's office and the Fort Mason Foundation. Our collective vision is to demonstrate how it is both possible, delicious, and critically important, to eat food grown close to home.
Taste of Marin 2008 is not a stand alone dinner celebration of Marin's farmers and their food this year, but rather our local agricultural bounty will be incorporated in the many restaurant events and taste halls during the four days of Slow Food Nation.
For a complete schedule and to buy tickets, please visit www.slowfoodnation.org
For sponsorship information, click here (PDF 2.13MB)
2534 Mission Steet, between 21st and 22nd
Friday August 29th
Foreign Cinema’s changing menu of California-Mediterranean cuisine is inspired by the finest organic, seasonal vegetables, meats and fish available daily. Their menu reflects a strong commitment to providing you with the ultimate products available prepared in their signature style of purity and flavor.
Marin Organic is an association of organic producers in Marin County whose livelihood is based on a respect for nature and a sense of place. Marin Organics mission is to practice, support and promote sustainable, organic agriculture and encourage a preference for locally produced food. www.marinorganic.org
The evening will feature a screening of the high definition documentary film, Hidden Bounty of Marin: Farm Families in Transition. This 28 minute film captures the rich landscape and daily life on the farms and ranches of West Marin. Come and meet the farmers, ranchers, and food producers featured in the film and then enjoy their high quality, local and organic food in an elegant sit down dinner.
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. - Reception and Film Screening
6 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Dinner Reservations
Cost: $100.00, wine included.
A No-host bar will be available for cocktails and beer.
To make reservations, please call Foreign Cinema at 415.648.7600 ext. 0 between
11:00am and 6:00pm.
Please Join Us on one of the Slow Food Journeys to visit members of Marin Organic. These tours were produced by Marin Organic, in collaboration with Marin Agricultural Land Trust and Slow Food Marin. Additional support by Slow Food Nation. Please click on the links below to read descriptions and to purchase tickets.
The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most important regions in America for sustainable food and wine, with one of the nation’s largest concentrations of Slow Food members. Slow Food Journeys will show you the best of this region, on one-day trips hosted by local Slow Food convivia. Each of these convivia have used their personal contacts to create one-of-a-kind visits to local fisheries, wineries, ranches and farms. You will enjoy Slow Food style food, wine and education, and most importantly, Slow Food conviviality. Additional Slow Journeys are being organized; check back soon for more details.
Journeys:
Friday, August 29th
Mysterious Bolinas
Saturday, August 30th
Gems of Marin
Pt. Reyes and Coastal Farms
Monday, September 1st
Marin Creameries
Sunday, September 7, from 7:00-9:00 pm
Regenerative Design Institute,
Commonweal Garden, Bolinas
The Regenerative Design Institute is proud to present Brad Lancaster for an evening talk, slide-show and book signing in celebration of his new book Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, and Beyond: Vol 2, Water-Harvesting Earthworks.
Rainwater Harvesting Earthworks are one of the easiest, least expensive, and most effective ways of passively harvesting and conserving multiple sources of water in the soil. Building on the information presented in Volume 1, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Vol 2, shows you how to select, place, size, construct, and plant your chosen water-harvesting earthworks. It presents detailed how-to information and variations of a diverse array of earthworks, including chapters on mulch, vegetation, and greywater recycling so you can customize the techniques to the unique requirements of your site. Returns come in the form of beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, and passive heating and cooling strategies, while controlling erosion, increasing soil fertility, reducing downstream flooding, and improving water and air quality.
Brad Lancaster has been active teaching, designing, and consulting on the sustainable design system of Permaculture & integrated rainwater harvesting systems since 1993. He lives what he teaches on a thriving, award-winning eighth of an acre urban Permaculture site he created in downtown Tucson, Arizona.
Course Fee: $10
Please contact RDI directly to register for this course:
www.regenerativedesign.org/contactus
For more information about the course:
www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/an-evening-with-brad-lancast
Roll up your sleeves and put on the garden clogs! Here's an opportunity to get your hands dirty at Commonweal Garden. Starting in March, every Saturday from 10:00am - 4pm, RDI invites the public to come and participate in weekly farm projects. There are a variety of activities for all skill levels. Some of the projects they'll be working on this spring include: preparing new planting beds, composting & worm management, harvesting, riparian reconstruction, orchard management, greenhouse propagation, goat runs, and more.
What to bring: work clothes, work gloves, shoes for the garden, a sack lunch, and a water botttle. Youth who would like to participate in hands-on projects are welcome with a parent.
When you plan to go: please give a call ahead of time and let RDI know how many people you're bringing - call the on-site phone, (415) 868-9673. Orientation to garden projects starts at 10am so please arrive on time!
Every Sunday, 12noon to 4pm, now until mid/late fall
Chileno Valley Ranch, 5105 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma, CA
Fun for all ages
What: Learn how to choose the perfect apple, pet a sheep, meet Lucy the cow, spend a beautiful afternoon out on the ranch.
Cost: Free to visit, just pay the cost of the apples.
Registration: Call Mike and Sally to let them know you'll be coming by, 707.765.6664.
Mike and Sally are also looking for a couple volunteers to help introduce guests to the farm. Call them directly, or Paige at Marin Organic to find out more, 415.663.9667.
2nd Saturday of every month
Clark Summit Farm, Tomales
Open to all Ages, light hiking is involved.
Come and meet the happiest barnyard animals. Pigs that roll over to get their bellies rubbed, guinea hens roaming free, chickens luxuriating in green pastures, throw in some people friendly guard dogs, and a couple of goat kids, and you've got a typical visit to Clark Summit.
Cost: FREE! But you may want to come prepared to purchase some eggs and other farm specialties.
Pre-Registration is REQUIRED, email liz@clarksummitfarm.com or call Liz & Dan 707.876.3516 to register as well as to get directions to their homestead.
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2nd Sunday of the Month, 12:30 – 4:00 pm
Regenerative Design Institute, Commonweal Garden, Bolinas
Join Matt Berry on the second Sunday of the month for a wild food walk in and around Commonweal Garden. Learn the many uses of the seasonal flora - edible, medicinal, and more. Each walk will include important information on safety and how to 'tend the wild' in a responsible way. Join us for a wander, and finish the day with some hands-on processing of nature's bounty.
Matt Berry has been practicing and teaching primitive skills and nature awareness for over a decade – blending his passion and expertise in field biology, primitive skills, horticulture and permaculture. After spending some time with Matt, you may never look at the weeds in the corner of your garden or the oak trees in your neighborhood the same way again!
Fee: $25 prepaid, or $35 at the garden gate
Please contact RDI directly to register for this course: http://www.regenerativedesign.org/contactus
For more information about the course: http://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/wild-crafting-series
September 2008 - August 2009 (one Saturday per month)
Regenerative Design Institute,
Commonweal Garden, Bolinas
Re-design Your Life! Re-envision The World!
Join the Regenerative Design Institute at Commonweal Garden – a budding permaculture farm – for this 12-month program. This course is a great opportunity to take a Permaculture Design Certification Course over a full year nature's rhythms. You will observe and use the same principles that make ecological systems self-sustaining, and learn how to apply them to integrate homes and gardens. In addition, you will learn to apply these principles to energy systems, water supplies, healthy communities, meaningful and fulfilling work, ecological economies and global political movements.
This course weaves together the principles and practices of permaculture with wilderness awareness – explore bird language, tracking and participate in activities that deepen your awareness and intimacy with the rest of the natural world. The program is founded upon the reality that we are nature and have an amazing role in our watershed ecosystems.
Instructors: Penny Livingston-Stark, Lydia Neilsen, Lauren Dalberth, David Hage and special guests
Course Fee: $1100 full tuition, Early Bird Discount is $975 registered & paid in full by August 29
Please contact RDI directly to register for this course:
www.regenerativedesign.org/contactus
For more information about the course:
www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/4-seasons-permaculture-course-fall-2008
October 2008 - February 2009 (meets once a month on select weekends)
Regenerative Design Institute,
Commonweal Garden, Bolinas
Re-design Your Life! Re-envision The World!
Join the Regenerative Design Institute for this 5-month personal leadership development program. Whether you have prior experience and training, or have recently felt called to step onto a path of leadership for the first time, this program provides a unique opportunity to deeply explore who you are, who you wish to be, and how you will contribute to others. You will articulate your vision, get in deeper touch with your gifts and develop new tools, routines, mindsets and skills to be more effective in manifesting what you see for yourself and the world.
Instructors: James Stark and Christopher Kuntzsch
Course Fee: $1800 full tuition, Early Bird Discount is $1500 registered & paid in full by September 12
Please contact RDI directly to register for this course:
www.regenerativedesign.org/contactus
For more information about the course:
www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/the-ecology-of-leadership
There will be a free 1-day Introductory to the Ecology of Leadership Program on Saturday, September 6.
For more information:
www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/introduction-to-ecology-of-leadership
Peter Worsley's Farm
12073 Highway One, Point Reyes Station
Saturday, August 9th - 12 Noon - 2pm
As the warmth of summer refines the land's bounty Chef Margaret Grade and Daniel DeLong of Manka's will be serving lunch among the crops of Peter Worsley's Farm.
$125.00 tickets for limited seating
A Benefit for Slow Food Nation & The Point Reyes Farmers' Market
Hosted by Point Reyes Books, Marin Organic, Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Point Reyes
Farmers' Market. Produced by Green Girl Events
For reservations call Point Reyes Books at 415-663-1542
Saturday, May 3rd.,
7 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Seed Swap and Reception with local wine and tastes
7:45 p.m. – Conversation, discussion, reading, and book signing.
Toby's Feed Barn in Point Reyes Station
Tickets are $15.00 - available at Point Reyes Books / $20.00 at the door. (This event will sell out!)
Claire Hope Cummings, an environmental lawyer, journalist, and the author of the new book Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds, will be talking with Percy Schmeiser, a Canola farmer from Saskatchewan, Canada, who became an international symbol and spokesperson for farmers' rights and the regulation of transgenic crops during his protracted legal battle with the agrichemical corporation Monsanto. The talk will be preceded by a reception featuring local food from West Marin producers. This is an evening not to be missed by anyone who cares about food and the safety of and control over our seed supply!
This celebratory evening began with a taste of spring flavors made from local Marin Organic
produce and products. The reception following included a lively presentation and dialogue with panelists, Wendy Johnson, of the San Francisco Zen Center and author of
Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate; Janet Brown, Organic Farmer, Allstar Organics;
and Sara Tashker, Green Gulch Zen Center Organic Farm Manager. The event closed with a reading and book signing of local author Wendy Johnson’s first book, Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate.
This event was co-sponsored by Point Reyes Books, Toby's Feed Barn, and the Green Gulch Zen Center.
EAT AND LEARN ABOUT SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HARVEST IT
Thursday, February 21 , 2008
Over 50 seafood enthusiasts gathered at Sausalito's FISH. restaurant to benefit Marin Organic's Salmon Safe program. The lavish seafood menu included Dungeness crab gumbo, Drake's Bay and Hog Island oysters 3 ways, Mussels steamed in Anchor Steam, Rock Cod with smothered greens, and Star Route Farms roasted beet salad with Straus yogurt and dill. Local wine from Stubbs Vineyard complimented everything impeccably.
The evening included presentations and conversations with local players in the Seafood community including Kevin Lunny from Drake's Bay Oysters, Terry Sawyer from Hog Island Oysters, and Jeremy Dierks, a local Bolinas fisherman. Salmon Safe is a certification program designed to verify local producers’ efforts to care for Marin’s watersheds and help the return of Coho salmon and Steelhead trout to Marin County.
Saturday December 22nd, 2007
As a break to their holiday shopping, more than thirty-five supporters of Marin Organic gathered at MarketBar in San Francisco's Ferry Building to celebrate and enjoy an 8 course menu prepared by Chef Rick Hackett. The menu featured produce and products from local Marin Organic farmers and food producers, including oysters, Allstar Organics Pumpkin Ravioli in sage butter, Red Hill Farm Lamb with rosemary salt, Clark Summit Farm Roast Suckling Pig with cabbage confit, and much more. Diners heard from the farmers who grew the food for the evening's feast. Dessert ended the dinner with a high note of Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam cheese and local wine.
Sunday, August 26th
St. Vincent's
On Sunday, August 26, from 4-10 pm, Marin Organic, Marin Agricultural
Land Trust and Marin Farmers Markets teamed up this year to create the
local food of the event of the year
— Taste of Marin 2007—an event dedicated to supporting and
promoting Marin’s agricultural bounty. Marin’s finest chefs
will be on hand, presented delicious treats created from food grown
and produced in Marin. This incredible event brought together local
farmers, ranchers, cheese makers, and vintners with the best of local
restaurants and celebrity chefs to showcase some of the Bay Area’s
most phenomenal food—all presented in the magical atmosphere of
St. Vincent’s 19th century mission-style buildings.
Included in the evening line-up were chefs from well-known restaurants,
producers, and food purveyors such as Allstar Organics, Anna’s
Daughter’s Bakery, Bovine Bakery, Brickmaiden Breads, Café
Gratitude, Chileno Valley Ranch, Cici’s, Clark Summit Farm, Coast
Roast Coffee, Comforts, Commonweal Gardens/ Regenerative Design Institute,
Corda Winery, Cowgirl, Diana’s Delights, Drakes Beach Café,
Drakes Bay Oysters, Elderberry Root, Fairfax Scoop, Fat Angel Bakery,
FISH., Frantoio, Fresh Run Farms, Green Gulch Farm, Heslip Family Vineyards,
Hog Island Oyster Company, Insalatas, Iron Springs Pub and Brewery,
La Tercera, Lark Creek Inn, Little Organic Farm, Marin Brewing Company,
Marin Roots Farm, Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop, Marshall Honey, McEvoy
Ranch, Nick’s Cove, Olema Inn and Restaurant, Pacheco Ranch Winery,
Paradise Valley Produce, Pey Marin Vineyard, Piatti Mill Valley, Point
Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co., Point Reyes Preserves, Point Reyes Vineyards,
Rustic Bakery, Sartori Farms, Slide Ranch, Small Shed Flatbreads, Sol
Food, Star Route Farms, Station House Café, Stella Cucina, Straus
Family Creamery, Stubbs Vineyard, Three Twins, and Tomales Bakery.
The event began at 4 pm with hors d’oeuvres, drinks, silent auction,
and an opportunity to meet the farmers and ranchers who grew the food,
as well as the chefs who prepared it. At the close of the silent auction,
the guests were led to a dazzling sit-down dinner, with each course
prepared by a different restaurant. A rousing live auction, engaging
speakers, and toasts to the talents of farmers and chefs served as the
dining entertainment, followed by dancing under the stars to the romantic
blues and vocals of Maria Muldaur. It was an evening not to be missed.
Please visit www.tasteofmarin.org
for more information!
Peruse the menu
from the big day!
A list of participating
restaurants, producers, and food purveyors.
June 9th, 2007
Tom and Mary Stubbs, owners of the first and only certified organic vineyard in Marin County, hosted over 100 guests at their vineyard in the hills of West Marin for a Marin Organic benefit dinner. The grand menu was prepared by Manka’s Margaret Grade and Daniel De Long who continued to demonstrate their respect for local farmers and West Marin’s terroir. These renowned local chefs will be honored the tastes of the season, pairing delightful flavors with Stubbs handcrafted wines, including the debut of their 2005 Estate Grown Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Marin County Merlot. The evening’s honored guest, Michael Pollan, contributed his heartfelt humor and engaging stories, adding inspiration to this delicious affair.
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