a film-in-progress by Chuck Schultz. Come to the screening of a new film on the story of Jeff and Annie Main- two family farmers who are learning to cope with the development of their rural community and its affect on their family’s future. What sets the Mains apart is their resolve [...] . . . → Read More: The Last Crop: movie screening

Friday, December 9 from 6-8 pm at Elysa Hillis’ home in Davis. Bring a seasonal appetizer and a local wine to share. Wear your little black dress! Tickets: $10 per person, at the door. Please go to the event on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/181944295180303/, and RSVP by clicking “Join” to receive the address of the event. For wine ideas, take a look [...] . . . → Read More: Winter Holiday Party

Georgeanne Brennan and Ann Evans, CoLeaders of Slow Food Yolo, are coming out with a new cookbook in March of 2012. Gift cardsredeemable for a signed copy of The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook (Mirabelle Press, $24.95) go on sale tomorrow, November 26th at the Market shed at the 3rd Street end of the Market in [...] . . . → Read More: Davis Farmer’s Market Cookbook

Local for the Holidays By Kathy Lorenzato Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Davis Farmers Market Pavilion Buy tickets at the Davis Food Coop: $20/person, $10/person for food only Buy your tickets now for Local for the Holidays, and come taste some of the wine and food that is grown in our fertile region.You can also get interesting new [...] . . . → Read More: Local For The Holidays!- Event Information

After a long month is Provence, Georgeanne has decided to grace us with a little European cooking and cuisine tips. Take a look at the following! Savory and Sweet Tarts [...] . . . → Read More: Specialty Winter Cooking Courses

Moles, sauces thickened with nuts and seeds, are a specialty of Mexican cooking, and there are many different types. In this one, chicken simmered in a fragrant broth is then covered before serving with a rich green mole, or sauce, that includes a head of romaine lettuce and green Anaheim chilies which give it its [...] . . . → Read More: Chicken in Green Mole

From the Ground Up © Ann M. Evans and Georgeanne Brennan In Mexico, as in many countries around the world, family members and friends share a meal and offering in remembrance of departed loved ones November 1 and 2. Known in Mexico as Day of the Dead, or “Dia de los Muertos,” this is a happy occasion. [...] . . . → Read More: Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life

By Georgeanne Brennan Special to The Bee Published: Sunday, Jul. 24, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1E I’m old enough to have grown up in Southern California before orange groves were replaced by Disneyland, when walnut orchards reached almost to the shores of the Pacific, and when truck farms and orchards blanketed my childhood habitat of [...] . . . → Read More: California Authors: Connecting the dots from California fields to our dinner tables

The Buckhorn Restaurant, Winters CA. It was a grand evening, that Thursday night back in February. Over eighty had gathered in the DeVilbiss room of the Buckhorn Restaurant, a co-sponsor with Slow Food Yolo of the first fundraising event for the new Winters Farm to School program. Robert Gottlieb, professor of Urban & Environmental Policy [...] . . . → Read More: Slow Food Yolo Helps Spark the Winters Farm to School Program

Chickens. Coops. Bicycles. Great food. Chicken-themed art. General fowl frivolity! There is a lot to love about Tour de Cluck: A Bicycle Chicken Coop Crawl. But, it wasn’t supposed to be this way! When Jacqueline “Jake” Clemens and her husband Ed hatched the chicken-brained idea to plan a chicken coop tour to benefit Davis Farm to [...] . . . → Read More: Seeking Fowl Frivolity? Look No Further!