News from Pie Ranch
October 19, 2007
Just Us for Justice
Four of the youth we work with received scholarships to attend the Youth Food and Farming track (Just Us for Justice) at the 2007 Bioneers Conference. Thursday, October 18th, was the the pre-conference day and Alex, Mark, Marzett and Andy piled into Karen’s car and headed across the Golden Gate Bridge at 7:30 a.m. We met up with the group near the Conference grounds, and piled in a van with others from the Alameda Point Collaborative and traveled out to Nicasio to visit All-Star Organics. There we met with Janet Brown, one of the farmers who is also Program Officer for Food Systems at the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley. After some ice-breaker games, Janet toured us around the farm, showing the evidence of repeated and early frosts this year that have really hammered their tomato and melon crops. That prompted some good walking conversation about economic relationships that best support farms and farmers. We ended up in the greenhouse where we all helped strip dried herbs from stems for some of their value-added products. We left satisfied that we’d made a contribution to All-Star in exchange for their hospitality.
Posted by Pie Ranch at 11:37 PM
October 17, 2007
Barn Dance Saturday, October 20th.
Come celebrate the pumpkiness of the year with a barn dance.
If you are joining for the potluck, we’d love to see as many variations on the pumpkin/winter squash theme as you can muster.
Also, for some fun photos, check out Anne Hamersky’s project on Pie Ranch in the latest Sierra Magazine.
Please feel free to call or email with questions.
Hope to see you out at the ranch.
Posted by Pie Ranch at 11:09 PM
“Land Trusts can help in keeping farmland more affordable, but we need enterprising young farmers interested in growing a healthy diversity of crops for local markets. This project has the potential to attract such energy.”
– Walter T. Moore
Vice President, Peninsula Open Space Trust
“Having lived here and farmed for over three decades, I respect our new Pie Ranchers efforts to become both part of the legacy and team players in the neighborhood. I look forward to working with them.”
– Na do Muzzi, R. Rossi Company