Come to the second annual Healthy Parks Healthy People Festival Saturday, June 23, 2012, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Celebrate National Get Outdoors Day at Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area in Fremont!
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 […]
This summer, the Center for Sustainability will be co-hosting a new offering through Cal Poly Continuing Education: California AGRI-FOOD and FIBER SYSTEMS. This intensive and comprehensive three-week course will provide an excellent introduction to essential aspects of how food and fiber is cultivated and circulated through our state. Agronomic, economic, social and political dimensions will […]
From September 21-23rd, Eat Real is transforming Jack London Square into one epic food festival. The Eat Real Festival celebrates all things tasty, fresh, and handmade with a focus on street food, local wines, handcrafted beers, and traditional food craft – all featuring sustainable, local ingredients. And no dish costs more than $5. Friday 1 […]
Californians will decide in November whether or not food that includes genetically engineered ingredients must have labels highlighting that fact. Join us for a debate on the proposition, which was placed on the state ballot by voter signature. Stacy Malkan, campaign media director of California Right to Know, will argue in support of the proposition […]
San Francisco Rally and March down Market St. in support of Yes on Prop 37 - Mandatory Labeling of GMO's. We believe all Californians have a Right to Know what's in our Food and we need to make sure people hear this message loud and clear! This will also be the "Hub Event" for "Take […]
The Hoes Down is a celebration of the end of the harvest season. After the long summer, farmers need to kick off their boots, kick up their heels, dance, and have a grand time with their family. The Hoes Down is a fundraiser for over 30 local and regional community organizations.
The Northern California Permaculture Convergence (formerly the Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence) is an annual event which brings together permaculture designers, sustainability enthusiasts, and communities in Northern California, the West Coast, and beyond for a weekend of intensive focus on a common goal: to design sustainable habitats, in accordance with nature, for humans, plants, animals, […]
The hearing, titled Sustainable Food and Wine Production: California’s Future, will study the impact of state regulations on the sustainable production of local food and wine, a large and growing sector of California’s economy. The hearing will consist of three panel discussions with legislators, invited stakeholders andpolicymakers discussing the impacts of state law and regulations […]
Join a timely and highly relevant conversation between Michael Dimock, President of Roots of Change, and Peggy Duvette, Executive Director of WiserEarth, about Proposition 37, a Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Initiative, which is on the November 6, 2012 ballot in California as an initiated state statute. DATE: Wednesday Oct 17th 6:30pm - 8pm […]