Hi everyone, a wonderful benefit for a
wonderful new program taking things a whole new direction with our local
food bank, please join us!
Suggested donation is $20, but for students, community activists, and
seniors on limited income, a special $5 raffle ticket purchase at the
door gets you in (no one turned away for lack of funds).
In addition to describing the new Grow Your Own Way Food Bank
program, author Rachel Kaplan will talk about her newly released book
Urban Homesteading. And a chance to enjoy delicious food prepared
by local chefs using regional organic produce. Let's celebrate the
abundance we can create together...
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A Benefit for
the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County's
New Food Growing Program
Friday March 9, 5-9pm
Donation $20
Food, Silent Auction, Music
with Special Guest Speaker, Rachel Kaplan
Author of Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable
Living
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church
1500 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Join fellow community members for
a celebratory benefit to launch the Food Bank of Santa Barbara
County's new Grow Your Own WayFood Program, on March 9,
5-9pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, in downtown Santa Barbara.
What joins all parts of a strong community together is the growing and
eating of fresh local food. The Food Bank of Santa Barbara County's new
Grow Your Own Way program seeks to empower those it serves by
sharing food growing knowledge and skills. From container gardens
for apartment dwellers, to developing new community garden sites, to
working with local farmers to develop food growing cooperatives, the
program trains food bank recipients to grow some of their own food and
gain a new perspective of their role in the food system.
This year the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County celebrates its 30th
anniversary of ending hunger and transforming the health of Santa Barbara
County. The new Grow Your Own Way Program continues with this
strong intention of bringing long-term change to the nutritional health
of our county. In 2011, the Foodbank served more than 102,000
unduplicated individuals from Carpinteria to Santa Maria, providing 11
million pounds of food, half of which was fresh produce. Serving 1
in 4 Santa Barbara residents, the Foodbank has been at the forefront with
innovative programs such as the Backyard Bounty Program, the Brown Bag
Program for seniors, the Picnic in the Park and Kid's Farmer's Market
Programs for kids, and the Healthy School Pantry Program for families.
The evening program includes music, unique raffle items, and regional
foods prepared by local chefs Michele Molony &
Rose; Kim
Schiffer and Roberto Garcia. The keynote speaker will be Rachel Kaplan,
author of Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living.
The Grow Your Own Way benefit is the
beginning of a three month fundraising campaign with a goal of $10,000 by
June 15th.
Donations can be made on-line at Grow Our Own Way Program:
www.foodbanksbc.org/growyourownway.html
Evening Program:
5pm-6:30pm Meet & Greet: Hors d'oeuvres from local chefs,
growers and producers; Silent Auction 6:30pm Opening Program: with Erik Talkin, Director of the Food
Bank of Santa Barbara County &
Oscar Carmona, Grow Your Own Way Food Program Manager 7:15-8:30pm Keynote Speaker: Rachel Kaplan, Author, Urban
Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living 8:30pm Raffle: Winner Announcements
Food Prepared by:
Roberto Garcia of Food for Celebration; Michele Molony &
Rose of Savoire
Faire Catering; &
Kim Schiffer of Fresh Foods Catering
Event Supporters: Fund for Santa Barbara, SB Independent, Santa
Barbara Permaculture Network, SBCC Center for Sustainability, Healing
Grounds, Sea Grass Restaurant, Buttonwood Winery, Alma Rosa, Jaffurs,
Patagonia, Pascucci, Lazy Acres, Sojourner, Island Seed & Feed, Isla
Vista Food Co-op, New Frontiers, Teecino, Crush Cakes, Christie
Communications, TraderJoe's, Nopalito Nursery, Santa Barbara Home
Improvement Center, Marcie's Pies, Goodland Kitchen, Savoire Faire
Catering, Ojai Olive Oil, Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview
Gardens, Backyard Bowls, Transition House, 7 Day Nursery, Living Seeds
Company, Downey's Restaurant, Whole Foods Market, Sustainable Vocations,
Quail Springs Learning Oasis & Permaculture Farm,Wild Roots Forest
School, Yoga Soup, Aldo's Italian Restaurant, Lynda.com, &
Winehound Farmers:Jimenez Family Farm, Finley Farms,
Nojoqui Farms, Spring Hill Jersey Cheese, The Farmer & the Cook, Fat
Uncle Farms, Churchill Orchards, Earthtrine Farms, Ha's Apple Farm,Tutti
Frutti, Peacock Farms, & Vicuna Farms.
Art Department Graphic Design & Flowers by Vivi Teston~Fleur de
V. Special Partners: The Santa Barbara County Head Start Program.
A Community Service provided by
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Non-Profit
www.sbpermaculture.org
Additional Info:
Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for
Sustainable Living, by Rachel Kaplan,
http://urban-homesteading.org/; Gives every day people the tools they need to live more sustainably,
in small and big ways.
Rachel Kaplan author of Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for
Sustainable Living has been gardening in and around urban
environments for more than 20 years, and belongs to a family of farmers
and gardeners from both the East & West coasts. She is a
psychotherapist and educator, and offers consultation with a permaculture
focus for businesses, non-profits, schools & community groups.
Kaplan has Master Degrees in both Inter-disciplinary Arts and Counseling
Psychology, and is a certified permaculture designer. She lives in
Northern California on her homestead Tiny Town Farm.
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(805) 962-2571 P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190 margie@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
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