September 19, 2013
David Fortson
For Immediate Release
4th Annual
Sustainable, Organic, Local (SOL) Food Festival Set for Saturday, September 28,
2013
Plaza Vera Cruz Park in Santa Barbara
Hands On
Workshops, Local Food, Beer and Wine, Kids Activities, Chef Competition and
more.
Santa Barbara, CA
– The SOL Food planning team is proud to present the 4th Annual SOL Food
Festival in Plaza Vera Cruz Park on Saturday, September 28th, 2012. In partnership with the Foodbank of Santa
Barbara County, this festival profiles Sustainable, Organic, Local (SOL) food
and its role in creating a brighter future.
Last year’s festival attracted over 7,000 people to the park
to enjoy incredible food, tasty beer & wine, kids activities, meet local
farm animals, enjoy educational workshops, and network with fellow foodies.
This year’s festival will feature a variety of educational and hands on workshops
including backyard poultry, how to make cheese, food security, beer brewing and
compost making to name a few. We have
five stages running all day including our musical Oasis Stage, Hands on Kitchen Stage, Scratch Cookin’ Kitchen Stage,
Making Change State and the Cooking with SOL stage.
The wildly popular SOL
Chef Competition will feature some of our regions most talented chefs
cooking up a storm with food procured from the Santa Barbara Farmers Market. Featured again in 2013 will be the
kid-approved “Hungry Caterpillar”
workshop and dozens of exhibitors representing the breadth and depth of the
Santa Barbara County food world.
Finally, do not miss the “Salad
Eating Contest” that puts the infamous nationally televised “Hot Dog Eating
Contests” to shame.
This year’s event features over 20 food artisans sampling anything from bread, chocolate, pickles,
olives and more. Our “Garden of Eatin” features an array of
local food including SOhO, Nimita’s, the SOL Food Kitchen, Full of Life
Flatbread, Here’s the Scoop, Sugar & Salt Creamery, Ascending Health
Juicery, and Im’Alkesh. Our Beer & Wine Garden features the
likes of Demetria, Alma Rosa, Carr Winery, Fig Mountain Brewery, Telegraph
Brewery, and Stone Brewery.
Special thanks to our
major sponsors: Cox Communications, 1% for the Planet, Santa Barbara
Independent, Santa Barbara Sentinel, Isla Vista Food Coop, Orfalea Foundation,
Community Action Commission. Special
thanks to the fiscal agent and partner of the SOL Food Festival the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County and our
marketing partner LoaTree.
For more information about the SOL Food Festival, please go
to www.solfoodfestival.com.
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