Slow Food Yolo Film Series: Nourishing the Kids of Katrina: The Edible Schoolyard

Friday, March 26th, 7PM

Davis Senior High School Performing Arts Building, 108 West 14th Street

The Slow Food Yolo Film Series benefiting Davis Farm to School Connection continues with this compelling 31 minute documentary film as it follows the story of how renowned chef Alice Waters' Berkeley "Edible Schoolyard" program is replicated and contributes to the rebirth of the New Orleans uptown under served Green Charter School after its devastation from Hurricane Katrina floodwaters (www.nourishingthekids.com). Slow Food Yolo is honored to welcome award-winning producer and filmmaker Robert Lee Grant who will be on-hand to answer questions. Following the film please join us for a reception and light refreshments including Apple a Day Apple Juice, gourmet popcorn and crudité platters from Capay Organic.

TICKETS: $10 general Admission, $5 Students and Seniors, Children 12 and under are free. Available at Brown Paper Tickets (coming soon) and at the door.

 

Tour de Cluck: Our Community Bicycle Chicken Coop Crawl!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

“The Tour de Cluck: A Bicycle Chicken Coop Crawl!”, presented by the Davis Farm to School Connection, offers the chicken lovers and chicken curious among us the opportunity to visit a variety of our Davis, CA community's chicken coops. Your participation will benefit the Davis Farm to School Connection’s work to support local food in a healthy school environment.

The coops featured on the 2010 “Tour de Cluck” will be presented as a self-guided tour in neighborhood clusters (coop loops!) with most having easy access to the Davis Bicycle Loop. Yearning for hens to call your own? Don’t know where to begin? New to chickendom and need answers to your poultry questions? Each loop will feature expert chicken information and an informative resource list!

While enjoying the Tour de Cluck by car is an option, we strongly encourage you to dust off that bike and ride! Timed to coincide with "May is Bike Month", those who choose to visit the chicken coops on two wheels will have access to bicycle guides and limited emergency repairs provided with the generous support of “Davis Bicycles!”.

Offered in conjunction with the Coop Crawl, visit the Tour de Cluck Art Exhibit and Silent Auction on the Central Park green. There are also exciting Tour de Cluck Sponsorship Opportunities available starting at just $100. Don’t miss this limited opportunity to put your stamp on a fantastic first ever community event. We must hear from you by March 12, so get cluckin'!

Tickets:

Tickets will be available beginning April 5th on the Davis Farm to School website, at the Davis Food Co-op, The Avid Reader and at our table at the Davis Farmers Market.

Forms and additional information:

• Sponsorship Opportunities & Form (pdf; 392kb)
• Chicken Art Exhibit & Silent Auction Information (pdf; 312kb)
• Chicken Art Exhibit & Silent Auction Entry Form (pdf; 156kb)
• Chicken Art Exhibit & SIlent Auction Call for Entries (pdf; 144kb)

Contact:

For more information about the Tour de Cluck, contact Jacqueline Clemens at 530-758-5005

 

Recycled Art Faire & Green Schools Expo

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Central Park Gardens walkway at 3rd & B Streets, Davis
8:00AM to 1:00PM

Event Information Flyer (pdf; 56kb)

Come celebrate the Recycled Art Faire and the Green Schools Expo. Recycled art and craft projects will showcase works of art, practical items and fashion accessories created from used, surplus, or found materials. Art pieces are welcome from public schools, UD Davis, and the local community. Environmental projects and crafts for sale from the elementary, junior and senior highs will be showcased. Some of the items will be available for purchase.

No entry fee—Deadline to enter is Saturday, May 22, 2010

Junior high, high school, college students and community members are invited to enter pieces celebrating Earth Day in Central Park. Elementary school groups may make crafts to sell at the Faire.

Schedule of Events:
8:00 am—9:00 am - Artists bring art pieces/crafts to flag pole area to set up along the east garden walkway of Central Park Gardens
9:00 am—10:00 am Tour de Cluck Activities take place by south kiosk area
10:00 am—1:00 pm - Art Exhibit, Recycling Faire and Elementary Craft Sales
1:00 pm - Activities close; artists pick up items

Event sponsors: DavisRISE Program of Davis Joint Unifi ed School District, Davis Farm to School Connection of Davis Farmers Market Foundation, Davis Farmers Market, City of Davis Public Works, Central Park Gardens, and The Green Schools Expo.

How to Enter:
Email or mail completed entry forms by Saturday, May 15, 2010 to:
Dorothy Peterson, Davis Farm to School Connection,
P.O. Box 1813, Davis, CA 95617
info@davisfarmtoschool.org or coordinator@davisrise.org.
(Please mark the email subject line: ATTENTION: Recycled Art Faire)

For more information, visit www.davisrise.org or email info@davisfarmtoschool.org and coordinator@davisrise.org

 

The Village Feast, Central Park, Davis

August 28, 2010

Imagine sipping home-made watermelon fresca and local wines before enjoying a meal of heirloom tomato salad, grilled lamb with fresh herbs, and roasted seasonal vegetables. You are at The Village Feast.

The 6th Annual Village Feast will take place this summer on August 28th at 12:00 noon under the Sycamore Trees in Central Park in Davis. Guests will enjoy local wines and a leisurely lunch made with seasonal ingredients all sourced from the Davis Farmer’s Market.

The event, co-sponsored by Davis Farm to School Connection and Slow Food Yolo, is a fundraiser for Davis Farm to School Connection, and supports school gardens, second grade farm visits, recycling programs in the schools and local, seasonal produce in the school lunch program. Guests are invited to further support these programs by bidding at the unique silent auction offering local art and regional food and wine experiences.

In keeping with Davis Farm to School Connection’s goals of waste reduction and education, all participants bring their own tableware, including plates, knives, forks and spoons, as well as cloth napkins. Wine glasses are provided.

For more information contact: Talia Hack-Davie, Davis Farm to School Program Coordinator, (530) 219-5859,

Thank you to the 2009 Village Feast Sponsors: