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Veggielution's Food and Art Fundraiser
April 15th, 2011 7pm
Avant Garden is right around the corner and we have an amazing array of art, crafts, and mouth watering delicacies. Here is a sneak peek into how our chefs will be transforming Veggielution produce into works of art!
-Peruvian Purple Potato and Lacinato Kale Galette With Fava Bean and Green Garlic Chutney
-Oyster Mushroom Risotto Cakes with arugula
- Deviled eggs with meyer lemon green onion garlic aioli, chili de arbol, local edible flowers
- Old Creek Ranch Pulled Pork Sliders with Veggielution Crispy Kale Salad and Ume Radish Pickles
-Ancho Chili Black Bean Cakes with Veggielution Fava, Avocado Salsa, and Hemp Seed Mole
Is your mouth watering yet? Buy your ticket here.
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Bilingual spring cooking workshop/ Cocinar las verduras de primavera
Sign up now for Veggielution’s Spring Cooking workshop—Get in on this free workshop while the getting is good. The workshop will be held Saturday, April 9th, from 10:00am to 12:00 pm in the LeFevre Barn Classroom. Click here to register.
Professional chef Joe Gaudet will be gracing the farm with his tantalizing food know how. Maria Noel will accompany the chef and translate the workshop into Spanish. They will teach the class how to take Spring veggies from the field and get them onto our plates in the most appetizing of ways. Come join us in learning delicious new Spring recipes from our beloved culinary guests. |
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Family Day April 9th
Hello Veggielution Families,
This coming Family Day we are learning the ins and outs of the very start of life: The Seed! Bring your children to the farm this Saturday, April 9th. We will begin at 11:00am and end at 12:15pm followed by a potluck lunch. Meet us in the Children's Garden where we have our Family Day sign in table.
Join in on our farm-tastic educational activities:
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Story Time: " What's a Seed Needs"
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What's in a seed: fava bean disection
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Know Your Roots: each child will get to take home a bean to grow in a jewel case; where they can watch the roots develop
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Feed the Seed: Watering can making
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Time permitted: seed sorting and saving
Email or call (408) 634-FARM (3276) if you have any questions. We hope to see you all at the farm! |
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Dig Crew 2011 is in full swing
March marked the beginning of our 2011 Dig Crew program, welcoming 30 San Jose high schoolers to the Veggielution community. The Dig Crew has adopted the Original Plot and will be transforming it into a backyard demonstration garden with their own garden plots, rows of strawberries, multi-colored potatoes, and seed saving projects. Spring plants went into the ground last week and are happy to be out of the rain and in the sunshine.
In addition to gardening, after-school sessions include team building games, workshops, and a harvest bag with Veggielution produce and recipes. So far, we have decided what kind of community we want to build, thought about the transformation of the Valley of Hearts Delight into Silicon Valley, visited the community garden Cornucopia, traced the path of a strawberry through different food systems, and learned important cooking and meal planning skills. On Saturdays the youth will be working alongside volunteers, running the farm stand, and cooking for the potluck so be sure to stop by!
—Jessie Nichols
Dig Crew Program Coordinator
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State of the farm
Even though its been raining, we've found ways to stay productive on limited workdays, potting up hundreds of tomatoes, eggplants and peppers, building tables for our greenhouse, painting signs and tidying up the farm. Now that the suns out, in the next 10 days, we'll be making a big push to get the back half of our acre ready for a whole lot of planting. Our commitment to using hand labor means that we'll be large groups out there shaping beds by hand, topdressing with compost donated by the City of San Jose, installing irrigation lines and finally transplanting and seeding.
But we know that our whole volunteer community is going to go nuts now that Spring is in the air, and we expect to see big groups of you at every workday from hear on out. So enjoy the weather, and see you at the farm! Read more here.
—Mark Anthony Medieros
Farm Manager and Veggielution Co-Founder |
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Volunteer of the month: Raffaella Cerruti
Raffaella Cerruti made her way from Italy to the U.S. for love, but little did she know that she would also fall for Veggielution Community Farm. Raffaella started volunteering her time with the farm last November and is currently our Administrative Intern. With a Phd in Agro-Food Economics, Raffaella is an absolute asset to our farm. She assists the farm with grant proposals, our business plan, the farm budget, and entering data. She also helps organize our monthly Family Day. Continue reading about Raffaella here.
-Julia Lang
Outreach and Education Coordinator
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Welcome Yona, farewell Cody
We want to welcome on our new Outreach and Education Coordinator Yonara Acevedo! Yona will be facilitating Cooking Matters, our cooking and nutrition class offered in Spanish. She is also coordinating tabling events, community presentations, and free billingual workshops. Yona came to the U.S. from Colombia and has her degree in agro-business. She wants to spend her time at Veggielution sharing her knowledge and passion for farming, sustainable living, and healthy lifestyle through educational activities and community outreach.
While we are thrilled to have Yona on board, we also want to give our gratitude to Cody Kraatz our previous Outreach member. Cody has poured many dedicated hours into structuring and implementing outreach for all of our incredible programs at the farm. We will miss his eye for detail, his way with words, and his knowledge of media. Thank you Cody for helping Veggielution grow! |
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