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Mona Hill
Sustainable ag workshop
returns for fifth year
Mona Hill
Staff Writer
mhill@yahoo.com
Gabe Miller, land steward-
ship coordinator for the
Feather River Land Trust, re-
cently announced highlights
of the fifth annual sustainable
agriculture workshop.
This year's workshop Fri-
day, Oct. 8, will focus on "The
Future of Agriculture, Food,
and the People Who Grow It."
The daylong workshop, 8:30
a.m. - 3:30 p.m., will be at the
fairgrounds in Quincy.
Keynote speaker Joanne
Neft will discuss the future
of agriculture. Neft, well
known in the Placer County
agricultural community,
founded the Foothill Farm-
ers Market in 1990 and the
Mountain Mandarin Festival
a few years later.
In 1999, the Placer County
Board of Supervisors named
Neft to chair Placer Legacy
Citizen's Advisory Commit-
tee, which in turn evolved in-
to the Placer County Agricul-
ture Marketing Program. Neft
served as program director
for five years.
The Placer County program
has served as a model for agri-
culture marketing outreach
in California and around the
nation.
Neft owns Lincoln's Persim-
mon Caf6, which features
PlacerGROWN, in-season
meals. The menu includes
fruits, vegetables and meats
purchased from localfarms
and ranches, mostly within a
20-mile range.
Neft and Laura Caballero
are the authors of "Placer
County Real Food Cookbook."
Holly George, for Plumas
County's University of Cali-
fornia Cooperative Extension,
and Steve Frisch, president of
Sierra Business Council, will
discuss the county's General
Plan update.
Workshop attendees will
have an opportunity to attend
breakout sessions before and
after lunch, as well as tour
display booths on targeted
grazing, native pollinators,
solar water pumps and more.
Tentative topics include
small-scale farm start-up, nox-
ious weeds, agriculture in the
classroom and resources for
educators, marketing for
small-scale growers and more.
The deadline for registra-
tion is Oct. 1 and cost is $20,
students $10. Registration af-
ter Oct. 1, is $30.
To register or for more in-
formation, call 283-5758 or vis-
it frlt.org.
What it's all about: Food,
locally grown and locally
consumed, promotes fresher,
tastier and perhaps also
healthier choices in answer
to the question '/hat's
for dinner?"
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Kristy Hoffman, of Feather
River Coordinated Resource
Management, demonstrated
bracelet making with a pur-
pose. "Sun, soil, water, air;
everything we eat, every-
thing we wear is made from
them," Hoffman recited as
she slipped representative
beads on to the bracelet.
Photo by Mona Hill
Sierra Institute tour offers
locals a 'Ta:;te of Season'
The Sierra Institute has of-
fered a chance to learn about
local food in Plumas County
Saturday, Sept. 11.
A Taste of the Season:
Foods of Plumas County will
take participants to local
farms to taste the season's
best produce and learn about
the importance of local foods
and how it supports rural
communities.
For those who missed the
Homegrown Festival, or those
who went and want more in-
formation, this is the perfect
chance to visit local farms
and find out about agriculture
and more in Plumas County.
Participants will learn the
many benefits of locally
grown food, and why it is deli-
cious, important to rural com-
munities, and how they can
support those rural communi-
ties by the purchases they
make.
Local produce is exception-
ally fresh, and also supports
small farms and farmers and
helps the environment by re-
ducing travel. From gardens
and produce to ranches and
livestock, the tour will look at
' it all.
Participants will board
a bus and travel to local
farms to hear about local
agriculture and the people
who work the land to grow
the delicious food.
The tour will discuss com-
munity farming projects, as
well as gardening efforts from
a local elementary school. The
tour lunch will be prepared
exclusively from local foods.
Refreshments, lunch and
bus transportation are provid-
ed as part of the tour, which
begins at 9:30 p.m. and con-
cludes by 8 p.m.
Tour cost is $50 per person, •
$95 per couple. Reservations
are required. Visit the
Forestry Center's website
(sierrainstitute.us) or call
Lauri Rawlinsetta at 284-
1022 for more information and
to reserve a spot.
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