Oct. 10: The auction is closed. I will notify winners shortly by email. Thank you to everyone for their support!
Archive of entries posted on September 2009
Café Rouge benefit dinner *canceled* :-(
Sept 30 Update: We have just heard that the Cafe Rouge benefit dinner has been canceled, due to unforeseen circumstances and slow ticket sales. This is very disappointing — the menu looked great, and we had high hopes for raising funds from it.
To receive a refund for this event, contact 1-800-838-3006 or e-mail at [...]
Tons of prizes for Soul Food Farm raffle
Online ticket sales ended at 5:30 p.m. today. They can also be bought in person at the Pizzaiolo event, Oct 11 1-5 pm.
The Soul Food Farm Raffle will be held live at the party at Pizzaiolo on Sunday, Oct. 11, admission is $14 and includes one entry in the raffle. Bidding has started on [...]
Oct. 11 Pizzaiolo party info and tickets now available
It’s official! We’re having a fundraising party for Soul Food Farm at Pizzaiolo in Oakland on October 11 from 1-5 pm. [TICKETS]
Several restaurants like Il Cane Rosso are holding fundraisers, but we also wanted to do something affordable for all the other generous but cash-strapped fans of Soul Food Farm, like the kitchen crews of [...]
Four new chicken houses built by SFF volunteers!
About two dozen people got up at the crack of dawn yesterday and today and made the trip up to Soul Food Farm to wield screwguns, nailguns, and plain old hammers in the hot sun. They had heard about the farm’s fire on Facebook, various San Francisco blogs, Twitter, and Slow Food’s newsletter; some were [...]
Raffle tickets post moved
Moved Sept. 23 to http://soulfoodfarm.com/blog/2009/09/raffle for various reasons.
Daniel Patterson’s Il Cane Rosso to hold fundraiser Oct. 11
Soul Food Farm supporter and star chef Daniel Patterson is holding a fundraiser to benefit the farm at his restaurant Il Cane Rosso, cohosted by his other restaurant, Coi, on Sunday, Oct. 11.
There will be two seatings: the first at 5:30-6 p.m., followed by one at 7:30-8 p.m. The cost of the three-course menu (served [...]
“Feet on the ground, chin up”: Soul Food Farm belongs to everyone now
Today it’s raining! I think I am living in a upside-down world. The wind kicked up a while ago and I stood there out in the field and watched the ashes blow like a wave or mist across the hills. It was so powerful as it swirled and moved along the ridge and at that [...]
Looking for volunteers for chicken house building workdays — and lunch donation
Next Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19 and 20, I am looking for volunteers to come and help Eric build two large chicken houses, for incubating young chicks, up at the farm in Vacaville.
About 15 people have already emailed me to say they are willing, but that was before we had the actual dates. People who [...]
Soul Food Farm CSA must launch on schedule
Back in slightly less dire days, Alexis and I were working on launching a Community Supported Agriculture program for Soul Food Farm — a chicken & egg CSA. I thought we would have to put this on hold because of the fire, but she has told me that the chicks she had earmarked for the [...]
