Wow. I supposedly have a big vocabulary, but that’s the only word I’ve been able to utter, over and over. Ever since news got out that Soul Food Farm was in trouble, the response has just been overwhelming.
Here are the restaurants that have committed to hosting benefits and already settled on dates.
Saturday, Sept. 12: Mission [...]
Archive of entries posted on September 2009
Fundraising dinners are starting this weekend
Bi-Rite Market is holding a raffle for Soul Food Farm!
Bi-Rite Market, the independent San Francisco supermarket that has always been an incredible supporter of local farms (see Edible San Francisco cover story), has put together a Soul Food Farm Recovery Fund Raffle. Tickets are $5 a pop, or 5 for $20. You can buy them in the store (3639 18th Street), the Bi-Rite Creamery [...]
What Soul Food Farm needs
I spoke to a slightly more rested Alexis this morning, and she and Eric have been just overwhelmed by the outpouring of supportive calls and emails. She asks everyone’s forgiveness if she hasn’t answered; they’ve been working nonstop to get the farm cleaned up and keep the chickens fed and watered. He rcomputer is also [...]
The aftermath
We finally collapsed into our beds last night after 19 straight hours.
As the day wore on so many friends and family called and emailed to say how much they cared, and what love they had for us and the Farm. I have never understood until now that Soul Food Farm meant anything to anyone else [...]
How you can help Soul Food Farm
Many people have emailed and called Alexis and me with offers to help in any way they can. I will post all fundraising efforts here on the blog as we hear about them.
Current efforts under way to help Soul Food Farm get back on its (pointy) feet after this terrible setback:
Soul Food Farm Fire Fund: [...]
Soul Food Farm blog is now live, for a sad reason
About a year after I threatened to install this for Alexis, the Soul Food Farm blog is now live. Unfortunately, it’s for a very sad reason — a devastating fire on Soul Food Farm a few nights ago.
Here is what happened, from emails that Alexis wrote to friends, from which she has given permission for [...]
