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 various restaurants.
Baby chicks at Soul Food Farm
The Soul Food Farm party at Pizzaiolo will feature:
- special guests Alexis and Eric Koefoed, Soul Food farmers, and five Soul Food baby chicks that are going to be auctioned off for would-be backyard poultry farmers. (Mixed breeds, including with the Aracanas that lay the green/blue eggs)
- free wine & beer donated by Folio, Cakebread, Verge, Kendric Vineyards, Larkmead and others
- hors d’ouevre and sweets made by chefs and cooks from Chez Panisse, Pizzaiolo, Lalime’s, Oliveto, Bar Tartine, Bakesale Betty, Ici Ice Cream, and other volunteers using produce donated by Full Belly Farm, meats from Devil’s Gulch Ranch, Becker Lane Pork and Prather Ranch, and cured meats and patés from Fatted Calf and Salumaio Christopher Lee
- a live raffle drawing for some really great stuff (see list and buy tickets here)
- announcement of the winners of the Soul Food Farm online auction
- live Brazilian and folk music by Felipe Ferraz (Guitar, Voice), JoAnne Craig-Ferraz (Voice), Marty Holland (6-String Bass), and Andrew Epstein (Percussion)
Tickets are just $14,* which also gets you one free entry into the raffle drawing (buy more of the $5 tickets here). It’s our way of saying thanks to everyone, while hopefully raising a little more cash to meet the $25K target we need by November to get the farm safely back on its feet. We’re expecting it to sell out fast, so don’t wait too long!
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Want to help cook, pour wine, or wrangle chicks at the event? Email me.
*Those donating items to the raffle and auction, and/or who worked at the farm last weekend, will be offered a complimentary ticket to the event. Email to come with instructions on how to claim yours, or email me.