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 [...]
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Oct. 11 Pizzaiolo party info and tickets now available
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fundraising dinners are starting this weekend
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
