WED, NOV. 19 6:00 PM Give thanks and celebrate the harvest! Experience a hands-on cooking class for adults, starting in the garden and ending with a meal. Our Farm to Fork adult series of cooking classes emphasizes the journey real food takes from seed to plate—beginning with an exploration of the orchard, vegetable, and herb… Continue reading Fresh Holiday Cooking
School Gardens Lets Start Digging! Posted on November 2, 2014 by Anna Maria Desipris Food Orange County has an exciting opportunity to help Orange County schools. Thanks to a grant by Chipotle Mexican Grill, and Orange County has been selected as one of ten focus areas for the National School Garden Program. The goals are… Continue reading School Gardens Lets Start Digging!
Food Orange County is sponsoring at community seed swap by SEEDS Art and Education, Inc. at Annalieses School in Laguna Beach. http://seedsed.org/community-seed-swap WHAT: Trade your old seeds for new ones. WHEN: Sun., Nov. 16, 2014 TIME: 2-4 p.m. WHERE: Anneliese’s Willowbrook Campus, 20062 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach WHO: All ages FEE: Free Join us… Continue reading Community Seed Swap
Lets talk turkey, can we? Thanksgiving is coming and I, for one, want to see heritage breeds and heirloom foods at the center of as many gatherings as possible. This year, ditch the bland meat of grocery store turkey and the stale seasoning of pre-packaged stuffing in favor of the robust, surprising and eclectic flavors… Continue reading The Ark of Taste Thanksgiving Collection
Taco María will co-host Indie Chefs Week this October 16th, 17th, and 18th. In this first West Coast edition of Indie Chefs Week, Taco María has the pleasure of welcoming some of OC’s rising star chefs, including Jason Quinn and Zach Scherer from The Playground, Eric Samaniego from Little Sparrow, Aron Habiger from The North… Continue reading Taco María to Host Indie Chefs Week SoCal
Dear Food Orange County, Summer is a quiet time for our chapter with many members away on travels. With the coming of fall we are excited about cooler weather, fall gardening and Food projects. The Food OC steering committee has been involved in an extended discussion regarding how we can best serve our community, our… Continue reading Septembers Chair Letter
The chapter has been contacted by a local 17 year old member of the Orange Acres BackBreakers 4H beef project. This is her third year raising a steer to show and the last year that she will be eligible. She is looking for the final three sponsors to support this project. For $500, each sponsor… Continue reading Buy a Beef Share – Support a 4H Project
In August, Food Orange County gave our third microgrant to help the UCI Palo Verde Organic Garden Club expand and serve more students. The funds will be used to help double the size of their garden. The following is a letter from the Club president. The Palo Verde Organic Garden Club operates a small community… Continue reading UCI Palo Verde Housing Microgrant
The truncated state legislative session is winding down for the year as we approach election time. For the most part, Food-friendly legislation victories in Sacramento were far and few between. Those pieces of legislation all had well-financed and organized opposition. For an example of this see the recent article in the Sacramento Bee (http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/17/6633523/big-business-wins-capitol-food.html). That… Continue reading August Legislative Wrap-Up
The Irvine Outdoor Education Center (IOEC) was a recipient of our microgrant funds last January. This is a facility where many Orange County school children attend science camp. Our funds went to building additional growing space in the Life Science program for raising produce to sell to restaurants and farmer’s markets. This goal was to… Continue reading Irvine Outdoor Education Center
