Farm-to-Table Food Fest: Eating for a Sustainable Future

Bay Area foodies will have the chance to participate in cooking demonstrations, food tasting and tutorials at the Farm-to-Table Food Fest Sunday, October 18 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. Participants will spend the afternoon learning, celebrating and doing hands-on projects at the intersection of food, sustainability and Jewish life. The day will wrap up with a talk and onstage demonstration by well-known local chef Charlie Ayers of Calafia restaurant.

Festival goers will learn about the benefits of local, sustainably grown and produced food by:

· Eating delicious food (sushi, popsicles, kefir, honey, cookies, olive oil, falafel) and beverages (tea, mead) made by local artisans

· Participating in fun hands-on cooking workshops (Kosher cheese with Louella Hill (aka. the SF Milk Maid), sustainable sushi workshop with L’Chaim Sushi, mead tasting with the Oron Benary of San Francisco Mead Company, fruit pie contest with Reboot, challah braiding and decorating with Irving’s Premium Challah, Daniel Barash of Challah-it-Forward and the PJ Library)

· Meeting top local chefs, food experts, caterers, (Calafia’s Charlie Ayers, SF Milk Maid Louella Hill, Los Altos Beekeeper Kendal Sager) and community organizations and businesses (Slow Food South Bay, 4-H Clubs of Rolling Hills and Menlo Park, Common Ground Garden, UC Master Gardeners, Factory Farming Awareness Coalition, StartOrganic, Second Harvest Food Bank, San Mateo Beekeepers Association, Susty Kids, Inc.) who are working to create a healthier and more sustainable food system and environment for all.

The culminating will be a cooking demonstration, tasting and book signing with Calafia Café’s chef Charlie Ayers, author of Food 2.0: Secrets from the Chef Who Fed Google.

The event is free and open to the public. For additional information and the day’s schedule, visit http://hazon.org/calendar/farm-to-table-food-fest/.

About Hazon

Founded in 2000, Hazon has evolved into the largest environmental organization in the American Jewish community. Our vision is to create healthy and sustainable communities in the Jewish world and beyond. Hazon is a leader in meaningful immersion experiences and in engaging individuals to be active in their communities. In aggregate, we are seeking to shift the nature of what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century–enabling and encouraging Jewish people to have an impact in the world. Our overall goal is that individuals and institutions in the Jewish community are living measurably healthier and more sustainable lives. We aim to firmly establish Jewish food education, Jewish outdoor education, and Jewish environmental education as important modalities across the American Jewish community. Learn more at www.hazon.org.

About the Oshman Family JCC

The Oshman Family Jewish Community Center (OFJCC) on the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life serves the South Peninsula through educational, social, cultural, fitness, sports and other programs. The OFJCC is a multi-generational Jewish neighborhood where all are welcome and which fosters new personal and community connections through rich and rewarding experiences. The OFJCC provides a common ground for Jewish institutions, other local groups, organizations and individuals to work, learn and play together for the betterment of the whole community. The OFJCC’s registered trademark is Live Fully®. For more information, visit www.paloaltojcc.org or call (650) 223-8700.