C'mon Home to Eat

A project sponsored by localization groups throughout the county, focuses on eating what is processed and produced within our local food shed (defined as 100 miles from where you live) during the month of October. It invites each of us to ask where does our food come from and what is and isn't produced locally? Anderson Valley Food Shed initiated this month long celebration of our local food shed last year and this year we are working to have it be a county wide project. CELL (Coast Economic Localization Link) will be sponsoring various events to celebrate and educate about what is here already and what do we need to be developing in terms of local infrastructure to help sustain our communities.

The remaining highlights of the month-long celebration:

October 19 - Screening of "Fed Up" at the Little Lake Health Center in Willits at 7 p.m.

October 21 -CELL's Local Abundance Fest! Caspar Community Center- Come on Home to Eat-

  • 3:00-6:00 p.m. Workshops
  • 3 p.m. Cas Sochaki - The Art of Beer Making
  • 3 p.m. Lee White - Lotions and Potions from your Garden
  • 3 p.m. Betty Stechmeyer - Kefir, Sauerkraut and Vinegars
  • 4 p.m. Alicia Ojeda - Preserving without Petrochemicals
  • 4 p.m. Debi Smith - Soalr Cooking
  • 5 p.m. Carmelle Crivellone - Herbs, gathering, drying and using
  • 5 p.m. Ryane Snow - The Mushroom Bounty of the Mendocino Coast
  • 3 to 6 p.m. Kids Activites
  • 3 to ? Making Apple Juice
  • 6:30-8:00 Dinner and Speakers Try out local beers, wine and delicious dishes all prepared with local food. Local restaurants will be featured with locally grown ingredients in their dishes. Sherry Glaser will be the MC for our speakers Colin Fissenden of Old Mill Farm, Yvonne Galliani of Harvest Market, Petra Schulte, Nutrition Educator. Sherry will add her own flavor to their food discussions.
  • 8:30-Midnight-There will be music from local bands Camanae, the Blushin Roulettes, DJ Embe, and our always fun Sherry Glaser! Come on and join the party, celebrate our Mendocino Coast bounty with your neighbors. For more information, e-mail localize@mcn.org

October 21 -WELL's Harvest Festival 10AM – 7PM, Little Lake Grange – 291 School street - This day long event will include informative demonstrations such as a solar oven cook-off, fruit & vegetable dehydration, apple crushing & juicing and acorn preparation.  Kids can come learn too – there are special events scheduled just for them!  At 5PM we will share a 100 mile Harvest Dinner where all of the food served will be local.  Cost for dinner is $8 for adults and $4 for children 10 and under.  This event is co-sponsored by the Little Lake Grange.  More information will be forthcoming regarding this event. We need lots of volunteers to help us pull this all off. -Spring Senerchia, Office Manager spring@redinet.org

October 22 - In celebration of Mendocino County's C'mon Home to Eat month, The Caspar Community Center 4th Sunday Breakfast will feature local ingredients Visitors should expect the same tasty and special breakfast for which this event is known on the Coast. The breakfast will run from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. There will be a book sale in the south room from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A special treat will be live music featuring Kevin Grant on steel drum. This monthly breakfast is dedicated to serving locally produced, organic and country gourmet food in a fun and friendly atmosphere with community. For more information call 964-4997 or caspar@mcn.org.

October 28 - End of Season Celebration for the last AV Farmer's Market at the Boonville Hotel Courtyard. 1 p.m.

Check back for more event dates and details or to get involved contact Marty Johnson -964-6164 or email localize@mcn.org

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Participating coastal grocery stores, restaurants, galleries, bookstores

All month, reception Oct. 28: "You art What You Eat" (exhibit) at Gallery This! in Westport. Art Portraying or made of local food products.

All month, Harvest Market, Ft. Bragg, every week in October offering a different sandwich/deli item made from local food. local chefs giving demos using local food. Always offers local breads. Look for "shelf talkers" highlighting food grown or processed within 100 miles.

All month, Safeway, Ft. Bragg. Look for "shelf talkers" highlighting local food, and C'Mon Home to Eat event information.

All month, Corners of the Mouth, Mendocino. Local food co-op. Look for organic food and bulk flour processed within 100 miles.

All month, Cheshire Books, Ft. Bragg. Look for display of books on eating locally.

All month, coastal restaurants offering specials made with lcoal food: Albion River inn, Brewery Gulch inn, Ledford House, Mendo Bistro, McCallum House, Mendocino Cafe, 955 Ukiah St., The Ravens, Stevenswood.

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Participating Anderson Valley and Inland Area stores and restaurants

All month, Anderson Valley Market, look for "shelf talkers" highlighting local foods.

Every Thursday in Oct., Boonville Hotel offering dinner speacial featuring local food and their creators (reservations recommended).

Every Wednesday in Oct., High Pockety Oz offering dinner special featuring local food.

All month, Boontberry offering deli specials featuring local food. Look for "shelf talkers" highlighting local food.

All month, Lauren's in Boonville, look for the highlighted local indredients throughout the menu.

All month, Lemon's in Philo, look for "shelf talkers" highlighting local food.
"October Challenge" What you can do!
Check out NPR's article on the importance of eating local!