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May E-News: Workshop suggestions? Organic Stone Fruit Jubilee!

Now is the time to suggest workshops, speakers for the 2017 EcoFarm Conference

Are you a farmer, rancher, distributor, retailer, farm worker, researcher, consultant, activist, educator, or eater? We want to hear from you! Help shape the next EcoFarm Conference taking place January 25-28, 2017 by suggesting specific workshops and speakers via our online Workshop Suggestion Form by June 15, 2016. 

Organic Stone Fruit Jubilee - Sat. June 25th!

Join the Ecological Farming Association for the year’s most delicious Central Valley event on Saturday, June 25, 5:00pm - 8:30pm. This fun-filled evening includes fruit tasting and sales of over 60 varieties of peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, and pluots! Enjoy live entertainment, farm tours, a kids craft corner, jam making, a Japanese tea ceremony, flower arranging, stone fruit drinks, artisan treats and pies.

Dr. Mario Sifuentez from UC Merced will be the evening's keynote speaker. Farmer participants include Abundant Harvest OrganicsBlossom Bluff OrchardsD.E. Boldt Family FarmsMOANaylor Organics, Peterson Farm, Valliwide Organic Farms, Fruit Fairy Delivers, Cardenas Farms, Juarez Farms, and Eldon Thiesen Farm.

Delicious food vendors include La Reina de MichoacanLa Boulangerie BakeryDusty Buns BistroCasa de Tamales, and Mattie's Wood Fired Pizza. Other vendors include the Tempeh Factory fruit chutney and Tagua Fair Trade Products.

Live music by Good Medicine

Location: Mokichi Okada Association's Oasis Garden 5790 N, Indianola Ave, Clovis, CA 93619.
Adult Admission $5, Children under 12 Free.

Official site www.fruitjubilee.org

Sponsored by the Ecological Farming Association, Kristina's Natural Ranch Market, Slow Food Madera, MOA and California Dietetic Association.