Event organizers are inviting parents, community leaders, and school personnel from Yolo and Sacramento counties for an afternoon of fun and discussion about these projects and the importance of local food. This complete meal includes locally grown fruit and vegetables. The program has become financially sound and is saving the district money. The projects are expanding to school districts in New York and New Jersey.
Similar efforts are underway in Winters.
The Gala is an opportunity to build community and our local food system. The afternoon will include discussion of the importance of a food ethic in making local food connections and a slideshow on school salad bars. There will be children's activities, a local storyteller, seasonal food, cooking demonstrations, live music, beverages, a silent auction and presentation of CAFF's Sustainable Farmer of the Year Award to John Lagier of Lagier Farms in Escalon. Volunteers and children are free. CAFF is a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 with regional chapters throughout California.