Harvest Fest and Party!

Dear Farm Friends:

We hope you can come to the Farm this Sunday, October 19 for our Fourth Annual Alemany Farm Harvest Festival. We’ll start the festivities at Noon with some work projects including saving our sunflower seeds for next summer and clearing beds in preparation for winter. Around 1 PM, the bands will start playing, and will spend the afternoon making music courtesy of some bicycle-powered amps.

Throughout the afternoon we’ll have bicycle hayrides, face painting, sack races, and other games for kids. At 3 PM we’ll fire up the grill. We will have organic hot dogs, hamburgers, and veggie burgers. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. At the end of the day, we’ll do an especially large harvest so everyone gets to take home a head of lettuce, some greens, carrots, or greenbeans.

Also, please remember that next Wednesday, Oct 22, there will be a party at the Rickshaw Stop to benefit the Farm. The event, hosted by Party Corps (http://www.partycorps.org/proto/node/16) will include performances by B Brown, Brass Liberation Orchestra, and Afrolicious. Tickets are $10. Hope to see you at one of these events.

The Farm Team

Farm Fest and Party – October 19!

Dear Farm Friends:

Fall is going to be plenty busy with Alemany Farm events, so mark your
calendars.

On Sunday, October 19, we will have our Fourth Annual Alemany Farm
Harvest Festival. We’ll have bike-powered hay rides and games for
kids. Live music, and plenty of food to share. We’ll also be planting
out our 2009 garlic. Festivities start at Noon. Spread the word.

Then on Wednesday, Oct 22, there will be a Benefit Party for the Farm
at the Rickshaw Stop. Musical acts that night will include:

B Brown, Progressive dance hop & afro-beat flavored house
http://www.myspace.com/thepeopleoakland

Brass Liberation Orchestra, Acoustic Balkan brass, New Orleans
second-line jazz and Samba beats
http://brassliberation.org

Afrolicious: Pleasuremaker & Senior Oz Spinning,
Afro-tropi-electro-samba-dub-disco-funk
http://www.myspace.com/afroliciousoriginal

Tickets are $10. Doors open at 6 PM.

… And if that’s not enough, please remember we have our regularly
scheduled community workday this Sunday, Oct 5, from Noon to 5 PM.
We’ll be clearing beds in preparation for planting our winter cover
crop and building compost.

Thanks, as always, for helping to make SF more food secure.

The Farm Team