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44th Annual Gravenstein Apple Fair: A Bee-Loved Event Welcome to the 2017 Gravenstein Apple Fair! Since 1973, Sonoma County Farm Trails has produced this sweet country fair, our primary annual fundraiser, every August during peak Gravenstein season. A core part of Farm Trails’ mission is to foster an appreciation of local agriculture, and we hope you’ll be as awed & inspired as we are by our esteemed farmers & producers and by the collective wisdom, skills, insight, experience and expertise they bring to presentations & demos, as well as by the diverse, delicious, and nourishing foods & libations they share. We’re thrilled about this year’s lineup of entertainers, artists, crafters, chefs, farmers, ranchers & artisan producers, and we’re confident that GAF offers something compelling for all ages and palates. Check out the robust schedule of activities, performances, workshops & demonstrations at our signature venues: Artisan Tasting Lounge, Chef ’s Tent, Do-It-Yourself Arena, Kids Area, Life on the Farm, Old Engines Display, and the two live music stages. The heart of the fair is of course the celebrated heirloom herself, intimately tied to our region and praised by horticulturist Luther Burbank as the most exceptional apple of all for flavor and versatility. We encourage you to take advantage of this seasonal window to sample & purchase fresh pies, juice, cider, fritters, caramel apples, etc. Pick up a box or a bag of bulk Gravensteins on your way out,

Admission: Day of the Event Tickets: • Adults Biking to the Fair — $12 • Seniors & Veterans — $12 • Kids Ages 6 to 12 – $10 • Children 5 & Under – Free

All Entertainment Is Free with Fair Admission Extras: • Artisan Tasting Lounge - $20

· On-site Parking - $5 Free Off-site Parking : Shuttle Service (10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.) Provided from Holy Ghost Hall (7960 Mill Station Rd.) and O’Reilly Media (1005 N. Gravenstein Hwy.) Cash only for admission and alocohol sales (ATMs on site) Enjoy the lineup of beer, cider, mead, spirits & wine! Many thanks to participating producers for their generous donations. Horse & Plow Radio Coteau Sonoma Cider Specific Gravity Cider Co. Tilted Shed Ciderworks Troy Cider Wind Gap Wines WINES Arrowood Vineyards Atwood Ranch Balletto Vineyards Chasseur Wines Cline Cellars Davis Family Vineyards Duckhorn Vineyards Dutton Estate Winery Dutton-Goldfield Winery Ferrari-Carano Vineyards Francis Ford Coppola Winery Iron Horse Vineyards Julie Atwood Wines Kendall-Jackson Kistler Vineyards

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SONOMA COUNTY FARM TRAILS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Adam Taggart, Treasurer Peak Prosperity Andrea Krout, Director District Dir. for Supervisor David Rabbitt Lauren Bowne, Director School Garden Network Mike Meyer, Jr, Director Meyer Farming

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taking some of that goodness home with you! Gravs, like the majority of edibles on the planet, rely upon bees for fertilization, and this year we also honor pollinators, those amazing, mystical, life-giving creatures so critically connected to our food systems. There will be many opportunities throughout the weekend to learn about honeybees and other pollinators and to identify how you can support their habitats in your own backyards. Enjoy yourselves, and drink in the sweet nectar of converging with community in the magnificent Ragle Ranch grove that we’re so fortunate to inhabit this weekend. Farm Trails continues to partner with Regional Parks to replant and preserve the venerable oaks. Please be gentle on the grounds and respect the split-rail enclosures promoting regeneration. For their tremendous dedication and hard work, I extend sincere gratitude to all the folks who have helped animate this beloved event once again-- volunteers, Apple Core members, staff, donors, sponsors, presenters, vendors, service providers, farmers, and community collaborators. And thank you, dear attendees, old-timers and newcomers alike, for joining us to celebrate the gift of Gravensteins and the grandness of being together. All Best, Carmen Snyder, Gravenstein Apple Fair Manager & Farm Trails Executive Director

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Rick Williams, President Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery Steve Dutton, Advisor Dutton Ranch Tim Tesconi, Director (Rtd) Sonoma County Farm Bureau Vince Trotter, Secretary Marin County Ag Ombudsman

Thank you for your support of Sonoma County Farm Trails, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting local agriculture since 1973. P.O. Box 452, Sebastopol, CA 95473 (707) 837-8896 www.farmtrails.org

APPLE CORE COMMITTEE 2017 This wonderful event owes its success to countless volunteers and especially the extraordinary dedication of the Apple Core Committee members: Adam Taggart, Bank Allegra Broughton, Entertainment Allison Jenks, Fair Store Andrea Krout, Planning Ariel Scholten, Life on the Farm Bob Larsen, Layout Brett Page, Parking Carmen Snyder, GAF Manager Catherine Lemon, Artisan Tasting Chuck Wolf, Bank Clark Wolf, Farmer Panels Dan Gilbert, Graphic Design Darlene Hayes, Cider Tent Donna del Rey, Chef’s Tent Donna Stusser, Kids Arts & Crafts Holly Hansen, Publicist Ian McFaul, Technology Jane Nakasako, Artisan Tasting

Jim Corbett, Entertainment Krieg Wunderlich, Entertainment Lauren Bowne, Artisan Tasting Mari Levin, DIY Arena Mem Pozzi, Wine Tent Mike Meyer, Jr., Signs & Grounds Pam Davis, Green Guru Ramsy Hammoudeh, Grounds Rick Williams, Planning Robin Latham, Hospitality Samantha Harmon, Asst. Manager Steve Dutton, Grounds Sue Loughlin, Supplies Tim Tesconi, Planning Tyffani Sedgwick, Publicity Vince Trotter, Gates Wendy Krupnick, Volunteers

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Gravenstein Apple Fair 2017 Schedule of Events Saturday, August 12th Times 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:30

North Coast Music Stage Simmons Family Band

Whole Foods Music Stage

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Gator Nation Keeping Backyard Bees Sheep Shearing w/ Joe Pozzi & John Sanchez

Baltic Bee Dance Ritual w//Melissae Ensemble

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Kendall-Jackson Artisan Tasting Lounge

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Rob Hogencamp — Three Leaves Foods Cider & Cheese Pairings Planting a Pollinator Garden - April Owens Marianna Gardenhire — Backyard

Restaurant Bites Wine Flight w/ Jackson Family wines

Intro to Fiber Arts - Alisha Reyes, Fiber Circle Studio

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Microbrew Tastings Fermenting Honey Cider — Scott Heath, Tilted Shed Ciderworks

Gravenstein Apple Fair 2017 Schedule of Events Sunday, August 13th Times 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:30

North Coast Music Stage

Whole Foods Music Stage Love Choir, joined by Scott Gerber

Farm Bureau Life on the Farm Stage Living with Llamas - Marlys Green

Batacha Sextet

Thistledown Folktales with Puppets Linda Tillery & Cultural Heritage Choir

Apple Juggling - Kids/Adults Solid Air Pie Eating Contest - Kids/Adults Caramel Apple Eating Contest - Kids Tom Rigney & Flambeaux

Cow Milking - McClelland’s Dairy Apple Farmer Panel with Clark Wolf

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Cowboy Storytelling - Scott Gerber Mr. Music Singalong

The Sam Chase & the Untraditional Hubbub Club

Sheep Shearing w/ Joe Pozzi & John Sanchez

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Restaurant Bites Wine Flight w/ Jackson Family wines

Making Herbal Medicine — Colleen Bingham. KaliBean Herbal Medicine

Chef Perry Hoffman — Healdsburg SHED Microbrew Tastings Making Compost Tea — Christopher Jaster, Woven Stem Flower Farm

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A tribute to some of the ‘old’ and ‘new’ links to Farm Trails by Rollie Atkinson Sonoma West Times & News When a small group of farmers founded Sonoma County Farm Trails in 1973, everybody was a newcomer. Now, 44 years later those original newcomers are called old-timers as they’ve gradually made way for a next generation of newcomers. And, it’s the blended work of the new and old, the younger and the gristled that has kept Farm Trails and the Gravenstein Fair a vibrant part of Sonoma County’s agriculture community and leadership. Sue Loughlin is one of the new-to-old timers that has played several key roles at Farm trails. She served as fair manager for five years after volunteering at the fair in its earliest years helping her mom and step-dad, Judy Lange and Bill Newton, at the fair’s Life on the Farm. Another “living link” between the old and new of Farm Trails and the Gravenstein Fair is Steve Dutton, of the apple and winegrape farming family. Dutton first worked at his family’s fair booth selling apples as a teen-ager. Today, at age 50, he is a member of the Farm Trails’ board, a key benefactor, and he is also the current president of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau. Counted among the newer faces is current Farm Trails executive director Carmen Snyder. After relocating to Sonoma County in 2009, Snyder quick-

Dutton also counts ly connected to Farm Loughlin as one of the Trails and was hired as “linchpins” for Farm office manager in 2011. Trails and for the local The following year, during ag community. He has a period of many changes similar praise for at the non-profit organizaSnyder. “Carmen tion, she was hired as absolutely saved the executive director. Apple Fair from a cer“There’s still some of tain demise a few years what you’d call old-timers ago,” said Dutton, who around,” said Loughlin. “I also played a big behindguess you’d have to call the-scenes role as well. me one. Farm Trails and Sue Loughlin started vol- “Carmen has a keen eye the fair has pretty traditional ways of doing unteering at the Gravenstein on both the past tradiFair in her 20s and continues things. But it’s been great to serve as an “advisor” for the tions and forward thinkto see the recent changes Gravenstein Fair setup and ing that has brought new life and energy.” Carmen has brought and management. Dutton’s leadership at all the new, younger farmthe Farm Bureau and Sonoma County ers (that have joined as members).” “Sue is a gem,” offers Snyder, who Winegrowers has won extra support for keeps Loughlin very involved with each the fair as well. “The Farm Bureau does advocacy for year’s logistics. “We appreciate her continued participation and all that she agriculture while Farm Trails is more brings as a member of the ‘Old Guard.’ about the small farmer,” said Dutton. “Her love of the Apple Fair is palpa- “But it’s all the same whether its organble, and her service is worthy of high ic or biodynamic, big or small or farmpraise. I’m very grateful for her steady to-table.” The two organizations, along presence, skillful mentoring, and deep with the Winegrowers group as well, is commitment to the success and sweet- now reaching a “bigger demographic,” ness of our precious Fair,” said Snyder. said Dutton. “The Duttons have been an integral “Sue shepherded the transition of the newer iteration of the Fair and has part of Farm Trails and the helped train the next generation of Gravenstein Apple Fair since the inception,” said Snyder. “The family’s generplanners, serving as a key advisor.”

ous support is legendary, and their ongoing contributions have made all the difference in our capacity to stabilize and grow our programs, creating greater organizational resilience while fulfilling our mission and mandate.” Another key pillar behind Farm Trails and the Gravenstein apple itself has been Manzana Products, said Dutton. “The Kaido, Norton and Sandborn families have been the best thing for the future of the Gravenstein.” After nearly a century of serving local apple growers and selling Manzana to the French Agrial Group, Dutton said “they’ve changed the industry” and built a good future for local Gravensteins. Rick Williams, owner of Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery is another “link” between the Gravenstein Fair’s past, present and future. He is currently serving his second term as Farm Trails president, a role that keeps him busy throughout the year and not just during the fair. Through his company, Rick has served as a mentor for many Farm Trails members’ irrigation, solar and garden projects. In many ways, Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery serves as an unofficial headquarters for many Farm Trails activities.

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Gravenstein Apple Fair is sweet on pollinators by Bleys Rose Sonoma West Times & News This year’s Gravenstein Apple Fair focuses on the bees that perform so many essential jobs for pollinating apples as well as many other fruits and plants. With the theme “In Praise of Pollinators,” the 44th annual fair scheduled for Aug. 12 and 13 will highlight the work of bees and other small creatures that spread the benefits of their species across the land. Attendees will learn from local experts about the importance of bees and other pollinators to our food supply and what they can do in their own yards to help them thrive. There will be beekeeping demos, cooking demos using honey, and meadmaking demos followed by a mead tasting. The Sonoma County Beekeepers Association will be on hand with a must-see live beehive demonstration, also providing kids activities and honey for sale and taste. This fair’s Artisan Tasting Lounge will feature unique offerings such as a Bee’s Knees Cocktail by Sprit Works Distillery, Jun Tonic, a fermented nonalcoholic beverage with tea and honey by The Nectary.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a tasting tent without samples of honey and delicious bites inspired by honey and apples. Tilted Shed Ciderworks is creating a special cider for this year’s fair that will be made with Monte-Bellaria di California lavender honey and Gravenstein apples from various Farm Trails members. Michael Joshin Thiele of Gaia Bees, a leader in the biodynamic apiculture movement, will speak at the Life on the Farm Arena about his work, and master basket weaver Charlie Kennard will demonstrate how to weave a basket hive called a skep, used often as swarm catchers. Over in the Do-It-Yourself arena, April Owens of the Habitat Corridor Project and Chris Jaster of Woven Stem Flower Farm are going to provide tips and methods to make your garden a haven for pollinators and beneficial insects. Sonoma State University Biodiversity Outreach project will host a booth all about pollinators. In the children’s corner, kids will discover how to make seed balls to encourage pollinators and promote biodiversity, flower crowns and seed mosaic art.

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Manzana, Whole Foods Market lead list of Farm Trailsâ€™ commercial partners by Rollie Atkinson Sonoma West Times & News Itâ€™s always taken some non-farmers, city slickers and corporate partners to make the Gravenstein Fair the success it has been for 44 years. Many of these names can been seen on the stages, tents and signage all around the fairgrounds. Some work more behind the scenes than others, but all of them make important contributions â€” not only during the fair weekend but year round as well. Manzana Products and its North Coast brand has as much to do with the legacy and continued viability of the Gravenstein apple as anyone. Manzana was founded in 1922 as an apple processing company. Following the hey day of the local apple industry in the middle of the last century, Manzana is now the only remaining apple processor in the region. In recent years it has played a vital role in preserving the local apple industry during tough economic times and in a changing international market. Today, Manzana continues to work with local apple growers to get their crop to market and support their efforts to convert to 100 percent organic. â€œThe local growers keep us going and we see them as our top priority,â€? said Alissa Trinei, marketing coordinator for Manzana. Manzana will have a booth at the fair offering tastes and sales of their organic apple juice. Visitors can sample a vertical tasting of honey crisp, gala, Gravenstein and blended juice. Manzana will host contests during the weekend on their North Coast stage, offering winners jugs of juice, Gravenstein tree plantings and apple industry items. Trinei currently travels the country promoting

Sonoma County and its heritage Gravenstein apple. â€œEverybody knows about Sonoma County but not so much our Gravs,â€? she reports. But she also says the market for her North Coast apple products keeps expanding which is great news for local apple growers. Whole Foods Markets has several stores in Sonoma County and promotes many locally produced farm products, including private labels of their own made from Sonoma County crops. Whole Foods is again a major Gravenstein Fair sponsor and is hosting one of the live performance stages. They also will have a hands-on area with childrenâ€™s games. â€œWe will have a family friendly booth that includes giant Jenga, corn hole, hula hoops, free sunscreen, and Connect 4,â€? said Whole Foodsâ€™ Amber Parker. â€œWe will also have Planet Bee there doing educational activities.â€? Another grocery partner at this yearâ€™s fair is the countyâ€™s own Oliverâ€™s Market. Owner Steve Maass has emphasized local producers since his earliest days as the owner of his own road side vegetable stand.

â€œWe believe in the social and economic value that supporting local businesses brings to our communities, and agriculture is a very important part of this equation in Sonoma County,â€? said Maass. â€œWe buy directly from as many local farmers as we can, often working through F.E.E.D. Sonoma, an aggregator of small farm produce. â€œThe work Farm Trails does is invaluable in helping local small farmers remain viable, and celebrating the Gravenstein apple with this event is a great example of that work,â€? said Maass. Many other area businesses are contributing to the Farm Trails efforts including other ag partners such as Sonoma County Winegrowers, Sonoma County Farm Bureau, American Ag Credit, Healdsburg SHED, Golden State Cider, Jackson Family Wines and Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery. Additional support for this yearâ€™s Gravenstein Fair has been donated by Sonoma Clean Power, Community First Credit Union, Lagunitas Brewery, Exchange Bank, Hansel Subaru and Sonoma Compost.

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Cider’s expanding popularity proving to be a boon for local apple growers by Darlene Hayes If you’ve ever been to the de Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, you may have noticed a dark bronze statue out in front depicting a man cranking on a fruit press. You would be forgiven for assuming this well muscled fellow is pressing grapes, given Northern California’s long history with and current renown for wine production, but if you look a little more closely you’ll see that it isn’t grapes around the base of the press, but apples. Made for the 1894 San Francisco Midwinter International Exposition, this impressive piece of art is a reminder that early Northern Californians were also fans of cider–and not just the sweet stuff pressed and served straight from the orchard–but also the hard, fermented kind. Late-19th and early-20th century local papers team with ads for cider presses and fancy eastern champagnestyle cider imports, and companies such as the Eastern Cider Company and Martinelli’s did a brisk business. Sebastopol’s own Speas Manufacturing and Distillery made and sold apple brandy and apple wine into the mid-20th century. But times and tastes change, so though there were occasional glimmers of life, such as Hatch Cider made by William Hatch from his estategrown Gravensteins and Johnathans in the early 1980s, by the latter part of the 20th century the market had declared cider made in Northern California largely defunct. Fast forward to today and one will discover that like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the last decade has seen a burst of new companies ready to bring their ciders to an ever increasing and enthusiastic public. The pioneer was the California Cider Company, now in its 23rd year. Since 2011, however, this venerable producer has been joined by no fewer than 12 new dedicated cideries in Sonoma, Mendocino, and Marin counties as well as six wineries that have added a cider to their offerings. This uptick in cider production has been a boon for apple growers as these new businesses source local apples for at least some, if not all, of the ciders they make. One local farmer, Mike Myer, Jr., has reported putting in a new 1,000tree orchard this year specifically because of the renewed market for hard cider, reversing a decades-long trend of replacing apple orchards with

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some other crop and taking a step toward increasing and preserving Sonoma County’s agricultural biodiversity. The Gravenstein Apple Fair has long welcomed cider, and in recent years created a dedicated Craft Cider Tent, sponsored this year by local cider-supporter Oliver’s Market, where fair-goers can discover the incredible range of possibilities made from apples and yeast. Newcomers to the Tent this year are Gravitude (Ethic Ciders), Sur la Mer (Drew Wines), and Eye Cider (Radio-Coteau). To celebrate this year’s theme “In Praise of Pollinators”, Tilted Shed Ciderworks has made a limited run of Gravenstein single varietal cider bottle conditioned with a dosage of honey from local producer Monte-Bellaria de California. Also on hand will be ciders from Sonoma Cider, Horse & Plow, Dutton Estate, Gowan Heirloom Cider, 101 Ciderhouse, Ace Cider, Wind Gap Wines, Apple-Garden Farm, Specific Gravity/Nana Mae’s, Golden State/Devoto Cider, Troy Cider, and Coturri Winery.

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Plenty of refreshing drink choices at this year’s Fair by Laura Hagar Rush Sonoma West Times & News The best places to beat the heat at the Gravenstein Apple Fair—and try some of Sonoma County’s artisanal delights—are the wine, microbrew & craft cider tents and the Artisan Tasting Lounge. Tickets for the Artisan Tasting Lounge, which offers tastes of libations paired with small bites are $20 at the Lounge, which is located in a beautiful setting under an expansive oak tree. Before you hit the other beverage tents, laid out similar to a casual biergarten, you’ll need to pick up drink tickets at the red & white alcohol ticket booth at the center of the fair. Drink tickets are $6 and are good for a glass of wine, beer or cider. (For an additional $3 you can also get a souvenir wine glass). Inside the Beverage Tent: Wine, Beer, and Cider Galore Mem Pozzi, organizer of the wine tent, is excited about the wines that dozens of local wineries have donated for the occasion. “The wineries have been so generous. Everybody we’ve asked has said yes, and they’ve really gone out of their way to help us. It’s so heartening that they want to be involved in this little community fair.” You’ll find a broad range of traditional wines from some of the most celebrated labels in the industry, ranging from well known producers like KendallJackson & Korbel to smaller boutique producers like Kistler and DuMol. Wine is served by the glass, though Pozzi says she’s happy to let you try a taste before you buy. Given that this is the Russian River Valley, expect

Gravensteins are the main item at the fair but there is also plenty of hops, honey, spirits and wine — plus chefprepared food pairings. Above Kendall Jackson chef Justin Wangler is shown at last year’s Artisan Tasting.

enjoy,” Pozzi says. Samantha Harmon, who organized the microbrews, is pleased to have both established breweries, like Bear Republic Brewing and Moonlight Brewing, as well as relative newcomers like Crooked Goat Brewing, HenHouse Brewing and Woodfour Brewing. “I’m really excited about our selection, which showcase the quality of our producers here in Sonoma County” she says. Moonlight Brewing will be pouring its famous Death & Taxes black beer as well as a seasonal beer called Change of Heart Apricot beer. Crooked Goat will be pouring its West Coast IPA, Ibex, and a honey wheat ale, called Bee Beard, which is fermented with orange blossom honey. Woodfour will be pouring Gold Ridge Lager, Bohemian Nectar saison-style beer, and its spontaneously fermented Sour Farmhouse. Lagunitas’ beer truck will once again be on site, staffed by the Sebastopol Grange and the Farmers Guild. Be sure to tip your beertender to support these organizations. Golden State Cider will bring ample kegs of their spectacular ciders for their dedicated cider booth. Proceeds from all alcohol sales go to Farm Trails, which is an immense gift to the non-profit and reflects our very generous community of producers.

lots of silky Pinots and apple-bright Chardonnays. Look for Chardonnays from Kistler, MacRostie, Rodney Strong, Taft Street, Chasseur Wines, and Sonoma Cutrer; Pinot Noirs from Iron Horse, Sonoma Cutrer, Rodney Strong and more. Duckhorn and Toad Hollow are bringing Merlot, while Mauritson is proInside the Kendall-Jackson viding Zinfandel. You’ll also find a variety of other Artisan Tasting Lounge wines from Arrowood, Coppola, Davis Family Wines, What do you get for your $20 ticket to the Artisan Martin Ray, Cline, Ferrari-Carano, Martinelli, Truett Hurst, Kendall Jackson, Preston, Dutton Estate, Tasting Lounge (ATL)? Quite a lot it turns out. The Dutton Goldfield, Atwood Ranch, Balletto, tent offers tastings of libations paired with matching appetizers prepared by local chefs. Woodenhead and more. “We’ll have a broad range of varietals—reds, See REFRESHING on page 26 whites, and rosés—so anyone can find a wine they’ll

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Harmony Farm’s Do-It-Yourself Arena delivers Sponsored by Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery, the DIY Arena will showcase experts sharing homesteading skills, tips and activities. Fairgoers of any age will have the opportunity to learn by experience with several hands-on activities engaging hands & feet. Renowned basket weaver, Charlie Kennard, a student of California Indian and European techniques, will kick of the day Saturday with a brief presentation on alternative beehives, followed by an all-day skep weaving demonstration, using native grass and traditional tools. Folks can watch & learn and try their hand at this antique craft. Miguel Elliot of Living Earth Structures will build a small beehiveshaped cob oven out of mud, sand and straw. Attendees can help with the process, using their feet to create the cob. April Owens of the Habitat Corridor Project will cover how to bring biodiversity back by using California native plants and designing residential landscapes with habitat friendly design elements of food, cover and water. Alisha Reyes of Fiber Circle Studio will offer a fiber arts intro where fairgoers can witness and feel the process-

es (carding, spinning, felting, dyeing, knitting, weaving, etc.) by which raw wool turns into finished pieces of art, clothing or decor. Finishing the day off, Scott Heath of Titled Shed Ciderworks will guide attendees through the basics of DIY cider, including apple varieties, setup, pressing, yeast selection, fermentation, blending, and bottling. On Sunday, Jennifer Harris will lead a workshop she calls “Ferment Like a Viking: Making Mead & Cyser,” demonstrating low-tech methods for making these ancient beverages, which folks can easily do at home. Sarah Keiser, of Wild Oat Hollow Farm, will lead attendees in the hands-on activity of felting Soap Cauldron soap with her farm’s wool, which they can take home to use as exfoliants for luxurious baths or for scrubbing off dirt after gardening. Herbalist Colleen Bingham will explore the many benefits of bee-made ingredients. Participants will learn how to make their own salves, masks and syrups. Finally, Flower farmer Chris Jaster will demonstrate how to make his favorite compost tea recipes and share some of his secrets for bee-friendly gardening.

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American Ag Credit Kids Area is the Bee’s Knees The Kids Area engages children in a plethora of hands-on activities. American Ag Credit is the primary sponsor, and in “staying true to our roots and supporting the future of agriculture, we will have the SonomaMarin Young Farmers & Ranchers run our Kid Power Pedal Tractor Pulls,” explained Summer Jeffus, of Ag Credit. Donna Stusser, member of the Apple Core and early childhood teacher at Summerfield Waldorf School, is again spearheading the arts and crafts activities, which are available for free all day. “The crafts will be nature centered and locally sourced. The flowers for the flower crowns are from Singing Frogs Farms and the Ceres Garden pollinator rows, which we thin for them,” said Stusser. The collective and collaborative seed mural will return this year, enabling kids to work together, throughout the fair, to create a large mural of legumes, grains and seeds donated by Harmony and Andy’s Produce. Kids will be taught to make felted butterflies on sticks with dyed wool from Hazel Flett of Bodega Pastures. They can also create seed balls, mixing mud and seeds into a ball, which they can take home to sprout pollinator friendly native plants in their yards.

Other attractions include stilt walkers, a hay maze, farm animals, puppet shows, sing-alongs, giant bubbles, and rides on an electric wheelbarrow or in a carriage behind draft horses. Circus Waldissima will perform both days at 1:30pm, and their act is sure to

Free Activities for Kids: Arts & Crafts • Blacksmith Demonstrations • Bubbles & Balloon Animals • Demonstration Beehive • Electric Wheelbarrow Rides ($2) • Farm Animals • Hay Maze • Honey Bee Exhibit & Games • Horse Drawn Carriage Rides ($5) • Hula Hoop Station • Old Engine Tractor Display • Pollination Simulation Activity • Stilt Walkers • Tractor Pedal Pull

be thrilling for all ages. There are also kid-centric vendors and exhibitors, such as Circle of Hands, Little Helpers, Painting Garden, Holistic Hooping, Kritter Klips, Frank’s Darts, Truth’s Dolls, face painting, and henna designs.

Sonoma State University and Sonoma County Beekeepers will also have bee-themed kids activities. Finally, there are the pie eating, apple juggling and caramel apple eating contests each day. Sign up early at the Info Booth.

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Healdsburg’s SHED is sponsoring a tasty Chef Tent lineup This is Sonoma County, home of numerous inventive chefs who all revel in the local bounty of seasonal fruits, vegetables, herbs, cheeses and more. Six of these chefs are being showcased this year under the Chef ’s Tent sponsored by Healdsburg’s SHED. Each chef will prepare his or her dish on site, offering entertaining and instructive comments and anecdotes along the way. And, of course, there will be tastings. Even better, you get to take the recipes home with you. Saturday’s lineup begins with Three Leaves Food’s Rob Hogencamp. Formerly of Sebastopol’s Ceres Project, Hogencamp is now focused on preparing weekly chef-prepared menus for inhome meals. The program is very similar to a farm’s CSA program with rotating menus of locally-sourced, nutritious, pre-made meals. (Visit www.threeleavesfoods.com for more information.) Hogencamp will be making an apple-celery kimchi salad, with a Kimchi-making demonstration. F r o m F o r e s t v i l l e ’s Rob Hogencamp Backyard, a community-focused

restaurant that partners with local orchards, farms, ranchers, foragers and fisherman, chef-owner Marianna Gardenhire will be preparing Loukoumades, a Greek fried dough that is dipped in honey “These are addicting and always a huge hit at Greek festivals,” says Marianna. “I will be adding Gravenstein apples to the dough, as well as a bit on top, then dipping them into wild honey.” Gardenhire attended The Culinary Institute of America in St. H e l e n a , California. Over the next few Marianna Gardenhire years, she established herself as an executive pastry chef at The General’s Daughter in Sonoma and at Cafe Rouge in Berkeley and P/30 in Sebastopol. With a leap of faith (and a ton of love and support) she opened Backyard, in 2012, with her co owner and husband, Chef Daniel Kedan. Together they strive to bring the bounties of their surroundings to every dish. At 3 p.m. on Sunday chef Mateo Granados will return to the

Gravenstein Fair with another offering from his broad kitchen palette that i s grounded in his Yucatan heritage. He will making Gravenstein apple and Shishito pepper salad with Petrale sole. Mateo honed his signature style at Sonoma County Farmers’ Markets, starting simply after years in fine dining by selling Yucatan Tamales from his grandmother’s secret recipe. He continues to do some limited private catering after opening his popular Mateo’s Cocina Latina in downtown Healdsburg and has been at the helm for the past eight years. Donna del Ray has been coordinating the Chef ’s Tent for the Gravenstein Fair for the last couple of years said “the great thing about the Chef’s Tent is that it is set up for people to come back and they often do.” The tent can be Mateo Granados so packed that it

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provides standing-room only. “It also provides some shade,” she added. “And that’s nice.” And, “everyone gets a tasting. That’s the best part. And, it’s a nice, generous portion.” Recipes of each dish will also be available for people to try at home. “That’s the whole point of the event...” Del Rey said. “to encourage people to cook with the Gravenstein at home.” On Sunday, chef and book author Michele Anna Jordan will prepare her Spicy Gravenstein Chowder, a savory soup that Continued on next page

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Regional chefs continue to be inspired by the tastes of the Gravenstein apple combines local Gravs with Redwood Hill Farm Goat Cheddar, chipotles, and smoked ham hocks. The soup will be garnished with apple remoulade, which Jordan will also prepare. After the demo, Jordan will be in the Michele Anna Artisan Tent, servJordan ing confit of local quail with apple remoulade and apple cider vinegar glaze. On Saturday from 2:30 to 5:30, Jordan will serve Apple-Peach Compote with Bellwether Crescenza in the Artisan Tasting Lounge. Following her demonstration and during her time in the Artisan Tent, Jordan will have several of her current books available for purchase. Fairgoers are also invited to bring their own copies for signing if they'd like. Following Jordan at 1:30 p.m. will be Natalie Goble, chef and co-owner of Handline restaurant located in Sebastopol. Goble will making an apple fennel soup with walnut crumb and wild fennel pollen. (She will also be offering other creations during the fair at the Artisan Tasting Lounge.

Goble began her restaurant career in the front of the house while in high school, and after graduating from UC Santa Cruz became the farmer for her family’s Two Belly Acres organic farm in Sebastopol. Natalie Goble What began with Goble supplying fresh, organic ingredients to Peter Lowell’s restaurant—the nine year old West Sonoma County organic eatery that specializes in local, sustainably-produced ingredients—became one of the original farmer-restaurant relationships in the region. Perry Hoffman, executive chef at Healdsburg SHED will take his featured place under the Chef Tent’s mirrored stove and counter on Sunday at 3 p.m. A Napa Valley native, Perry grew up in fine dining wine country Perry Hoffman kitchens, as his grandparents Sally

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and Don Schmitt were the original owners of The French Laundry in Yountville. At SHED, his culinary focus is showcasing the links between responsible farming, ingredient-driven cooking, and flavorful food. Here’s a sample recipe from this year’s Chef’s Tent provided by Perry Hoffman, of Healdsburg SHED. Trout Tartare with Gravenstein Apple Salsa, Farro Verde, Summer Herbs Serves 6 Trout 1 lb trout filet, bones and skin removed and discarded, small dice 1 tbsp SHED lemon salt 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 cup cooked farro verde Mill all ingredients together. Apple Salsa 3 tbsp shallots, brunoise 3 tbsp lemon juice 3 tbsp chives, minced 2 tbsp tarragon, minced 2 cups Gravenstein apples, brunoise 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 to 3 hot chilis of choice (such as serrano or spicy padrón), brunoise In a small bowl, add shallots, lemon juice, and salt. Mix and let stand for 10 minutes. Add in all other ingredients and mix well. Garnish Small handful of summer herbs and flowers (such as basil, cilantro, borage, oregano, or nasturtiums) 1 tsp SHED lemon salt

On the plate or bowl desired, place the tartare/farro mixture down. Spoon over the apple salsa and garnish with herbs and flowers. Sprinkle a touch of SHED lemon salt over the dish. Enjoy as is, or serve with cucumber slices or lettuce leaves.

The SHED’s personal farm trail The SHED is a story about a couple’s personal farm trail. Twenty years ago Doug Lipton and Cindy Daniel moved to Healdsburg to raise their children and start a farm. In 2013, they opened SHED in downtown Healdsburg, referred to by many as a modern Grange where you can find farm implements, a grain milling facility, a cafe, fermentation bar and a continuous series of public events mostly focused on sustainable practices, enjoyment of art and jazz and the sharing of the original agrarian principles that brought Doug and Cindy along their farm trail to the place they are now. As they say, “gather, share and learn with us.”

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Whole Foods, North Coast stages offering two days of sweet, tart music From funk to zydeco, Cuban, original rock, cowboy songs, western swing, Americana, a little Cajun and back to gospel again, this year’s musical lineup at the Gravenstein Apple Fair truly has something for everyone. Local favorites Con Brio, The Sam Chase & the Untraditional and Joe Craven will be performing on the Whole Foods and North Coast stages over the weekend. Back for repeat performances from previous years are Tom Rigney and Flambeaux, Gator Nation, Solid Air and Scott Gerber. In keeping with the Fair’s pollinator theme, Royal Jelly Jive, a multi-genre ensemble with bee-like eneries that gets the crowd buzzing will perform Saturday at 2 p.m. The band has a cabaret sensibility but adds rock, funk and soul to their music as well. Also playing Saturday is one of Kevin Russell’s bands, the Western Swing Caravan featuring Bobby Black, followed by Fito Reinoso, a Cuban musician who has lived in the Bay Area for many years. Reinoso and his percussion ensemble specialize in the Cuban cha-cha-cha rhythms and “timba” music. Black is familiar to local music fans for his past appearances at folk and country music gatherings at the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center. French Oak Gypsy Band will liven up Saturday afternoon with their fresh spin on a bygone era of swing. Joe Craven will play with a few “friends” on the North Coast stage Saturday, offering a mix of musical styles, stories and audience participation. Gator Nation, a band that has been performing in and around Sebastopol for almost three decades will keep it lively with their mix of cajun and zydeco songs that they add some electric rock and jazz flavors to.

Also back for a second year and opening the stage on Saturday morning is the Simmons Family Band, a Northern California-based family group that plays an eclectic blend of traditional, gospel, and early American music with strong influences coming from bluegrass, oldtime, folk, and Celtic genres. Closing the Whole Foods Stage on Saturday will be a special performance honoring the Fair’s annual theme of pollinators. Be sure to join in on the the Balkan Bee Dance Ritual by Gradina at 5:30. On Sunday, Con Brio, a funk, soul and rock band — and a whole lot more — will make its first appearance at the Fair. They are from San Continued on next page

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Saturday, August 12 TIME.................. ACT/EVENT ...................................................................STAGE 10:00 a.m..........Simmons Family Band ...............................North Coast Stage 11:00 a.m.......... Western Swing Caravan w/ Bobby Black ...Whole Foods Stage 12:00 p.m. ........Frenck Oak Gypsy Band ............................ North Coast Stage 1:00 p.m............Fito Reinoso ............................................. Whole Foods Stage 2:00 p.m............Royal Jelly Jive........................................... North Coast Stage 3:00 p.m............Gator Nation .............................................Whole Foods Stage 4:00 p.m............Joe Craven & Friends................................. North Coast Stage 5:30 p.m. ..........Baltic Bee Dance Ritual w/Melissae Ensemble . North Coast Stage

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Sunday, August 13 TIME.................. ACT/EVENT ...................................................................STAGE 10:00 a.m..........Love Choir w/ Scott Gerber .......................Whole Foods Stage 11:30 a.m..........Batacha Sextet ............................................North Coast Stage 12:30 p.m..........Linda Tillery & Cultural Heritage Choir ......Whole Foods Stage 1:30 p.m............Solid Air.......................................................North Coast Stage 2:30 p.m............Con Brio.....................................................Whole Foods Stage 3:30 p.m............Tom Rigney & Flambeaux ...........................North Coast Stage 4:30 p.m............The Sam Chase & the Untradtional .........Whole Foods Stage 5:30 p.m............Hubbub Club..............................................Whole Foods Stage

Farm Trails friendly music comes in all kinds of rhythms and genres From page 22 Francisco but have toured internationally and are assured of getting the dance floor happening. Sebastopol’s own Love Choir, a 50voice strong true communal project, will open the music on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. The choir is led by Jim Corbett, better known as “Mr. Music” and the founder of Peace Town that has been growing in Sebastopol’s Ives Park on summer Wednesday nights. They will be joined Sunday morning by Scott Gerber. Another Bay Area favorite, Linda Tillery and her Cultural Heritage Choir will be performing at 12:30 p.m.

on Sunday. Performing together since 1992, the Cultural Heritage Choir creates dynamic rhythms and sparkling energy on stage. They play AfricanAmerican roots music. Their music is rooted in the Deep South and strongly connected to their West African and Caribbean origins. Fiddle wizard Tom Rigney has been a part of the San Francisco roots music scene fore 35 years, beginning his career as the leader of The Sundogs and heading his newer ensemble Flambeaux for the last 20 years. For a few years Rigney played with Queen Ida’s Bon Temps Zydeco Band. The Sam Chase & the Untraditional play rock-tinged folk or Americana

music — but with an attitude and voice jokingly described “like a Nun on the lam with a mouthful cigarettes and curse words in a lonely bar, drunkenly dancing next to a broken jukebox.” Forestville’s Joel Bennett will lead his Cuban-influenced group named Batacha Sextet, which means “good times.” The sextet likes to get people dancing to their salsa and Caribbean tunes and rhythms. The Sunday finale will be the Hubbub Club, another communal or tribal ensemble of western Sonoma County musicians, first originated in Graton. There is no addtional admission for the musical performances.

The Hubbub Club band plays Sunday at 5:30 on the Whole Foods Stage

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Farm Trails aims to minimize impact and increase sustainability initiatives by Amie Windsor Sonoma West Times & News In effort to better align with its goals, the Fair is taking the next step towards reducing the amount of waste produced by the annual festival. “We are very committed to sustainability at Farm Trails, and that includes the greening of GAF,” said Carmen Snyder, ED of Farm Trails. “We aim to become a Zero Waste event in upcoming years. The phase we’re initiating this year is composting. We’re super excited to have Pam Davis on board as our ‘Green Guru’ and are delighted that Alan and Shelley Siegle of Sonoma Compost have also joined our team as sponsors and advisers.” Siegle anticipates that as much as 50 percent of the total waste could be diverted from landfill by composting efforts. This year, fair goers should expect a change in the way waste is handled. Instead of finding multiple trash and recycling receptacles placed throughout the festival, there will be strategically placed waste stations for compost, trash and recycling located near the two major food vending and eating areas. Sonoma Compost has created a plan for collecting the compost and will deliver it to pigs at two local farms,

Farm Trails is launching a multi-year effort to reduce the carbon footprint of the estimated 14,000 people that will visit the Gravenstein Fair this weekend and over future years. Sonoma Compost and others are joining the effort to “go green.” This year’s attendees who ride a bicycle will get a $3 ticket discount.

Split Rail Family Farms & Victorian Farmstead. “It’s important to have the waste

stations staffed,” said Pam Davis. “Volunteers will be able to help people put their discards in the right place.”

Davis is a self-dubbed “garbage girl” who has worked with Sonoma Compost, North Bay Corporation’s Redwood Empire Disposal and C&S Waste Solutions. “I suggested we go nice and slow and pick the low hanging fruit first,” Davis said. The fair will eventually require vendors to serve food and drink in recyclable and compostable materials. Davis said the effort could take a while but shouldn’t come as a major shock to most vendors. For the last few years, Hydrologic has provided on-site filtered water stations, and they will add new ones this year, for a total of four throughout the fair. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own water bottles, or to purchase them at the Fair souvenir booth near Gate 1. Additional efforts to reduce environmental impact include the cyclist discount—if you bike to the Fair, you get $3 off gate admission. Snyder said, “We’ve also ordered bulk glasses for cider, wine and beer that can be purchased very affordably (only $3 each) at our libation tents. Besides avoiding plastic and enjoying the enhanced experience of drinking out of glass, you get to take home a cute Gravenstein Apple Fair memento to use for years to come.”

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From Page 17 Jackson Family Wines will be pouring some of their best Sonoma County wines: Matanzas Creek Sauvignon Blanc, Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Sonoma County Rosé, La Crema Russian River Valley Chardonnay, Siduri Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, and Arrowood Knights Valley Cabernet. Uber local craft ciders are featured as well, with eight boutique cider makers pouring their favorite creations. Look for Cotturi Cider, Devoto Cider, Dutton Estate Cider, Ethic Cider, Radio Coteau, Nana Mae's, Tilted Shed Ciderworks, and Waterhouse Cider Co. Two beer producers will also join the ATL—Moonlight Brewing Company and Fogbelt Brewing Company, who source from & celebrate local hops farmers. In honor of this year’s pollinator theme, Spirits Works Distillery is mixing a specialty cocktail , the “Bee’s Knees,” which features their Barrel Gin, honey simple syrup, & lemon juice. Speaking of honey, Heidrun Meadery will be presenting two dry, naturally sparkling meads, which they make using the traditional French Methode Champenoise. Champagnestyle meads are light, dry and refreshing and showcase the delicate and exotic floral characteristics derived from the single-varietal honeys from which they are produced. You can also try two summer sippers from Sonoma Aperitif, which are seasonal, wine-based aperitifs, fortified

with vodka and infused with fruit, herbs and flowers. Finally, for those interested in non-alcoholic beverages, the Nectary will be serving up a refreshing jun tonic fermented with tea & honey, and the Kefiry will pour Hibiscus Tea & Gravenstein Apple Spice kefir. Fresh pressed Gravenstein apple juice will also be offered. Our region is renowned for artisan foods, and this venue showcases an array of them from Farm Trails members. Cheese famously pairs well with wine and cider, and the following delectable cheeses will be sampled over the course of the weekend: Bohemian Creamery, Moonside Creamery, Redwood Hill, Tomales Farmstead Creamery, and Valley Ford Cheese Co. Tierra Vegetables’ chile jam and olives from Preston Farm & Winery are also a delicious accompaniment, along with Nightingale Breads, Monte-Bellaria di California olive oil, and honey from Beekind. Select restaurants will offer bites: you’ll be amazed by Backyard’s charcuterie and house-made ferments & pickles, Handline’s ceviche, and the Union Hotel’s famed bruschetta & minipizettes. Victorian Farmstead will bring artisan meats, and Foggy River Farm is sending samples of vibrant organic produce, fresh off the farm. Kendall-Jackson’s Executive Chef Justin Wangler will serve up a Gravenstein apple & Chardonnay slushie to help you beat the heat. For something even sweeter, Firefly Chocolate will be there offering tastes of their fair trade chocolate.

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