Help Save Soul Food Farm!

Fire Wipes Out California Farm–Local Foodies Can Help Them Rebuild

On September 3, Alexis and Eric Koefoed woke up to a raging fire in the pastures of their farm in Vacaville, CA. They lost 1,000 chicks, several structures, and over half their lush pasture. Soul Food’s chickens and eggs are served at many fine Bay Area restaurants, cafes, and bakeries. Their insurance coverage is not going to get them through this, and the food and farming communities here have really rallied to help the farm get back on its feet. The next 10 days represent a final — and very urgent — fundraising push before the two weeks roll around in which the farm will have no income because of the lost birds. Here’s how you can help.

AUCTION: Through Oct. 10, you can bid online on many incredible prizes, from Soul food Farm baby chicks to start your own backyard laying flock, to an Michael Pollan “Omnivore’s Delight” package, dinner in Chez Panisse’s downstairs kitchen, eco-fabulous bone jewelry, skateboarding gear, a pitch lunch with the editor of Chronicle Books cooking division, portrait services, private chef dinners, and much much more. Winners will be announced Oct. 11 at Pizzaiolo event below; you do not have to be present to win.
Catalog and bidding link: http://soulfoodfarm.com/blog/2009/09/auction/

RAFFLE: Literally dozens of $100 and $50 gift certificates to the Bay Area’s best restaurants, signed cookbooks, gift baskets, and much more. Winners drawn at Oct. 11 at Pizzaiolo event below; you do not have to be present to win. Tickets are only $5, or 5 for $20. http://soulfoodfarm.com/blog/2009/09/raffle/

PARTY AT PIZZAIOLO: 5008 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, Oct 11, 1-5 pm.

http://soulfoodfarm.com/blog/2009/09/pizzaiolo/

For just $14 (includes one free raffle ticket!), guests can:

* enjoy fine wine donated by Folio, Schug, Cakebread, Verge, Kendric Vineyards, Larkmead, Havens, Rock Creek, and others
* snack on hors d’ouevre and sweets made by chefs and cooks from Chez Panisse, Pizzaiolo, Lalime’s, Oliveto, Bar Tartine, Bakesale Betty, Ici Ice Cream, and other volunteers using produce donated by Full Belly Farm, meats from Devil’s Gulch Ranch, Becker Lane Pork and Prather Ranch, and cured meats and patés from Fatted Calf and Salumaio Christopher Lee
* listen to live Brazilian and folk music

Also:
Soul Food Farm CSA launching next week: Find out how you can pick up the Bay Area’s best chicken and eggs from two convenient biweekly SF and East Bay locations! Or pick up from the farm in Vacaville.

Here is the link to CSA info: http://www.soulfoodfarm.com/csa_faq.html

Visit the Soul Food Farm website here. Check out their Soul Food blog here.

Be a Hero of Sustainable Agriculture, please help this small farm rebuild by bidding on the auction items! Please note, this picture is not of the acutal fire, I am taking creative liberties here because I do not (at least not yet) have Soul Food Farm pix. But, you get the idea…it was blazing hot and it ruined everything they held dear.–Kimberly