GRUB Chico

This spring, explore your Local Foodshed through a series of Chico Area farm tours.

Butte County is lucky to have so much good food grown and produced in this area.  During a series of 2 hour tours of 5 farms in our local foodshed, you will grow a greater understanding from where your food comes and why these farmers and producers work so hard to bring it to our tables.

Chaffin Family Orchards – May 15
Miller’s Bake House – May 22
Pyramid Farms – June 5
Massa Organics – June 12
GRUB (tour and picnic) – June 26

The series will conclude at the GRUB farm with a picnic after the tour that Slow Food members will create with the delicious foods from the farms we visited.

Pre-register at grubchico.org or by calling Stephanie at 354-1646.

It is $15 per tour or meal or $75 package deal for all.
Kids under 6 free, 6 and over $8.

Come see the extent of the ravages brought about in our very own backyards by the desperate and totally disrespectful exploitation of non-ceonventional natural gas trapped in underground rock beds.  Projects are being studied to start drilling and “fracking” in Northern California.  Everyone needs to understand what this will mean before our precious surface and underground water supply gets poisoned.

Friday, Mar 11 – Gasland Documentary

7PM to 10PM at the GRUB Cooperative, 1525 Dayton Rd.

The film Gasland has been nominated for a 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary. This is a amazing film on Fracking (hydaulic fracturing) for natural gas and how it contaminates our groundwater supplies and devastates people’s lives.

Hello Friends!

This parade is a fund-raiser for the Chico Bicycle Music Festival.

I have checked the weather and will continue to give you updates as we get closer to the event.  Last year it was clear and in the 60’s for March 4th.  This is a rain or shine event.  We are ready to move it into the big room at the GRUB Cooperative.

Please come hungry because we are going to be baking fresh, local, organic pizza’s in our newly constructed Cob Oven.  Only $15 each.  A choice of garlic, pesto and tomato sauce, Sierra Nevada Cheese Company jack cheese and local veggies to top them off.

Beer from Sierra Nevada and Table wine for sale.
Come and enjoy our acts, music and laugh at Mini Merna.
Dance the night away with beats from Ayrian and The Rienforcements.

Can’t wait to see you here. Friday March 4th!!!!!

Peace, Love and Bicycles,
Sammey

For more information, check   SAMANTHA ZANGRILLI   FaceBook page.

On Sunday March 6, 2011
from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm

The Chico Permaculture Guild and GRUB are hosting our Second Annual Seed Swap at the GRUB Cooperative!  Open to all!  Bring seeds if you have some to share or come and see what others have to share with you!  It is recommended to bring your own envelopes (used ones cut in half work great!) and a pen. This event is free.

For more information, please…
visit www.GRUBChico.org
Call: (530) 354-1646
Email:  Stephanie@GRUBChico.org

As part of GRUB’s first three Organic Gardening Workshops this spring, come see an introduction to Beekeeping out on Dayton Road.  Each of GRUB’s workshops is $ 12.

On Sunday March 20th, 2011
From 1:30 until 3:30 pm
At GRUB Cooperative – 1525 Dayton Road, Chico.

Introduction to Beekeeping with Mike Wofchuck.   The bees are a-buzzing as the weather warms and the flowers bloom.  Come to this informative class to learn the basics on how to start and maintain a hive, with Chico beekeeper, Mike Wofchuck.   This introduction course will focus on lecture and Q&A.  No special equipment is needed, as we will not be opening a hive.

For more information, please…
visit www.GRUBChico.org
Call: (530) 354-1646
Email:  Stephanie@GRUBChico.org

To register, please send checks to GRUB and don’t forget to specify which workshop you would like to attend.