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Third Annual Urban Ag Fest

Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PT)

Sacramento, CA

Third Annual Urban Ag Fest

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Early bird
Discount ends May 15th
Ended $75.00 $4.74
Appetizer Reception
Pre event appetizer reception.
Ended $25.00 $2.24
Full Price Ended $85.00 $5.24
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Event Details

Slow Food Sacramento presents the third annual

Common Table: Urban Ag Fest: June 18, 2011

Our annual fundraiser promotes urban agriculture in Sacramento and benefits a partner in our effort to bring good, clean, fair food to all.

This year’s beneficiary is Plates Café and Catering, a project of St. John’s Shelter for Women and Children. Plates trains formerly homeless women to cook and cater and helps place its graduates in related employment. Slow Food Sacramento is raising money for a garden at Plates that will provide fresh vegetables to the Café and Shelter and will teach related gardening skills. Read more at http://www.eatatplates.com/ Bobbin Mulvaney was recognized by Congresswoman Matsui as one of the 1,000 points of light for her work with Plates. http://www.stjohnsshelter.org/

The Event: This year’s Urban Ag Fest begins with an optional Reception ($25/person) at 4 p.m. featuring Urban Ag 101: Grow Your Own Groceries. Experienced, enthusiastic urban agronomists will demonstrate beekeeping, chicken raising, raised vegetable beds, food preservation, how to share your excess produce through Sacramento Harvest, and more. You can do it! We have paired the demonstrations with wine and fresh, ultra-local appetizers. Eat, sip, and learn with the experts.

The Dinner: ($75/person before May 15 and $85/person after May 15) begins at 6 p.m. It will be a white tablecloth affair catered dinner by Plates Café & Catering. Chef Stuart Edgecombe and Bobbin Mulvaney, of Mulvaney’s B&L, have teamed up to create a menu full of sunshine and America’s best summer food traditions.

The evening also includes a live auction with the opportunity to bid on food, cooking, and dining related items. Bring the experts to your home, visit them at their homes, ride along on a restaurant review, enjoy the generosity and skill of the best of Sacramento’s finest good food enthusiasts.

Our sponsors: The financial support of these firms have made this event possible

Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood LLP • Jacobsen & McElroy PC • Kenyon Yeates LLP • Kershaw, Cutter, Ratinoff LLP •

Tickets are limited. This event will sell out. All proceeds benefit the garden project at Plates Café & Catering.  Sorry, no refunds.


When & Where



Plates Cafe and Catering
14 Business Park Way Building 149
Sacramento, CA 95828

Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PT)


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Slow Food Sacramento



Slow Food Sacramento is the Sacramento region's convivium, or chapter, of Slow Food USA. We are an active chapter that hosts a wide range of educational and convivial events throughout the year to introduce you to the producers and creators of some of the region's outstanding foods, farms, and restaurants. You'll meet the leaders who champion locally and sustainably produced vegetables, fruits, wines, meats, and cheeses. You'll become part of a network to improve access to good, clean, and fair food for all in the Sacramento region.