Memorial Weekend in Wine Country
May 26, 27, 28 – Head to the vineyards!

Over 150 Oregon wineries are rolling open their cellar doors to celebrate spring. Discover new wineries or visit an old favorite, and savor the region’s acclaimed Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and other rarer wines. Enjoy a picnic, listen to live music, and don’t forget to bring the kids (really!). Fifty wineries are donating a portion of their proceeds to Ecotrust.

Plan your route: willamettewines.com

[Photo by Carole Topalian.]

Meet the Authors, Dig in Deeply

Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers’ Movement
Young farmer and writer extraordinaire Zoë Bradbury reads from this collection of young farmers’ essays, Greenhorns: 50 Dispatches from the New Farmers’ Movement. Read a Q&A with Zoë about what’s growing on her southern Oregon farm, and what the New Farmers’ Movement is all about.

TOMORROW! May 9 at Powell’s (7:30 pm)
May 10 at Equal Exchange (7 – 8:30 pm)

Pure Beef
Eastern Oregon author Lynne Curry shares her wealth of knowledge on how to cook grassfed beef in her tremendously handy and thorough new cookbook, Pure Beef.

May 12 at Pastaworks on Hawthorne (2 – 4 pm)

Don’t Miss These Readings at Ecotrust

Change Comes to Dinner
Katherine Gustafson traveled around the United States seeking hopeful working examples of how to build a more sustainable, satisfying, and fair food system. She documented her many stops, the people she met, and the solutions she uncovered in her new book, Change Comes to Dinner.

May 18 on the Ecotrust terrace (5:30 – 7 pm), RSVP: megan@food-hub.org

Food Fight 2012: Why the Farm Bill Matters to All of Us
Daniel Imhoff, acclaimed author of Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill, and Congressman Earl Blumenauer invite you to join them for a conversation on the Farm Bill, why it matters to you, and how you can get involved.

May 22 at Ecotrust (5:30 pm)

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