It’s that time of year again when Cindy Lashbrook and Bill Thompson open the gates to their biodiverse Organic Blueberry and Cherry farm. In celebration of the peak season of these fruits at their finest the “Pick & Gather” farm festival will be held on June 5th and 6th this year. Bring your family and friends because this by far is the BEST spring event going on here in California’s Central Valley!
The Pick & Gather weekend on the farm venue seems to improve every year thanks to a group of hardworking locavores that have brought together all things local, with the best of the valley from foods to musicians. The list is long of activities, entertainment, educational workshops, river fair and of course our tastey Hey Honey! Organic Lemonade will be there. Visit the P & G website & facebook page where you can get details, tickets and all the daily farm buzz!
Now I want to share a little about the farm….
Riverdance Farms is a simple, eco-friendly working organic farm hidden along the Merced River in Livingston, CA. It has been nurtured by some of our favorite local farmers who work with mother nature not against her, practicing permaculture principals. If you are unfamiliar with this farming technique here it is in short from Wikipedia…
“Permaculture aims to create stable, productive systems that provide for human needs, harmoniously integrating the land with its inhabitants. The ecological processes of plants, animals, their nutrient cycles, climatic factors and weather cycles are all part of the picture.”
Every visit I make to this farm takes my breath away with it’s unpretentious preservation of nature, if only all farmers could harness such beauty for us to appreciate or cared about the wellness of our farmlands with this much respect.
See you at the “Pick & Gather!”
