More on Shepard Farms

I just discovered the Shepard Farms website where you can get all the latest on their CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), special events and classes. How about this one: Pickle workshop with Julia Crookston of Bona Dea (the best pickles you've every tasted) on July 3rd at Shepard Farms from 11am-3pm. Sounds like fun..here's the link:
Shepard Farms website

Here are Michael Crookston and Patty Berns manning the "Pickle booth" at Shepard Farms recent open house. I bought the pickled carrots and the pickled turnips. (The pickled carrots were gone in less than a week)

A Taste of Shepard Farms

Last Saturday a crowd turned up to the open house at Shepard Farms in Carpinteria. Music, food, hayrides and farm animals, that's a combination sure to please anyone and it was a perfect day for a festival. Tom Shepard was there of course as well as Premier Pickler, Julia Crookston.  Michael Escobar was there with his portable wood-fired pizza oven baking up pizzas to order.

Chef Edie Robertson (congratulations to Edie for her win in the recent local BBQ contest!) was there cooking up vittles from the SB County kitchen on wheels along with Nancy Weiss, director of food service in Santa Barbara County Schools. Very exciting what she is doing, but more on that some other time. Enjoy the photos of this super fun event and be sure to check out Shepard Farms CSA, and their farm stand. Until next time, fill your garden with joy!
 (left) Patty Berns and Chef Julia Crookston














Chef Edie Robertson in portable kitchen (right) There were plenty of kids enjoying the sunshine, goats and baby chicks
Below is Mike Escobar with a coveted Fava Bean Pizza fresh out of the wood-burning oven on wheels.