MENDOCINO Co., 3/1/17 — “Together, we are the local food revolution,” said the Mendocino Grain Project’s heritage grain farmer Doug Mosel, who received a raucous round of applause from the chapel full of local farmers gathered at the 5th annual North Coast Farmers Convergence at Ridgewood Ranch. The hundred and fifty attendees, including farmers, food advocates, retail food buyers, and a diverse group of local food enthusiasts, came together this week to cross-pollinate and build inter-generational connections with talk of seed saving, crop planning, financial sustainability, and politics in the North Coast foodshed.
The Farmers Convergence, hosted by North Coast Opportunities (NCO), provides a day-long event for those involved in the local foodshed from Marin to Humboldt to share expertise between like-minded farmers, buyers, and activists. Talks this Tuesday included pragmatic workshops on farm accounting and seed saving, but also took on more complicated topics such as how to increase purchases of locally grown food in Mendocino itself, and how a more regulated cannabis market might impact local food producers. How the Mendo-Lake Food Hub expand to better connect farmers with consumers, and how farmers can find their market niches, addressed by keynote speaker Dina Izzo, were also important topics throughout the day.
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