Local beer and food pairings to be featured at the Hops ‘n’ Harvest Celebration
(Oakland, Calif.) October 23, 2013 —Great craft beer has always been a perfect match for great food. On Saturday, Nov 9th at the Hops ‘n’ Harvest Festival, Bison Organic Beer will be teaming up with local food vendors to showcase a flavor-packed array of food & organic beer pairings.
Hops
‘n’ Harvest is a celebration of harvest and the partnership between the Victory
Garden Foundation Now harvested, it serves as a special batch
of Bison’s Hop Cuvee, appropriately dubbed the Oakland Hops Harvest Ale. Sample
it – and learn to brew beer – on Saturday, November 9th from 1 – 5
pm in the gardens at 5316 Telegraph Avenue. Outside the festival facility for
Hops ‘n’ Harvest attendees and the community will have many locally-sourced food options. These will include:
and Bison Organic Beer. This spring, the organic brewer planted Cascade Hops locally throughout Oakland - much of it in the Peoples Victory Gardens in the Temescal neighborhood and at Lake Merritt.
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| Rosamunde Sausage |
Rosamunde
Sausage Grill, a San Francisco sausage-and-craft-beer
restaurant, opened their East Bay version (911 Washington St., Oakland,
510-338-3108, RosamundeSausageGrill.com)
in Swan's Market.
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| Fist of Flour Pizza |
Fist
of Flour Pizza Company, located in Oakland is all about
keeping it local, fresh and tasty. Their mobile oven will be fired up to serve
attendees and the local community. wheresthefist.com
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| Onigilly Japanese Restaurant |
As part of the festivities,
in the garden area; attendees will be treated to a hearty garden harvest soup
presented by volunteers of Victory Garden Foundation’s Stone Soup Saturday
program. This program was launched in 2012 as a pilot at the Phat Beets Produce
Farmer’s Market and has subsequently moved to team up with the Peoples Victory
Garden program at the Telegraph Community Center.
Hops
‘n’ Harvest is a festival with music, entertainment,
education and fun for all ages; garden games
and activities; brewing demos and a beer tasting by Bison Organic Beers; garden
workshops, information seminars and products by local experts and vendors; harvested,
garden-fresh refreshments and more!
Hops
‘n’ Harvest is an opportunity to give back to the
community by supporting the work of the Victory Garden Foundation. That work is grounded in improving the
quality of life for people in and around the garden. Your donation benefits its essential garden
programs and is tax deductible.
Tickets
are available at www.victorygardenfoundation.org
or by calling 800.971.6620. Advance
tickets - $10 adults, $5 students/children (under 12 is FREE). Day of Event - $15 adults, $5
students/children (under 12 is FREE)
WHAT: Hops ‘n’ Harvest
A fundraising festival celebrating the Victory
Garden Foundation’s Peoples Victory Garden Program
WHEN: Saturday, November 9th
from 1 pm – 5 pm
WHERE: Peoples
Victory Garden @ Telegraph Center
5316
Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609
TICKETS: Go
to www.VictoryGardenFoundation.org
or call 800.971.6620
Advanced Donation $10 adults, $5 children/students, under age 12 is
FREE
At
the door - $15 adults, $5 children/students, under age 12 is FREE
Founded in 2008 by Victory V. Lee, Victory Garden
Foundation began as an Oakland CA neighborhood grassroots movement founded in
the spirit of the historical Victory Garden movement of the 1940’s.
Incorporated and receiving its nonprofit status in 2009, the Victory Garden
Foundation Inc (VGF) mission is simple: Encourage people to grow their own food
at and near home! VGF has a hands-on relationship with people in East Bay CA
while reaching out globally throughout the Internet to others to inspire them
to grow food at and near home. Be part of the Victory! Information is shared
with the community of all ages and level of edible gardening knowledge at VGF’s
websites: www.VictoryGardenFoundation.org;
www.PeoplesVictoryGarden.org;
www.BarrettsWorld.com; www.LorinStationCropSwap.org;
Facebook pages: VictoryGardenFoundation; PeoplesVictoryGarden4U and Twitter:
VictoryGarden2U; TheVictoryPatch; PVGarden
The goals of VGF are to
support the growth of food at home through connecting and sharing with
individuals through the sustainable growth and harvest of Victory Gardens in communities
throughout the East Bay California and beyond. VGF is committed to achieving
these goals through education and outreach, financial and technical assistance,
mentoring, and advocacy through the Internet, workshops, and hands-on
participation. The Victory Garden Foundation Inc is a non-profit public
community-benefit (501c3) organization Tax ID# 27-0598299.
