SBCFAN Booth Schedule

Friday, April 23

11:00 a.m. – Heirloom corn tortilla demo with Sweet Wheel Farms
Learn about heirloom corn and why these traditional varieties are important to our local food system. Leslie Person Ryan and Giselda Ortiz of Sweet Wheel Farms will walk you through the traditional way to make the very best corn tortillas.

11:30 a.m. – SBCFAN Discussions and Working Groups
Building a more resilient food system requires that all of us work together. Learn how you can connect and align with other food system actors to activate a food system project. Read more about SBCFAN Working Groups.

5:30 p.m. – 20 questions Edible Santa Barbara happy hour
Bring your beverage of choice and join Edible Santa Barbara publisher Krista Harris as she asks writer and cookbook author Pascale Beale as many questions as possible in this light-hearted and thought-provoking interview.

6:00 p.m. – Networking happy hour: nutrition education
Join SBCFAN’s Kayla Mallari, RDN, Susan Liles, RD, Emma Malina, Lacey Baldiviez, PhD and Lauren Thomas, RDN, as they discuss nutrition education efforts in Santa Barbara County and why whole foods farm-to-table nutrition is critical to public health, food justice, and building a more resilient food system.

Saturday, April 24

11:00 a.m. – Live from the Santa Barbara Certified Farmers Market
Join SBCFAN’s Katie Hershfelt and Santa Barbara Certified Farmers Market Association’s Sam Edelman as they introduce you to farmers – and the unique food they grow – from around the County.

5:30 p.m. – Networking happy hour: cooperative movements
Join Farmers Nate Siemens and Melissa Sorongon to discuss cooperative movements and the critical role they play in building food system resilience. Bring a beverage and mingle with farmers, foodies, and food system actors.

6:00 p.m. – SBCFAN happy hour: food system trivia
Grab your favorite beverage and join the SBCFAN team for food system trivia – the perfect way to close out Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival.

Main Stage Highlights

These are FAN recommended sessions not to miss. For the full lineup, visit the festival website. Times are estimated – sign on early to be sure not to miss a talk.Pesticide free soil project film
Thursday, April 22
2:55 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
The Pesticide Free Soil Project is an environmental justice initiative led by young people in Oxnard to build soil, increase access to good food, and uplift the links between human and ecological health. Watch live on the main stage.

SBCFAN storytelling films
Thursday, April 22
3:55 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
A food system video series produced by the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network. You’ll experience stories of resilience from the food desert of Cuyama Valley to the community gardens of Santa Barbara. Watch live on the main stage.

LOACOM interviews Regen Network CEO Gregory Landau
Friday, April 23
1:55 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
In this better world series hosted by LOACOM, Gregory Landau will discuss how Regen Network incentivizes regenerative land use practices, restores ecosystems and reverses climate change. Watch live on the main stage.

SBCFAN storytelling films
Friday, April 23
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
A food system video series produced by the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network. You’ll experience stories of resilience from the desert of Cuyama Valley to a seaside farm in Summerland. Watch liveon the main stage.

Our climate emergency: farming and nature-based resilience
Saturday, April 24
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
What is the history of ecological land stewardship in this region and how can our agricultural and natural lands build climate resilience? Hosted by the League of Women Voters, forum presenters include Chumash elder Julie Tumamait-Stenslie, climate and agriculture field organizer Tessa Salzman, UCSB Bren graduate student Minnie Ringland, and sustainable fisheries manager Blake Stok. Learn more and register.

SBCFAN storytelling films
Saturday, April 24
3:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
A food system video series produced by the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network. You’ll experience stories of resilience from a ranch in the Purisima Hills near Los Alamos to a jujube farm in the Cuyama Valley desert. Watch live on the main stage.

April Member Survey

As we work together to build a more resilient food system for Santa Barbara County, we’d like to know what about food interests you.Which of these Santa Barbara County food system resources would be most useful to you?

• Demographics
• Annual growing calendar
• Guide to unique foods grown, raised, caught, and made here
• Nutrition information
• Seasonal recipes
• CalFresh information, including qualifications, how to sign up, and where it is accepted