June 21, 2014
Saturday the show was broadcasted live from the 5th annual Berry Good Night. This event is brought together by the top minds in local and sustainable food, creating a unique environment for networking, storytelling and celebration. Hosts, William & Michelle Ciccarelli Lerach, will welcome their guests and several of San Diego’s most prominent chefs to a sit down, multi-course meal in their backyard. This year the event is devoted to focusing on what it means to create a fair and just food system.
Topic 1: “The tenets of building a fair food system”
Featured: Michelle Lerach, food activist and event host; Kurt Timmermeister of Kurtwood Farms and UC Press author of “Growing a Farm” and “Growing a Feast”
Topic 2: “The Ethical Consumer”
Featured: Trish Watlington, owner of The Red Door Restaurant & Wine Bar and The Wellington Steak & Martini Lounge and tender of The Red Door Family Garden; Noel Stehly, farmer at Stehly Farms Organic and owner of Stehly Farms Market.
Topic 3: “Food & Wine: Staying Sustainable”
Featured: Nicholas Palumbo, passionate Viticulturist and budding Oenologist, believes in producing only what he grows himself. He established the Palumbo Family Vineyard and Winery in 1998 in Temecula; Phil Gregory, winemaker (Vena Cava) and owner of boutique Baja hotel La Villa del Valle and hotel restaurant Corazon de Tierra. Vena Cava is an award-winning Baja wine served at the G20 Summit.
Topic 4: “Next Gen Farmers/The Future of Agriculture”
Featured: Scott Murray, an organic farmer for 40 years, conservation official and educator, and President of Edge of Urban Farms; Kiera Butler, senior editor at Mother Jones and UC Press author of “Raise: What 4-H Teaches Seven Million Kids and How Its Lessons Could Change Food and Farming Forever”