Workshops & Retreats
Fri, May 24Green Valley Farm + Mill, Sebastopol CAMay 24, 2024, 4:00 PM – May 26, 2024, 10:00 AMGreen Valley Farm + Mill, Sebastopol CA, 13024 Green Valley Rd, Sebastopol, CA 95472, USAHave you ever wanted to hang out in on a farm all weekend and bake with friends? We’re doing it. Learn to bake sourdough bread, mill your own flour and make a farm-fresh fruit galette from scratch. Stay, bake and eat in the farmhouse at beautiful Green Valley Farm in Sebastopol, CA.
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Retreat Summary
Learn to bake sourdough bread, mill your own flour and make a farm-fresh fruit galette from scratch. Stay in the farmhouse on a working farm in beautiful Sebastopol, CA with wheat, grapes, cows and a community garden.
What this course offers:
-Hands-on guidance from a longtime professional bread baker and former Director of Bread for Tartine Bakery in San Francisco
- Recipes and instruction for sourdough country bread, whole-grain sourdough pan loaf (sliced bread), and fresh- fruit galette (dough from scratch)
-Two night stay in the beautiful farmhouse at Green Valley Farm in Sebastopol
-Food and refreshments Friday night, all day Saturday (farm dinner Saturday night) and Sunday morning
-Sourdough starter with feeding instructions
-Discussion of how to integrate two ways of thinking about bread, informational (time and temperature) and observational/intuitive
-Booklet with recipes, history and text related to sourdough bread and grain farming
-Basic introduction to baker’s math, how to write and adjust your own recipes and formulas
-How to use a tabletop stonemill
-How to incorporate fresh-milled whole grain
-Guidance about different types of heirloom, landrace, and ancient grains
-Farm walk with a grain farmer, discussion about farming and regenerative agriculture
-Unlimited Q&A and discussion over breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Arrive 4 pm, Friday Sept.1, Sendoff at 12 pm, Sunday September 3.
Please reach out with any questions or comments. I love to hear from you.
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