Happy first day of April, otherwise known as April Fool’s Day. More importantly though, April is the month of Earth Day and our event, Earth Day Food and Wine Festival, on April 20 at Pomar Junction Vineyard & Winery.
The festival is a great way to bring a bunch of people together with the common interest of taking better care of the Earth and each other. Although I personally always understood the importance of this it wasn’t until I first attended this event and met the folks at the Central Coast Vineyard Team that it really sunk in. To see this community of people share this common goal and bring interesting and innovative ideas to the table has been extremely educational and quite impressive.
I guess that’s the thing that has really stuck out to me since I first attended Earth Day Food and Wine Festival several years back…community. It really does feel like a family of people that WANT to be part of making our local community and the entire Earth a better place to be. They want to talk to you and tell you the interesting things they’re doing at their restaurant, their vineyard, their solar company, or their green landscape business.
You can hear the passion they have for this cause and THAT makes this event different. As I’ve said in other blog posts about this event and group of people, it truly does feel like the biggest backyard BBQ you’ve ever been to…filled with good friends, live music, amazing food, great wines, and other awesome vendors ready to tell you their stories.
The only thing I know to say is that after going for four or five years straight, I guarantee it’s impossible to not have a great time with these amazing folks. I hope to see you out there!
You can also check out this link to wikipedia about how the Earth Day movement started over 40 years ago!!
Do you “do” Earth Day? What things have you done to repurpose or be sustainable?