Press Releases
Bounty of the County Shifts Focus to Support Solano County Farmers Hurt by Fires
The fires that have torn through Solano County this week have damaged many of the small family farms and wineries in the county. Some farmers lost everything, including their homes, while others were spared. Some have not been able to access their property to...
Bounty of the County to Spotlight Solano County Food and Wine
This celebration of agriculture, chefs and wine will highlight a team of one Solano County farmer, a chef at a Solano County restaurant and a Solano County winery each week starting the week of Aug. 24 and continuing through September. This is the first year of...
Fostering Food Security Through Collaboration
Sustainable Solano has been in conversation with organizations that are taking the initiative to move food from farms and gardens onto the plates of county residents. These organizations are seeking ways to collaborate toward supplying more people with the good food they need.
Sustainable Solano Offers Important Talk on How to Build Connection in Your Own Community
Join us live on Zoom at 4 p.m. July 2 for Reimagining the Neighborhood: A Placemaker’s Journey with Mark Lakeman of The City Repair Project! Sustainable Solano, a countywide nonprofit, is hosting City Repair’s Mark Lakeman in a virtual conversation over Zoom about...
Sustainable Solano Offers Water Wisdom Talk and Video Garden Tour
Details: 10-11:45 am Saturday, May 30 A live talk with permaculture expert Lydia Neilsen on water management practices and how to design landscapes to absorb water, support vegetation and contribute to the restoration of the global water cycle and climate stability....
Sustainable Solano Hosts Virtual Demonstration Food Forest Garden Tour, Talk April 25
Sustainable Solano is bringing its annual Demonstration Food Forest Garden tour online this year as an interactive talk and virtual tour. Due to coronavirus (COVID-19), the nonprofit organization has reimagined the tour in a way that allows participants to join...
Sustainable Solano Offers Online Farm-to-Table Cooking Classes Featuring Specialty Crops
Sustainable Solano is bringing its farm-to-table cooking class series online. The classes highlight how to prepare seasonal, local food in healthy dishes. While classes were originally planned to start in March, best practices for addressing health and safety...
Statement on Coronavirus COVID-19 and Sustainable Solano Workshops and Events
UPDATE: APRIL 1, 4:45 PM: Sustainable Solano has halted all in-person events until further notice. You can find a list of Community Resilience Resources here and upcoming online events here. UPDATE: MARCH 18, 6 PM: In light of the latest "shelter at home"...
Sustainable Solano Offers Farm-to-Table Cooking Classes Featuring Specialty Crops
Cooking classes highlighting how to prepare seasonal, local food in healthy dishes are coming to Solano County this year, starting with a class March 18 in Benicia. The second class will be April 4 in Fairfield. Sustainable Solano, a nonprofit organization that...
Sustainable Solano Brings New Waterwise Food Forest Gardens to Benicia
Workshops, new workforce development programs create new opportunities Sustainable Solano, a local nonprofit with work in sustainable landscaping, community gardens, building a local food system and bringing these skills to the public and students, is transforming a...
Sustainable Solano Offers Land and Water Caretakers Certification Course in Sustainable Landscaping
Land and Water Caretakers Certification Course Jan. 8 - March 25 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays (in classroom) and 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturdays (class on site) Benicia (open to those 18 years and older. Participants do not have to be county residents) Those interested in...
St. Patrick – St. Vincent Students Learn About Sustainability and Install Demonstration Food Forest Garden
Students at St. Patrick-St. Vincent Catholic High School are learning about sustainability this school year through a pilot sustainability curriculum and hands-on food forest garden installation. The program started in May with the construction of a cob bench...
Residents Turn Out in Rio Vista to Build Edible Food Forest Garden, Greywater Workshop This Weekend
Around 20 people gathered at a Rio Vista home on Saturday, Oct. 5, to learn about what goes into creating a sustainable, edible, water-wise yard, starting with laying the foundation to capture rainwater in the ground and nourish plants while limiting runoff...
Sustainable Solano Brings Edible Food Forest Garden to Rio Vista
Rio Vista residents interested in learning sustainable ways of building and maintaining an edible, water-wise yard will get that chance in a series of three workshops at one Rio Vista residence. This marks the expansion of Sustainable Solano’s Sustainable Backyards...
Sustainable Solano Offers Classes on Sustainable Landscaping in Dixon
Sustainable Solano is expanding its Sustainable Backyards program, which creates waterwise, edible food forest gardens, to Dixon. We welcome coverage of this program and what it will bring to Dixon. In September, Sustainable Solano is inviting those interested...
Sustainable Solano Seeking Dixon, Rio Vista Residents Interested in Sustainable Edible Gardens
Sustainable Solano is gauging interest in Dixon and Rio Vista for its Sustainable Backyards program, which creates waterwise, edible food forest gardens. During the month of August, the organization will be assessing the interest in installing food forest gardens at...