Bounty of the County

Bounty of the County Events

Cooking Classes

• Saturday, March 14: St. Patrick’s Day Dinner (Vacaville)
• Thursday, March 19: Knife Skills & Stir Fry (Benicia)
• Thursday, April 23: Seasonal Spring Feast (Vallejo) Get tickets here
• Friday, May 15: Spanish Tapas Party (Fairfield) Get tickets here

All cooking classes are $20 to cover instruction, supplied equipment and food materials. Make the dishes and sit down to a shared meal at the end!
Classes are open to adults of all ages and teens ages 12-17 can attend with a guardian.

Farm-to-Table Events

• June 7: 5-8 pm: Sustainable Solano’s farm-to-table celebration and fundraiser at Soul Food Farm. Enjoy fresh-made, wood-fired pizza topped with locally grown ingredients straight from nearby farms. The event will include local wine and beer and a silent auction. Get tickets here!

Interested in sponsoring this event? Learn more about the sponsorship levels here. Contact us at info@sustainablesolano.org 

Participating Solano Farms

Bless’d Blossom (Vacaville)

Eatwell Farm (Dixon)

Lockewood Acres (Vacaville)

Pleasants Valley Honey Company

Soul Food Farm (Vacaville)

Terra Firma Farm (Winters & Solano)

Thank You to This Year’s Sponsors!

Featured Chefs

C4 Leaders

Vacaville

Chef Jeff Christian is the founder of C4 Leaders, a nonprofit organization that uses the pizza-making experience to create learning opportunities. Jeff is a husband, father, registered nurse, basketball coach, podcast host of Life’s Essential Ingredients, and author of two books as guides for team building and leadership training.  Jeff worked for the past 33 years as a registered nurse in various settings including: the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at a Level 1 Trauma Center, as a college nurse, lastly, as a nursing professor at Sacramento City College. Most recently, Jeff went into early retirement and he enjoys spending time reading, walking, volunteering for C4 Leaders, learning how to play the guitar, and coaching basketball.

Chef Jeff will be making pizzas topped with Solano-grown produce for Sustainable Solano’s farm-to-table fundraiser June 7.

Learn more about C4 Leaders here.

Learn more about Solano County’s farms and agricultural regions here, and find more ways to support local food here!

Spring 2025 Bounty of the County

The 2025 Spring Bounty of the County featured local food, farms, chefs and more in Vacaville and Benicia! See more here!

Fall 2024 Bounty of the County

The 2023 Fall Bounty of the County featured local food, farms, chefs and more in Benicia, Rio Vista, Vacaville, Vallejo and Fairfield! See more here!

Fall 2023 Bounty of the County

The 2023 Fall Bounty of the County featured local food, farms, chefs and more in Dixon, Vallejo and Fairfield! See more here!

Spring 2022 Bounty of the County

The 2022 Spring Bounty of the County highlighted Solano County wineries and breweries in May and then featured a Bounty of the County event at the Solano County Fair! See the highlights here!

Check out the videos from previous Bounty of the County celebrations below to learn more about local restaurants, farms and wineries, and support local food year-round!

Fall 2021 Bounty of the County

Find the farms and restaurants and watch farm profile and chef cooking demonstration videos from the Fall 2021 Bounty of the County here!

Chef Demonstrations

Fall 2020 Bounty of the County

Find the featured farms, restaurants and wineries and watch the presentation videos from the Fall 2020 Bounty of the County here!

Funding for Bounty of the County was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant AM22SCBPCA1133. The contents of this web page are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.