HEIRLOOM FESTIVAL IN SONOMA COUNTY

LAST NIGHT I WENT TO A NATIONAL HEIRLOOM EXPOSITION HELD AT THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. THEY HAD SAMPLING DEMONSTRATIONS FROM CHEFS, FARMS, AND RESTAURANTS. THEY HAD 250 SEED COMPANIES AND VENDOR BOOTHS. I WENT AT NIGHT AND MISSED SOME OF THESE. I WENTTO HEAR A SPEAKER ON GMO FOODS AND HOW THEY AFFECT TEST RATS ANS US. THEY RUIN CELLULAR STRUCTURES IN OUR BODIES AND CAN CAUSE CANCER.

THERE WERE SOME TASTY TOMATOES AND DRIED FRUITS. MOST OF THE FOODS WERE VEGETABLES, CHEESE AND FRUITS. THEY HAD AN ARTISTIC FALL DISPLAY IN THE HALL OF FLOWERS. I PRAISED A CHEF/ARTIST WHO HAD 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND WAS CARVING MELONS AND SQUASHES INTO MASTERFUL ROSES AND FLOWER DESIGNS.

MANY SEED COMPANIES FEATURED HEIRLOOM TOMATOES, ROSES, LILIES, AND VEGETABLES. THEY HAD FLORAL CONTESTS AND HEIRLOOM SEED EXCHANGES. THE EXHIBIT ALSO HAD SEVERAL ENTERTAINING BANDS AND FOLK SINGERS. THERE WERE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS. THEY DEMONSTRATED CHEESE MAKING AND BUTTER MAKING AS WELL AS BEEKEEPING.