Thursday, August 30, 2007

Newsletter September 2007

WHEN: Saturday, September 15, 2007, 10-Noon meeting

WHERE: Underwood Family Farm, 3370 Sunset Valley Rd, Moorpark, 529-3690

DIRECTIONS: Directions: Take Highway 23 to Tierra Rejada Rd. Turn west on Tierra Rejada Road. Go .2 miles to the farm. Parking Instructions:

The Underwood Family Farm grows U-pick and farmers market produce including salad vegetables and fruits. Raspberries are urrently in season. Craig Underwood will give us a tour of the farm on a wagon which holds 35 adults and 15 children.

******CHANGE IN THE BLOGSITE

We have a new blogsite: http://crfg.blogspot.com. This site is for current articles and newsletters. After a couple of months at this site, the material will be archived in http://crfgvsb.blogspot.com. This will make it easier to print the current newsletter.

******CALENDAR

OCTOBER: Apple Lane Farm in Solvang has welcomed us to tour their apple enterprise.

NOVEMBER: Ron Asquith will host us at the Ojai Olive Oil Ranch.

******TREASURER’S REPORT: Balance as of August 31, $ 5,703.69

******LOCAL OFFICERS

Chapter Co-Chair: Norman Beard, (805) 968-0989, beardtropics@earthlink.net

Chapter Co-Chair: Jerry Sortomme, (805) 644-2777, jerrysortomme@hotmail.com

V-Pres/Publicist/Programs: Alan Schroeder, (805) 563-9525, arschroeder@cox.net

Treasurer: Roland Messori, (805) 969-4167, Furlanro@msn.com

Newsletter Team: (i) Vacant (ii) Wally Mathews, (805) 963-6656, wallysb@aol.com; (iii) Laura Nanna, (805) 687-4553, laurainsb@gmail.com

Local website: current material http://crfg.blogspot.com older material: http://crfgvsb.blogspot.com;

CRFG Website: http://crfg.org

For Membership in California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc, send $30 to CRFG, Inc., 66 Farrugut Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112-4050 AND $10 (for local dues) to Roland Messori, 355 Sierra Vista Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93108 (Note: Members of the Parent CRFG organization receive the outstanding "Fruit Gardener" magazine.)

Send address changes to BOTH the parent and local organizations (addresses above). Send e-mail address changes to crfgvsb@gmail.com

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