Goat Festival at Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market

Don't miss the first-ever Goat Festival - A Celebration of All Things Goat! with http://CUESA.org (the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture) and http://SuperGoat.org at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco.

Goat Festival Schedule of Events:

Ongoing from 10 am - 1 pm:
Enjoy free samples of delicious and nutritious, award-winning goat's milk cheeses, yogurts, kefirs and ice creams
* Watch cooking demonstrations by leading chefs and authors featuring goat's milk goodies
* Meet "The Goat Girls" -- founding members of consumer education group http://SuperGoat.org -- all successful, sustainable, women-owned and operated goat businesses based in Northern California
* Bring the kids to play with Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery's "kids" -- pet adorable baby goats in the south driveway near the Sur La Table store

10-11 am:
* Goat education presentations in the cooking demo area by The Goat Girls: Jennifer Bice of Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery; Mary Keehn of Cypress Grove Chevre in Arcata, CA; and Laura Howard ("Lay-loo") of Laloo's Goat Milk Ice Cream in Petaluma, CA; learn why goat's milk is good for you and OUR planet during this informative taste & talk

11-11:45 am:
* Cooking Demo with Chef Mark Dommen of One Market Restaurant

11:45 am-12:30 pm:
* Cooking Demo by Maggie Foard, author of Goat Cheese

12:30-1 pm:
* Talk, interview and book reading by Gordon Edgar, Author of Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge

Why celebrate all things goat?

Call it the other white milk, but goat's milk is actually the milk of choice for many. In fact, most of the milk used throughout the world comes from goats - and with good reason. Not only does goat's milk taste great, it is as close to a perfect food as possible in nature with a chemical structure that is amazingly similar to mother's milk. Goat's milk has more calcium, Vitamins A & B6 and minerals than milk from cows and it's naturally low in lactose.

Goats are good for OUR planet too. Their smaller size means that goats literally leave a smaller carbon "hoof" print making them earth-friendly. Learn more about why goat's milk is good for you and why goats are "green" at http://www.SuperGoat.org

A Dateline NBC report from the Blue Zone of Ikaria Greece revealed GOAT'S MILK as "Secret #1 For Living a Healthier, Happier Life." Dr. Oz has also reported on goat's milk as an anti-aging food.

A March 16 http://Alternet.org story asks "Is Goat the New Cow? Why American Foodies and Environmentalists Are Reviving the Old-World Staple" and recommends goat as "a great way for people to eat locally grown, humanely raised, tasty foods. And unlike the cattle industries, there aren't any massive, industrialized goat farms."

The Venue:
1 Ferry Building
Suite 50
San Francisco, CA

FREE