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Welcome to Rancho Alegre Farm
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Greetings!
Our Open House was a huge success! Thank you for sharing that beautiful sunny day with us at the farm. We would like to also congratulate our raffle winners who won a free birthday party and riding lessons.
In addition to the September events announced in last month's newsletter, we have new workshops, an upcoming Fall Festival and an in-house Farmer's Market!! We love sharing all of our exciting news and happenings and love to hear from you and what you'd like to see going on at the farm. So keep in touch!
As always, remember us for your birthday parties and special moments. Think family reunions, social gatherings or the hosting of a corporate function. We have such vast wide open spaces, covered pavilions and a great newly remodeled indoor facility. Contact us for more information and for help on planning your event.
Thanks for letting us share our farm family with yours!
Pilar Quintero
Owner - Rancho Alegre Farm |
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National Day of Action
We are also proud to be working with Slow Food USA on their It's Time for Lunch! campaign. Let's work together to Get Real Food into our Schools. Join in your Community's Eat-In
Slow Food USA has launched a national campaign to tell Congress to provide real food and increased funding for more than 30 million children participating in the National School Lunch Program (part of the Child Nutrition Act that Congress will reauthorize in Fall, 2009)
The event will be held at Rancho Alegre Farm, Monday, September 7th at 12 Noon. The best news is, it's Free! Bring healthy food, your own plates, cups, utensils to reduce waste.
Invite your family, friends, co-workers and classmates to share good food and help bring awareness to the need for increased funding for the School Lunch Program.
For questions or to sign up call 770-595-2337 or e-mail mkolk@mindspring.com
Visit:
www.slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch for additional details |
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Workshops
Check out these new workshops!
- Basic Cake Decorating 101 - $40
An informative 2-hour class covering icing, borders, drop flowers, roses, piping gel and how to use various cake decorating tools, such as pastry bags, parchment triangles, and much more. Students will take home their own decorated cake, and enter a raffle to win the teacher's cake.
- Candy Demonstration - $15
Learn to make candies, such as chocolates, tortugas, bark, fudge, bon bons, chocolate covered cherries, nut clusters, and more.
- Cookie Decorating - $25
One and half hour class that teaches various cookie decorating techniques such as icing, flooding, outlining, and more. Students get to take finished cookies home.
- How to Raise a Healthy Child in a Toxic World - Fri., September 18 & Sat., October 3 10-12 pm
This course teaches you how to navigate safely through the highly toxic denatured environment that today's children are growing up in. It is taught by Juliet Mathison, a kinesiologist, naturopath, therapist, and educator. Advanced registration required - $25 (if registered at least 10 days before) $35 (if registered 5 days before) Tuition includes childcare (up to 2 children, $5 each additional child) and healthy snacks from Herbmom Organics. For more information or to register, call Juliet Mathison at 770-465-6249
There are still some spaces available for these fall workshops so register today!
- Late Summer and Fall Plantings for Winter Crops - Sun., September 13 2-4 pm
- Preserving the Harvest - Sun., September 20 2-4 pm
To sign up for either of these, email Diann Dirks, or call at 678-261-8141
Check out our events calendar...we are always adding new and fun workshops!
If you have a business or craft and would like to host a workshop in our event room, please contact us to discuss. We are always looking for fun and informative events to host! |
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Book your next field trip or playgroup outing with us!
Rancho Alegre is a great place to have a field trip for public and private elementary schools, daycares, playgroups, and home school groups. We are also a Girl Scout approved facility so come earn a few patches at our farm. Girls can participate in gardening, farming, equestrian and earth day events.
Field Trips are 1 1/2 hours long and includes farming activities such as a goat-milking demo, cheese-making demo, tour of the farm on a hayride, meet and greet with the donkeys, horses, rabbits, chickens, and goat ($5 per child). For an additional $2 a student reserve an extra hour which includes the jump-house, playground, and access to our covered pavilion for a sack lunch.
We don't want anyone to miss out on having a spectacular birthday party at our farm, so we now have more options to choose from:
Weekday Birthday Party Special
Book a weekday party Mon-Thurs for only $150! Includes an 1 1/2 hour use of the party pavilion and horse rides for up to 20 children. Jump house and hayride are available for an additional $75 each. Outside food is permitted. Must be booked in advance.
Small group? No problem!
Book our front pavilion for when you have 10 kids or less. Includes 1 1/2 hr use of pavilion, playground, horse rides for up to 10 kids, and hayride for your entire party. $195.00
Got lots of friends and want to go all out? We've got you covered!
Book our hideaway pavilion for 2 hrs, up to 20 kids, includes use of pavilion, playground, horse rides for up to 20 kids, moonbounce, hayride for your entire party and hotdog, chips & drink for each child. Additional services available. $350.00
Have a winter birthday and think only a boring, indoor party awaits? No way! Bring your friends to our farm and enjoy the special treats that only the chilly weather can bring.
Book our heated indoor party barn and choose from a list of activities to entertain your guests like a meet & greet with a few of our farm animal friends (inside!), hayride (just bundle up & get cozy), hot chocolate and s'mores by the fire pit, or hoedown decorations, . Activities are priced individually. Call or email us for pricing.
We also host larger events like weddings and grown-up parties so think of us for that next milestone occassion. Call or email for more information. |
Introducing the Rancho Alegre Farmer's Market!
Upset you won't be able to purchase your weekly farmer's market favorites past September? Well now you won't have to be. Rancho Alegre will be hosting an off-season farmer's market at the farm. We will have a wide array of vendors ranging from local farmers to craftors of homemade items. The market will run every Saturday, 8-Noon, starting October 3rd.Interested in becoming a vendor? Email us for more information.
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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
Immune Boosters
Although the flu season is here, there are foods that we can add to our diet to strengthen our immune system. A strong immune system is our first line of defense against illness. As a general rule of thumb, colorful fruits and vegetables should make up a large part of our diet, providing our bodies with necessary vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. However, there are foods that can give us that extra boost of defense we'll need this flu season.
- Mushrooms: Considered to be the best immune system booster, mushrooms are believed to hinder the replication of viruses. They also stimulate the production of white blood cells, increase cellular metabolism, and remove toxins.
- Oats and Barley: Although in lesser levels, oats and barley contain the compounds similar to mushrooms.
- Seafood: Crab, tuna, lobster, salmon, and many other seafoods are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are overall health boosters. Make sure your seafoods are from sustainable wild-caught sources.
- Green, White, and Black Tea: These teas all contain high levels of antioxidants. Replace your coffee with tea for an instant health upgrade.
- Yogurt: Due to the live active cultures, yogurt strengthens your body's resistance to bad bacteria by creating a healthy environment of good bacteria.
- Sugar: Not an immune booster, in fact, a powerful immune weakener.
In order to have an optimal immune system and overall health, your diet should be just one part of your lifestyle. The other facets of your healthy lifestyle should include exercise, limited alcohol consumption, no smoking, limited processed food, and organic when possible.
- by Alan Gutierrez, a multi-media artist with great interest in health and nutrition.
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Mark your calendars!!
Fall Festival '09
Saturday, October 24, 2009
This event is truly going to be an amazing day! We're really excited about all the fall fun we're going to have. Just for starters, we will have live music, fall foods, a pumpkin carving contest, theatrical performances, hayrides, arts & crafts vendors, farmers market and much more! More details and information to come in our October newsletter. Stay tuned!!
Click here for more information.
If you are interested in having your business sponsor a booth or to participate as a vendor, please email us or call 770-904-0748.
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Facebook and Twitter! We hope you will follow us to learn all about the goings-on down at the farm and become a fan of our page. Click here for Twitter info and click here for Facebook info. See you there! |
Rancho Alegre Farm
contact@ranchoalegrefarm.com
www.ranchoalegrefarm.com
2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019
770 339 3065
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