Winter Feast Golden Ticket Raffle – Five-nights in Costa Rican Villa!

Purchase tickets for this fantastic tropical opportunity with your event ticket or the night of the event.
The Good Farm Fund’s Winter Feast fundraises for two programs: 
Grants for small farm critical infrastructure projects and the Market Match program.

This year, the Golden Ticket Raffle will fund Market Match. 

The Food Stamp Match (EBT) program, is the single most effective way to support local farms and make local food more affordable for low-income community members. It successfully redirects the subsidies away from industrial food in supermarkets and corner stores to local farmers by giving EBT users an additional dollar for every dollar they spend at the market (up to $15). This means they get $30 worth of produce, cheese, or meat for only $15 in EBT.

Purchasing Golden Ticket Raffle tickets will help Market Match and give you a chance to win a five-night stay in this stunning villa in Domincalito, Costa Rica! 

This three-bedroom, two-bath home features an infinity pool and second-story balcony overlooking the Pacific Ocean and surrounding jungle. 
The villa sleeps up to 10 guests.
A tranquil, relaxing getaway.
Prize includes a $1,000 airline voucher. 
Each Golden Raffle ticket is just $100
Chances of winning are great!  Buy a ticket now! 


Don’t delay. Buy your tickets now!  We can’t wait to see everyone on December 6 for an amazing meal and party.

Stay tuned for menu details!

We are grateful for the many community sponsors of the Winter Feast:
Anderson Valley Brewing Company, Barra of Mendocino, Bewildered Pig, Black Dog Catering, Black Oak Coffee Roasters, Fogeater Cafe, Graziano Family of Wines, Handley Cellars, Kemmy’s Pies, Mendo Ferments, MendoLake Food Hub, Mendocino Outland Bartending, Mendough Catering, Mendocino College Culinary Arts Program, Patrona Restaurant, Reza’s Breadery, Stella Cadente Olive Oil, Big Mesa Farm, Carson & Bees, Covelo Organic, Fairall’s Farm, Golden Rule Garden, Green Uprising Farm, Mendocino Grain Project, Mulligan Gardens, The New Agrarian Collective, Oak Valley Farm, Pennyroyal Farm, Rivino Winery, Sean Mooney, Blue Zones Project, Cafe Beaujolais, Cold Creek Compost, Cuffy’s Cove, The Farm Mendo, Fern Foot Events, KZYX-FM, Noe Designs, North Coast Opportunities, Redwood Credit Union, Ukiah Natural Foods Co-op

Summer Soirée 2022 Has Been Postponed to December 6!

Due to circumstances beyond our control, Good Farm Fund has postponed our summer fundraiser to Tuesday, December 6. Details about location will come soon.

In the traditional of all Good Farm Fund’s events, this winter feast will showcase our region’s best food and culinary talent and feature the stories of those who keep our local food going strong; the people who feed our community, from shovel to fork.

Local food does not get better than this!

Ticket information coming soon.

Eat Well. Do Good. Care for Others.

Event proceeds directly support our Farm Grant Program that provides crucial funding for infrastructure development projects on local farms, and helps support the EBT/Food Stamp Match program to ensure access to healthy food for all members of our community.

Our event sponsors’ generous support is humbling. Their help and encouragement ensures that the funds raised through this event goes to funding our important work. Thank you.

Our beloved summer event has been postponed

6th Annual Good Farm Fund Benefit
Yokayo Ranch, Ukiah

Our July 2020 event has been postponed in the interest of public health.

Don’t worry, the best feast of the year will happen! We are hoping to reschedule for sometime in September. In the coming months, we’ll be working out all the new details and will update you as soon as possible.

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This event has become the most beloved farm-to-table experience of the summer! A Midsummer Night’s Feast is a fabulous showcase of our region’s best food & culinary talent, featuring the people who feed our community, from shovel to fork.

Local food doesn’t get better than this. In one summer evening we bring together about 20 of the area’s “local-food-forward” chefs and pair them up with our best local farms and ranches to collaborate on one of a kind seasonal plates.

Libations will include local beer, wines, designer mocktails, and the crowd-favorite craft cocktails made with locally distilled spirits from American Craft Whiskey Distillery.

Hosted outdoors at the beautiful & historic Yokayo Ranch, the evening also includes live music, and a silent auction.

Early Bird Tickets: $100 ($125 after 6/1/20)–includes all food & beverages. We expect to sell out, but if tickets are available at the door they will be $150. Courtesy note: no dogs or other pets, please.

Onsite lodging is available at Yokayo Ranch for the night of the event. However camping spots are extremely limited so place your reservation via Brown Paper Tickets today before they are gone.

Click Here To Purchase Tickets

Eat Well. Do Good.

Event proceeds directly support our Farm Grant Program that provide crucial funding for infrastructure development projects on local farms, and helps support the EBT/Food Stamp Match program to ensure access to healthy food for all members of our community.

Our event sponsors’ generous support is humbling. Their help and encouragement ensures that the funds raised through ticket sales, silent auctions, etc. goes to funding our important work. Thank you.

Good Farm Fund benefit raises $40,000 for local farm grants

By Kate B. Maxwell, Mendocino Voice  | August 12, 2019

The crowd contributed another $10,000 in a real-time crowdfunding event

MENDOCINO Co., 8/12/19 — Just as one small farm can provide food for many people, but it takes a community to support our small farms — and that community came out in their finest summer outfits at this year’s Good Farm Fund summer banquet. Thanks to a generous $10,000 matching grant from the Redwood Credit Union and an outpouring of community support, the fifth annual Midsummer’s Night Feast, held at Yokayo Ranch, raised a record amount of nearly $40,000 in one night towards their small farm grants, while providing a bounty of delicious farm-to-fork dishes prepared by local chefs. 

Happy farmers and chefs serving up food to the crowd.

The Good Farm Fund is a non-profit organization which supports the development of a sustainable local “foodshed” (like a watershed) in Mendocino and Lake Counties, primarily through the annual farm grants, and by increasing access for local food through financial support for the CalFresh “market match” program. The organization has awarded nearly 50 grants since 2015, and this year’s dinner, which more than doubled the fundraising amount from 2018, should ensure an even larger amount of grant funding for this upcoming round of awards, which will open in the fall. The organization also holds an annual winter feast fundraiser, set this year for December 10, as well as the third annual Mendocino Homebrew Festival, happening November 2.

The enthusiasm for small farms and community building was palpable at the July dinner, where attendees took a break from enjoying a multitude of locally produced goodies to run around in a “real-time crowdfunding” event led by local auctioneer Rachel Britton, and raised donations from a number of individuals, from $10 to $1,000, to match the $10,000 contribution from the Redwood Credit Union. The credit union, along with Frey Vineyards and Sonoma Clean Power, is one of the Good Farm Fund’s “Foundation Sponsors,” who provide dedicated support for local farm grants. Redwood Credit Union’s Community Programs Manager Peggy Cleary announced the matching grant at the dinner, noting that supporting local farm was a perfect fit for the credit union movement, which was first started to help local farmers.

Emcee Rachel Britton raises her hands in delight as Redwood Credit Union’s Peggy Cleary announces a $10,000 matching grant.

“We’re thrilled to be here because we really believe in the mission of the Good Farm Fund,” Cleary told the crowd, calling the organization’s accomplishments impressive. He continued, “One of the things we love about the Good Farm Fund is that it started as farmers coming together to help farmers.”

He added that the the 70 year old credit union has the same goal, “It’s part of our mission, we’re about people helping people. We’re part of these communities, we care about what you do, and we invest in organizations that really make an impact on critical issues facing our communities. Food security is really important to us, and we’re just so delighted and really honored to partner with you.”

The dinner itself was a living example of community involvement, including more than 20 different local farms paired with local chefs, coordinated by more than 32 volunteers who helped with organization, parking, set-up, and more, as well as a variety of local sponsors from local businesses and community organizations, all contributing towards a community feast. Guests enjoyed sampling a wide array of different dishes created by local chefs, paired with local farmers, as well as refreshments ranging from kombucha to coffee to locally distilled liquors, and many lingered as the sun set to ensure all the treats were eaten before heading home.

Local farmer Alex Nielson of Cinnamon bear Farms spoke about how his three grants have helped him grow his business.

Alex Nielson, of Cinnamon Bear Farms, a three time grant recipient and local farmer, gave a brief speech about how important the grants have been for his farm: “The Good Farm Fund has been instrumental for our farm…having us backed by the community, it’s been amazing. They’ve provided us tools that have helped us grow, and provide more food for the community. It’s amazing to see all the faces, and see a lot of people that I see at the market, coming up and tasting our food, and thanking us, it’s really a blessing to see. This is a business that’s not easy to move up in, and having the capital backing from the Good Farm Fund has been immense….without it, we wouldn’t be here right now.”

More photos of the event are included below. You can learn more about the Good Farm Fund’s work at their website, and the next round of small farm grants will open in the fall. The organization’s next events are the annual Mendocino Homebrew Festival, on November 2, and you can check out a video for interested brewers here, and the winter feast, scheduled for December 10.

Over $100,000 in farm grants to Mendocino and Lake county farms have been given out.