The Green Festival finally made it back to San Francisco this past weekend, and having decided to voluteer on Friday with setting up, Stephen and I got free admission into the fest all weekend.. woo hoo!!!
The festival - which was held at the Concourse Exhibition Center in SOMA - hosted over 300 green exhibitors, over 125 speakers, a ton of delicious local, organic food, and lots of other cool stuff!
The list of partners alone was enough for me - Annie's Homegrown, O Organics, Cliff Bar, Nature's Path, Green Living Project, Rainbow Grocery, VegNews Magazine ... Just to name a few! Add in all of the other vendors, and you have youself one hell of a festival.
Upon arrival, we weaved in and out of the 'organic foods' section of the festival, gathering as many free samples as we could (hey, we just moved to San Francisco and we're broke). Mary's Gone Crackers, GoodBelly, Sambazon, Earthbound Farms, Numi Tea, LuLu's Raw Chocolate - you name it, and we tried it! We eventually found ourselves over by the dining area. The smell of beer battered garlic fries filled our nostrils and we knew we had to have some ASAP.
Words can't describe how good these fries (next to the Greek Plate) from Gourmet Faire were! I also got a black bean tamale from Donna's Tamales, but I scarfed it down before I remembered to take a picture - sorry! While eating, we spotted the Beer and Wine Gardens, and for $10, we each got 4 tastes.
After enjoying some delicious wine and beer samples, we made our way through the 'Organic Home and Garden' and 'Eco-Fashion' sections, talked to some people at Peta, bought some recycled wrapping paper, and snatched up a few more free samples!
While the whole day was pretty awesome, the highlight of my night was meeting and talking with the Editor-in-Chief and Pulisher of VegNews Magazine, Joseph Connelly! Wow, what a rush! But, seriously, this day was awesome!! To all of you who are lucky enough to live in or near a city that Green Fest visits (Chicago, Seattle, New York, and Los Angeles), go - it is so worth it!
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