The Chef’s Capsule Collection is a year-long partnership with local chefs, aimed at experimentation and discovery through farming and food.
Meet the 2024 chefs.
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Matthew Kelly
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Lon Bounsanga
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Adé Carrena
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Cheetie Kumar
WHAT
Four local chefs choose a vegetable or plant of special significance or interest to them.
We commit to growing a trial crop in a limited space. We'll give them what we harvest, and share our findings about the growing process.
They use it to create something unique at their restaurant.
And if they sell it, they donate a portion of the proceeds to our non-profit partner.
WHY
Part of our focus as a teaching farm is to experiment and incubate ideas related to sustainable agriculture, and to share our findings with others.
By definition, a capsule collection is a limited edition. This partnership with culinary experts in our community uses a narrow lens to tell a larger story about seeds and farming, culture and cooking, craft and community.
Our hope is that these crop vignettes provide inspiration and serve as a catalyst engage in a new way with locally grown food.