HRS 154 Food, Farming & the Sacred

Off Campus Activities --> Sites to Visit

The off campus activities for this course are designed to get you to experience first hand the people involved in food-related practices and reflection studied in class. During the first half of the semester, you will visit a local worship site to observe a ritual that features food in some way and to interview a participant. During the second half, you will visit a farm stand or farmer's market to purchase food for one or more meals, interview the farmer or farm staff, and observe your own communal or solitary eating. (You will sign up for both visits on the course content page in SacCT.) These two experiences will serve as the foundation for the two observation reports: the Worship Report and the Food Culture Report.

IMPORTANT:

For the Worship Report, you must observe formal worship at one of the times listed under Local Sites, not simply visit the site and talk to people.
For the Food Culture Report, *choose a farmer's market or stand that sells food grown within 100 miles of your home.*
In both cases, I strongly recommend that you go with at least one classmate, family member or friend. Though the people in charge of these sites are always welcoming, you should take the same precautions as in any other public place.

Worship Sites

NOTE: all times are tentative. Please make contact with someone at the site to verify the time of the event you plan to attend.

Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Cultural Center (South Indian Hindu Temple Worship) 4679 Aldona Lane, Sacramento 95841, 483-4760 Saturdays 10:30-12 am & Sundays 9:30-11:30	Congregation B'nai Israel (Reform Synagogue) 3600 Riverside Boulevard, 446-4861 Sunday, September 30 @ 6 pm (vegetarian potluck) Congregation Beth Shalom (Reform Synagogue) 4746 El Camino, Sacramento 95608, 455-4478 Friday Evening Dinner (time TBA)
Wat Lao Saoputh Buddhist Temple (Laotian Theravada Buddhist Monastery) 8741 Gerber Road, Sacramento 95828, 420-2259 daily offering of food to monks between 10 & 11 am --but call ahead (ask for English speaker Ajan King) City of the Dharma Realm (Chinese Buddhist Monastery for Nuns) 1029 West Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento 95691 374-8268 every day 12:30 pm, & 6 pm (by appt); Sundays 8:30 am Kim Quang Temple (Vietnamese Buddhist) 3119 Alta Arden Expressway, Sacramento 95825, (916) 481-8781 NOTE: events mostly in Vietnamese, but very welcoming! Hmong Shamanic Ritual To observe one of these rituals, which are typically done in the home, you would need to ask a Hmong friend or relative.	St. George Melkite-Greek Catholic Church 1620 Bell Street, Sacramento 95866, (916) 920-2900 Saturdays 5:30 pm, Sundays 10 am Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine 711 T Street, Sacramento 95824, (916) 442-3211 M-F, 8 am & 6 pm; Saturday, 8 am & 7 pm Sunday 7, 9, & 10:30 a.m, noon, 1:30 & 7:00 p.m. NOTE: all services are in Spanish, also very welcoming! St. John's Lutheran Church 1701 L Street, Sacramento 95811, (916) 444-0874 Sundays 8 am, 9 am or 11:30 am
	Sacramento Area Leaque of Associated Muslims 4541 College Oak Drive, Sacramento 95841, 979-1933 Masjid Annur [Mosque] 3990 65th Street, Sacramento 95823, 392-6687 Fridays, 1 pm wear modest dress, women please a head scarf

Local Farmer's Markets & Farm Stands

IN OR NEAR SACRAMENTO
Soil Born Farm Stand (www.soilborn.org) in Rancho Cordova Saturday's 9 am - 1pm; join the volunteer's farm tour, Saturdays at 9 am (farm stand open until November 17)	Central Sacramento Farmer's Market between 6th & 8th Streets under Highway 50 Sundays, 7:30 am - noon
Sacramento Natural Foods Coop 1900 Alhambra Blvd, 455-2667, 7 am - 10 pm (produce, fish & meat labeled clearly with place of origin)	OR search the web to find another Sacramento Farmer's Market on the "California Grown" web site
WITHIN REACH OF DAVIS
Good Humus Farm (goodhumus.com) in Capay Valley	Hoes Down Festival (www.hoesdown.org) at Fully Belly Farm in Guinda, CA
OR JUST FIND A FARM OR STAND NEAR YOU THAT SELLS FOOD GROWN W/IN 100 MILES OF YOUR HOME

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