Sacramento’s Farm-to-Fork festival emphasizes the region’s farming impact both nationally and across the globe
The region hosts more than 1.5 million acres of active farmland, but only 2% of what's grown is consumed locally.
The region hosts more than 1.5 million acres of active farmland, but only 2% of what's grown is consumed locally.
The region hosts more than 1.5 million acres of active farmland, but only 2% of what's grown is consumed locally.
Coined as ‘America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital,' the Sacramento region prides itself on its unique ability to produce food both far and wide.
The region hosts more than 1.5 million acres of active farmland, but only 2% of what's grown is consumed locally. The remaining 98% is shipped not only across the country but to those across the globe.
The Sacramento region is nearly self-sustaining in terms of food production.
According to Visit Sacramento, 80% of domestic caviar is farmed in Sacramento County.
Another fun fact: if you’ve had sushi in the United States, the rice was most likely from the Sacramento area, because 99% of the nation’s sushi rice is grown locally.
The namesake is celebrated each year in late summer/early fall with the Farm-to-Fork festival.
The festival in 2022 kicked off with a dinner hosted across the historic Tower Bridge. The Tower Bridge Dinner, each year, acts as a fundraiser, creating scholarships for students at Sacramento state who are the children of migrant farm workers. In 2022, 17 scholarships were created with the funds collected.
| Video Below | Hundreds take part in this year's Tower Bridge Dinner in Sacramento
The festival was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. Visit Sacramento said attendance levels are back to pre-pandemic levels with hundreds of thousands of people flocking the Capital Mall.
