Guest Chef Cassandra Boraiko

Honey Hearth is the culinary culmination of Cass’s endeavors in regenerative agriculture, folk herbalism, wildcrafting, and fine dining. She makes vibrant meals and desserts that are thoughtfully sourced, focusing on sound animal stewardship and farming practices that build healthy soil and community. Her cuisine is holistic, nourishing, inventive and above all, yummy.

Cass holds a passionate belief that the simple acts of preparing and enjoying food ought to be tantalizing to the senses, in reverence to the land, and medicine for the body. Join her dinner table with a hearty appetite and a readiness to go on a culinary journey where ingredients are kin.

Guest Speaker Tim Galarneau

Tim (he/they) works with producers, chefs, and supply chains across California and beyond to advance regional, seasonal, and small to mid scale producer and enterprise relationships across the food system.

At the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology he oversees a team of staff and students working from the field to the plate in re-envisioning access to delicious and nourishing food for all. Mr. Galarneau is a co-chair to the UC system-wide Basic Needs Initiative. In addition, he is a co-founder of Real Food Challenge and a board advisor to the national movement non-profit, Real Food Generation, advancing a student driven higher education effort to address equity and justice across the food system.

Tim lives on the north shore of the Monterey Bay with his family and enjoys open ocean swimming year round, diving into great wines and good books as well as hosting mythic storytelling gatherings, drawing from tales spun around the world.