If dining at the farm could be this fun, we would love to do it everyday. This was a collaboration between Of Sorts Dining and Blueboots Farm, where we gathered among the wild trees and farm crops to enjoy nature at its best.

Farm to table with friends who love to gather. The event was something that everyone could enjoy, in tasting the food and getting to know where their food comes from.

Everything was laid on banana leaves, at the farm’s saung. Making the experience a truly unforgettable one.

We had some guests sometime ago! These are the kids of Sekolah Cikal Serpong. They came as a part of their year 7 school’s program to learn about nature and biodiversity.

Samantha of Blueboots Farm gave a brief presentation about organic farming and how we work with nature to grow the crops.

The kids were excited to get to know various edible plants, harvesting, smelling and tasting the crops. Apparently not everyone has seen some of the plants there were at Blueboots Farm. Perhaps 95% of the plants at Blueboots Farm, they have not seen before! So it was an important part to tell them about where their food comes from. They also learned about basic planting from potting mix, planting seeds, transplanting and maintenance. Digging and harvesting sweet potatoes was one thing that everyone did, although mostly the boys who were into it 🙂

Here’s a snippet of how their work sheet looks like:

Then we do a simple harvest of aromatic local herbs at the farm. These herbs were then made into salsa in a jar.

The most exciting time came when it was lunch time! A generous spread of nasi liwet, with edible flowers and vegetables freshly harvested from the farm were laid on top of banana leaf so everyone can share. The salsa that we made before from the herbs was eaten with Blueboots Chips and Edamame Hummus. Our recently built saung became the suitable for lunch on the day.

In the end everyone was tired but learned so many thing. They learned about the importance of guarding ecosystem and keeping biodiversity in order for food security.

Slow Food Jakarta Network’s first outing to BSP Farm!

Some photos from the amazing Disco Soup Party that we held at 1/15 Coffee, Gandaria. Lots of people were there bringing their leftovers and excess food, fruits and vegetables. There were produces from Blueboots Farm that we brought there including bananas because we have lots of! We made various of ice cream on the day from the lovely ingredients that everyone brought. We successfully made chocolate chip cookies ice cream, berries ice cream, (Blueboots Farm) peanut butter & cacao nibs ice cream and also sangria ice cream! Who could’ve thought that leftovers can be turned into such yummy ice creams.

Making beverages and vegetable food from extra ingredients that people brought to 1/15 Coffee.

Blue pea tea with electric daisy from overabundant harvest from Arumdalu Lab and sangria from unused wine bottles infused with apples, oranges & mint from the guests’ house.

We watched some TedX videos on the day while chatting and mingling, also had the chance to Skype with the slow food community in Japan. Overall, a successful event, which we hope can attract more people next time 🙂