On the evening of Sept. 17, while thousands fled the devastation of Lake County’s Valley Fire that has so far consumed hundreds of homes and over 70,000 acres, our humble Grange Hall in Sebastopol, just sixty miles south of the inferno, overflowed with farmers, chefs, local food advocates, Grangers and caring citizens who together raised over eighteen thousand dollars to aid victims of the wildfire.
Four hundred of us.