Despite feeling like I’ve read almost as many reviews of “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” — Barbara Kingsolver’s best-selling new memoir of her family’s year spent growing most of their own food — as there are pages in the actual book, I am still enjoying it immensely.

Her account of stopping in at central Vermont’s Farmers Diner, whose slogan is “Think Locally, Act Neighborly,” reminded me of several events I’m looking forward to around here. Farmers Diner owner Tod Murphy believes that “if every restaurant got just 10% of its food from local farmers, the infrastructure of corporate food would collapse.” (He’s not the only one who thinks so.) The Bay Area has perhaps the highest proportion in the nation of eateries who support local growers (yup, unofficial guess). Soon those of us who live here will find it even easier to vote with our forks for those restaurants and retailers, thanks to the first-ever “Buy Fresh Buy Local” guide for our counties. The Community Alliance for Family Farmers put the guide together, and it’s way cool. (See Buy Fresh Buy Local’s national nonprofit parent, Food Routes, for what it’s all about and a list of all the other cities that already have chapters.)

The Buy Fresh Buy Local campaign will make its debut June 9 at the Golden Glass, Slow Food San Francisco’s annual wine tasting extravaganza celebrating more than 60 wine producers who “strive to protect, nurture, and revive indigenous and classic varieties of wine”… from Italy. OK, put down those moldy strawberries you’re preparing to hurl in lieu of tomatoes. The food will be local, and there’ll also be a special Slow Food Ark of Taste for endangered NorCal products as well as those of the Louisiana shrimpers known as the White Boot Brigade, who are learning sustainable practices while trying to avoid being put out of business by imported, destructively farmed shrimp. Hey, here in the Bay Area, we’ve got our 10% local sourcing covered so easily we can easily devote a bonus 10% or so to support small farmers and sustainable vintners from elsewhere. (Tickets are $50.)

On Sunday, June 10, is the Buy Fresh Buy Local breakfast at Jack London Square Farmers’ Market from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. There’ll be crepes, sausages, fresh juices, and seasonal fruits from local farms and vendors to start your day right; more specialty foods from artisanal producers and businesses; kid-friendly cooking demos, and a free BFBL canvas shopping bag. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children, available from Brown Paper Tickets or from any Sunday Jack London Square farmers market beforehand.

Later that same night, on June 10, the aforementioned White Boot Brigade is going to serve up a mess o’ their very own wild-caught crustaceans for a Sunday Supper at Pizzaiolo restaurant in Oakland along with local beer and New Orleans jazz from 5 p.m. “until the music stops.” And don’t worry, these brown and white shrimp are rated “good” by the Monterey Aquarium’s Seafood Watch list. Where y’at, dawlin? Me, I’ll be at Pizzaiolo, pretending I’m back in high school in pre-Katrina N’awlins. Tickets are $30; $25 for Slow Food members.

Other local events of interest in June:

In the June 6 lecture “A Pivotal Time for What We Eat,” a farmer, a chef, and food and farm advocates will discuss the 2007 Farm (and Food) Bill’s impacts on farms, consumers, and the health of our nation. Find out what’s going on with the Farm Bill right now, why it matters, and how you can make a difference. Reception with light refreshments starts at 6:30; the CUESA-sponsored program starts at 7 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Ferry Building.

How can we preserve farmland in the face of insatiable real-estate demand? That’s a question Solano County is desperately wrestling with, and Slow Food Solano’s going to put it on the table with this event June 23 at the Ledgewood Creek Winery in Suisun, CA. In addition to the usual spread of locally grown and raised bounty, “Sharing Space: A conversation about farmland preservation and urban growth in Solano” will feature guest speakers Richard Rominger, former secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and Craig McNamara, who founded the Center For Land-Based Learning, to which the proceeds of the event will be donated.

On Saturday June 9, $500 buys you a chair at Michael Pollan’s table in a West Marin vineyard at this benefit dinner for Marin Organic; for $150, you can gaze at the tall man’s head from afar as you enjoy what’s sure to be an unforgettable local dinner from Manka’s Inverness Lodge chefs.

Find these events and more around the nation on the public Ethicurean calendar, hosted by Google.