Art Revolution welcomes Sid Cooperrider, an eccentric, free-thinker whose family started the Ukiah Brewing Company in 2000. It was the 1st organic brewery/restaurant in California and the 3rd in the nation. The Cooperrider family led the 'Measure H" campaign, using UBC as a headquarters to lead the charge against GMO crops in Mendocino County. They succeeded and were integral in helping to keep Monsanto from bringing their genetically engineered crops into Mendocino County's agricultural eco-system. Sid helped to run and operate the Ukiah Brewery until 2012 and helped to push the local Ukiah music scene forward, providing open mics and welcoming countless big name performers to downtown Ukiah. The Cooperrider family decided to sell the brewery in 2012 and Sid now lives off-grid in the redwoods near Montgomery Woods caring for the family land. Sid currently works in hospitality at Orr Hot Springs and recently published a coloring book with his original, free-hand drawn designs available at www.sidart.net. Jared and Sid know each other from the brewery days and reminisce about a specific chaotic night that pushed them both to their absolute breaking points, ending in a failure of epic proportion. Sid is a talented guitar player, a computer tech wiz and sits on the Mendo Utopia board of directors. We hope you enjoy Episode 18 with our friend and musical compadre, Sid Cooperrider.
Links:
https://mendofever.com/2022/01/03/the-mendocino-county-treehouse-that-is-the-stuff-of-dreams/
