Pie Across America Tour Awards! by Diane

Below are awards to some of our favorite places and people from the Eat Well Guided Tour of America! You can also read our Tour Wrap Up to hear about our final thoughts about the road.

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Eat Well Guided Tour of America

Pie Across America Awards 2007

GENERAL

Best Advocacy Organization - Food & Water Watch (DC)
Best Beef Brisket- Eric Stenberg (MT)
Best Blue Cheese - Rogue Creamery (CA)
Best Blueberry Pie - Solstice Café (OR)
Best Breakfast Event - Bob’s Red Mill (WA)
Best Community Potluck Dinner - Maggie’s Vegetarian Café (NE)
Best Cooking Show - Jayni’s Kitchen (KS)
Best Dinner on a Farm - Ayers Creek Farm (OR)
Best Documentary Viewed on Tour - Eat at Bill’s
Best Emcee at an Event - Sue Zelickson (MN)
Best Farmer’s Market Cookbook - “The Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook” - Amelia Saltsman (CA)
Best Farmer’s Market Event in the East - Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PA)
Best Food Co-op - Ypsilanti Food Cooperative (MI)
Best Heirloom Tomato Tasting Event - The New Farm/PASA (PA)
Best Ice Cream in Tour - Lazy Crazy Acres (NY)
Best Local Food on a Western Campus - University of Montana (MT)
Best Local Sustainable Agriculture Program - Buy Fresh Buy Local
Best Local Sustainable Market in the East - Gigi Market (NY)
Best Peach Pie - Willa Mullen (WY)
Best Pie Competition East of the Rockies - Mill City Farmer’s Market (MN)
Best Pie Competition West of the Rockies - THRIVE & Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Market (OR)
Best Pie Event - Slow Food Huron Valley & Growing Hope (MI)
Best Pie Judge - P. Simran Sethi (KS)
Best Pie Shop East of the Mississippi - Marylin’s Bakery (IN)
Best Pie Shop West of the Mississippi - Mission Pie (CA)
Best Sheep Cheese - Ancient Heritage Dairy (OR)
Best Student Effort in Sustainability - University of Wyoming ACRES Program (WY)
Best Sustainable Dinner Concept - Plate & Pitchfork (OR)
Best Sustainable Grocery Store - The Jackson Whole Grocer (WY)
Favorite Cookbook - Grub
Happiest Hogs on Pasture - Willis Farm (IA)
Most Caring Community - Grow Montana and City of Montana (MT)
Most Enthusiastic Pie Lovers - Slow Food Huron Valley & Growing Hope (MI)
Most Memorable Pie Experience - Pie Ranch (CA)
Most Sustainable Butcher - Fleisher Grass Fed & Organic Meats (NY)
Movie of the Year - King Corn
Song of the Tour - “On the Road Again” – Willie Nelson

REGIONAL AWARDS

Best Berry Farm in Oregon - Pennington Farms (OR)
Best California Citrus - Churchill Orchard (CA)
Best California Slow Food Convivia - Slow Food Shasta Cascade (CA)
Best Carnival in Washington - Pie in the Sky Carnival (WA)
Best Chicago Farmer’s Market - Green City Market (IL)
Best Chicago Pizza - Crust (IL)
Best Community Outreach in Chicago - City Farm (IL)
Best CSA Farm in the Hudson Valley - Glynwood Center (NY)
Best Deli in Michigan - Zingerman’s Deli (MI)
Best Dinner in Iowa City - Devotay (IA)
Best Efforts for Iowa City Sustainability Motley Cow Café (IA)
Best Efforts to Promote Sustainability in Indiana - Ring Family Farm (IN)
Best Food in Ohio - Organic Bliss Deli (OH)
Best Local Sustainable Food on an Iowa Campus - Iowa State University Dining Services (IA)
Best Lunch in Nebraska - Rosalie Gable (NE)
Best Madera-area Farm - TD Willey Farms (CA)
Best Meal in Minneapolis - Spoonriver (MN)
Best Minneapolis Host - Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (MN)
Best Mushrooms in the West - Mountain Valley Mushrooms (WY)
Best Ranch in Wyoming - Meadow Maid Foods (WY)
Best Sustainable Food in Lawrence - Local Burger (KS)
Most Sustainable Kansas Ranch - M&J Ranch (KS)
Most Sustainable Restaurant in Kansas City - Blue Bird Bistro (MO)

SPECIAL AWARDS

Bay Area Community Building - City Slicker Farms (CA)
Best Busmates Forever - Noelle Ferdon and Adam Scow (CA)
Best Camera Crew - Free State Studios (KS)
Best Celebrity Cow - Chico State University Dairy Program (CA)
Best Chicago Tour Guides - Cathy Garypie & Paul Kogut (IL)
Best Dinner on a Mountaintop - Eaton Natural Beef (WA)
Best Efforts to Preserve Farmland - Jim Cusker (MT)
Best Go-For on Tour - Judson Ferdon (CA)
Best Instrumental Bus Music - “Underture” - Pete Townshend/The Who
Best Kansas Tour Guides - Lisa & Jim Markley (KS)
Best Raw Food on Tour - Serenity Spaces (CA)
Best Seat Mates at Farm Aid - Drew & Lucy (NY)
Best Shrub Available - Tait Farm (PA)
Best Swag - Organic Valley (WI)
Best Tasting Potatoes - Alex Weiser (CA)
Best Tour Guide West of the Rockies - Greg Higgins (OR)
Best Tour Manager - Paul Natkin (IL)
Favorite Filmmaker - Steve Clack (NY)
Friendliest Farmer’s Market - Mt. Shasta Farmer’s Market (CA)
Happiest Goats in the West - Siskiyou Crest Goat Dairy (OR)
Most Explosive Tour Guest - Karen Hudson (IL)
Most Rockin’ Organization - Farm Aid
Most Presidential - Chris Petersen (IA)
Most Sustainable Band - The Ditty Bops (OR)
Tallest Cowboy Around - Jim Kruse (WY)

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