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Eat Well Guided Tour of America: You are where you eat!
8/02 Los Angeles, CA Hosted by Food & Water Watch
Tour kickoff at King's Road Park with restauranteur Evan Kleinman, author Amelia Saltsman and the cast of The Meatrix.
[Read about it! We're Here, Night Before Kickoff, Gift Bags, Tour Kickoff]
8/03 Pescadero, CA Hosted by Food & Water Watch
Farm tour, film screening and pie baking at Pie Ranch.
[Read about it! Hollywood to Madera, The Road to Madera, Pie Ranch]
8/04 Berkeley, CA Hosted by Food & Water Watch and Slow Food
In the morning we'll meet up with Anna Lappe and Bryant Terry (co-authors of the book Grub) at the Grand Lake Farmers Market in Oakland. In the afternoon we'll visit City Slicker Farms and in the evening we'll join Slow Food for a picnic dinner in Tilden Park followed by dessert at Mission Pie Store in the Mission District.
[Read about it! Bay Area Bliss, Tilden Park, Grand Lake Farmer's Market, City Slicker Farms, Mission Pie, An Evening at Mission Pie]
8/05 Chico, CA Hosted by Food & Water Watch and Slow Food Shasta Cascade.
Join us for a screening of Eat at Bill's - Life in the Monterey Market and a post film reception at the Chico Women's Club.
[Read about it! Last California Stop, Before We Say Goodbye...]
8/6 Ashland, OR Hosted by Friends of Family Farmers.
We'll visit Chico U's organic dairy program in the morning followed by lunch at Grilla Bites. In the evening we'll meet local sustainable food groups for dinner in Ashland at Standing Stone Restaurant.
[Read about it! Standing Stone Restaurant, Mt. Shasta Farmer's Market]
8/7 Ashland, OR Hosted by Friends of Family Farmers, THRIVE and Ashland Growers Market.
We'll spend the morning at the Ashland Growers Market tabling and officiating an Iron Chef pie making contest. In the afternoon we'll visit Pennington Farms and Full Circle Bison ranch. We'll end the day with a potluck dinner at Siskiyou Crest Dairy.
[Read about it! Pennington Farms, Iron Pie Competition, Full Circle Bison Ranch, Siskiyou Crest Dairy]
8/08 Eugene, OR
On our way to Eugene we’ll visit Rogue Creamery and Dairy. In the evening we'll join the singing duo, The Ditty Bops, at WOW Hall, tabling at their unique farmers market and officiating a pie eating contest live on stage.
[Read about it! Rogue Creamery, DittyBops, SeQuential Biofuel, Thoughts From The Road...]
8/09 Portland, OR
On our way to Portland we’ll stop in Corvalis for lunch at Solstice Café and a tour of the Solstice Goji Bar “factory.” We'll end the day visiting Ancient Heritage Dairy in Scio and breaking bread with local farmers at Ayers Creek Farm in Gaston.
[Read about it! Solstice Cafe, Ancient Heritage Dairy, Ayers Creek Farm]
8/10 Portland, OR
Local restaurateur, Chef Greg Higgins, will take us on a guided tour of Sustainable Portland. Stops include: Breakfast and tour at Bob’s Red Mill, lunch at Zenger Farms, a tour of Growing Gardens’ urban gardens and a tour of Clear Creek Distillery. In the evening we'll join Plate and Pitchfork at their summer farm dinners on Sauvie Island Organic Farm. We’ll end the day at a screening of The Real Dirt on Farmer John at the Hollywood Theater followed by a celebration of Farmer John and all of Portland’s farmers at Moon and Sixpence Pub.
[Read about it! Bob's Red Mill, The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Plate and Pitchfork at Sauvie Island, Growing Gardens, Zenger Farms]
8/11 Pasco, WA
In the morning we’ll be tabling with Hot Lips Pizza at the Portland Farmers Market at PSU.
[Read about it! Portland Farmer's Market/Hot Lips Pizza]
8/12 Colton, WA
We’ll tour the Eaton Natural Beef Ranch, enjoy a BBQ and officiate a pie-baking contest. Participating organizations include: North-Central Idaho Food Sustainability Collaborative, Rural Roots, Eaton Natural Beef, Moscow Food Co-op, University of Idaho Extension and the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute.
[Read about it! A Glorious View Atop Eaton Ranch]
8/13 Liberty Lake, WA
Our hosts are organizing a public carnival to celebrate pie, dubbed “Pie in the Sky.” The party starts at 6 pm at Liberty Lake Pavillion Park. Co-hosts and supporters include WSU Spokane County Extension, Slow Food Spokane River, Liberty Lake Farmer's Market, Greenstone Corporation, City of Liberty Lake.
[Read about it! Pie in the Sky Carnival]
8/14 Missoula, MT
We’ll visit the evening farmers market with Chef Eric Stenberg.
[Read about it! More Thoughts From the Road, Shopping with Chef Eric Stenberg]
8/15 Missoula, MT
We’ll spend the morning with U of M’s Dining Services Director (and strong champion of Farm to College) and then join in the potluck by Farm to Restaurant Collaborative at Cusker Ranch.
[Read about it! Brisket and Heifers at Cusker Ranch]
8/16 Missoula, MT
We'll celebrate the summer at the Summermoon Farm Party at PEAS Farm. This benefit for Garden City Harvest will feature farm fresh food & BBQ, music and live performances. Hosted by Grow Montana, Garden City Harvest, Community and Food Agriculture Coalition.
[Read about it! Garden City Harvest Benefit at PEAS Farm]
8/17 Jackson, WY Hosted by Slow Food.
On our way into Jackson we’ll stop at Teton Valley Community School for a fundraiser benefiting Teton Farm and Garden- a "seed to plate" school garden program.
8/18 Jackson, WY
In the morning we’ll be manning the chef’s table at the Jackson Hole Farmers Market.
[Read about it! Jackson Farmer's Market, The Jackson Whole Grocer]
8/20 Yoder, WY Hosted by UW Acres, Meadow Maid Farms.
We’ll start the day with breakfast with Laramie university students and a visit to their student farm project. In the afternoon, we'll head to Cheyenne for a public lunch at The Plains Hotel's Capitol Grill and then on to Yoder for a tour of Meadow Maid Farms.
[Read about it! Earliest Pie of the Tour, Windy Wyoming]
8/22 Lincoln, NE Hosted by Nebraska Environmental Action Coalition and Slow Food.
In the morning, we'll meet with farmers in Osceola to share stories about pie. On our way into Lincoln we’ll tour Common Good Farm and Branched Oak Farm. In the evening, Maggie’s Café will host a pie potluck dinner and show Living with the Land - a film made by a local
filmmaker for the Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society.
[Read about it! Common Good Farm, Branched Oak Farm, Maggie's Cafe, Lunch with Rosalie, Rosalie's, CAFO in Shelby]
8/23 Kansas City, MO/Lawrence, KS Hosted by Kansas City Food Circle, Local Burger, Films for Action.
The Sundance Channel’s Simran Sethi will speak at our lunch-time gathering at Blue Bird Bistro in Kansas City. On our drive to Lawrence we’ll visit the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture and the M&J Ranch. At 7 pm we’ve got a date (with Simran Sethi) for dinner and a movie at Liberty Hall. Chow down on local fare while watching Rural Route Film Festival’s Go Organic!
[Read about it! MJ Ranch, Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture, Blue Bird Bistro, Movies and A Local Burger]
8/24 Lawrence, KS/Minneapolis, MN
We’ll spend the morning taping an episode of Jayni’s Kitchen, Jayni Carey's weekly cooking show which airs on Sunflower Broadband's Channel 6 in Lawrence, Eudora and Tonganoxie, Kansas as well as state-wide in Kansas on Cox Cable. After the taping we'll do some driving and then end the day picnicking with Paul Willis and the Animal Welfare Institute at Niman Ranch.
[Read about it! The Willis Farm, Jayni's Kitchen]
8/25 Minneapolis, MN Hosted by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
We'll join the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy at the Mill City Farmers Market. Activities will include a tour of the market guided by an area chef and an Iron Chef cooking contest. Later on we'll visit the Sustainable Stage in the Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair.
[Read about it! Mill City Farmer's Market, Minnesota State Fair]
8/26 Iowa City, IA
We’re hosting a brunch for sustainable food groups in Minneapolis and a dinner for our event organizers in Iowa City.
[Read about it! Common Roots Cafe, Devotay]
8/27 Iowa City, IA Hosted by Motley Cow, Johnson County Local Food Alliance.
We'll join Chef David Wieseneck of the Motley Cow restaurant for an invite-only BBQ at Sass Farm Farms with local guests and local music! Hosted by- Local Foods Connection, Regional Food Systems Initiative, Colona Organics (invite only).
[Read about it! Sass Family Farm, ZJ Farm, Goods Furniture]
8/29 Chicago, IL
We'll man a table at the Green City Market, tour the Edible Gardens at the Lincoln Park Zoo and end the day with a summer celebration of sustainability at Crust, the only USDA organic certified restaurant in the midwest. Dinner and appetizers will be served, followed by a pie buffet by Bleeding Heart Bakery. Speakers will include Ken Dunn (Director of City Farm), Michael Altenberg (Owner of Crust), and Jenna Rose (of A Fresh Squeeze). Music by Guy King and Paul Kogut.
[Read about it! Green City Market, Edible Garden, City Farm, Crust, Crust Event for City Farm]
8/31 Muncie, IN
The owner of Muncie's only natural food store will host a sustainable food fiesta on Ring Family Farm.
[Read about it! Marilyn's Bakery, MCL Cafeteria, Ring Family Farm]
9/01 Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, MI Co-hosted by Slow Food Huron Valley and Growing Hope.
We’ll have lunch at Zingerman's Deli followed by a tour of Ann Arbor farmer's market, the People's Food Co-op, Eve, Growing Hope community gardens and the Agrarian Adventure school garden project. At 7 pm all local Pie Lovers Unite for a pie festival at the Ypsilanti Women's Literary Club.
[Read about it! Growing Hope, Ypsilanti Food Co-op, People's Food Co-op, Zingerman's, Pie Lovers Unite]
9/02 Deshler, OH
[Read about it! Organic Bliss Deli and Bakery]
9/04 Boalsburg, PA Hosted by PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture.
We'll be touring Tait Farm in the morning and spending the afternoon at the Boalsburg Farmers Market.
[Read about it! Boalsburg Farmers Market, Tait Farm]
9/05 Delhi area, Delaware County, New York Hosted by Farm Catskill.
[Read about it! Lazy Crazy Acres]
9/06 Cold Spring, NY
The Glynwood Center hosted us for a public event.
[Read about it! Glynwood Center, Green Tomato Pie]
9/07 Red Hook, NY
Come join us for our last night on the road! Gigi Market at Greig Farm and Farm Aid will host an end of summer celebration of local food featuring live music and a pie bake-off.
[Read about it! The Hudson Valley and Gigi Market]
9/08 New York, NY
We put up a table at the Homegrown Festival at the Union Square Green Market.
[Read about it! The Homegrown Festival]
9/08 New York, NY
Farm Aid show on Randall’s Island!
[Read about it! Farm Aid]
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