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From: Food Initiatives Group
Date: Saturday, August 09, 2008
Where: Sullivan Taylor Coffee House/The Wine Sellers/Taylor Hall
Food Initiatives Group Local Foods Dinner
growing a local food system
Have you ever thought that what you eat can have an impact on our economy, community, and environment? Now is your chance to make a difference with your fork.
The Food Initiatives Group (FIG) invites you to a Local Foods Dinner at 7 pm on August 9, 2008, located at Sullivan Taylor Coffee House/The Wine Sellers/Taylor Hall (S. Randolph, E. Side of Square). The evening will showcase vegetable, fruit, dairy, meat, and grain products from the region with a gourmet five-course feast that will tantalize your taste buds. Each course will be artistically presented, including dishes such as a fresh mozzarella, heirloom tomato, and basil salad topped with fried leeks and drizzled with olive oil and balsamic reduction, and a red wine marinated beef with mushrooms served over homemade wheat pasta and carmelized rainbow carrots. Attendees will receive a guide to over 50 sources of locally grown or prepared foods and will have the opportunity to meet some of these producers face to face! The event is a fundraiser for the Food Initiatives Group, a grassroots non-profit group advocating for the resurgence of a local food culture that provides every person access to sustainably produced, nutritious food. Proceeds from the dinner will be used to facilitate use of the Link card--a debit card for food assistance--at the Macomb Farmer's Market.
Tickets are $30 each and can be purchased at New Copperfield's Book Service, a local independent bookstore located at 120 N. Side of Square (309-837-3052). Seating is limited. Purchase of tickets in advance is recommended. For more information, visit our website: www.macombfig.org or contact Vajo Necak at 309-837-2338 or vajonecak@yahoo.com
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