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Confituras: Paying It Forward
Today launches day one of Confituras’ Kickstarter campaign to support their most ambitious venture to date: a community kitchen, a women-in-food educational incubator program, and a Jam & Biscuit retail showcase…all in one.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133355970/confituras-is-building-a-community-kitchen-and-ret
Building community – Here in Austin we are part of a vibrant, local food community – we are proud members of Slow Food Austin, the Austin chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, and have been voted local heroes by the readers of Edible Austin in 2011, 2014, and 2015. We have also been recognized by the food community nationally, winning 4 Good Food Awards over the past 5 years for our seasonal preserves. The Austin Food & Wine Alliance awarded confituras a culinary grant in 2013 for our ‘Preserving Austin’ project, which is an emerging oral history program that refers to both preserving the local, seasonal bounty and preserving our own local canning history and heritage. We have cultivated meaningful relationships within our little food community and we’re making big plans to stick around and put more roots into it.
Join Confituras tonight to start off their Kickstarter fundraiser with a bang!
Hosted by Salt and Time Butcher Shop and Salumeria
at 1912 East Seventh Street, Austin
Wednesday, September 23rd, 5-7 pm
Austin Fermentation Festival 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT: Kate Payne, 347-933-0403 events@texasfarmersmarket.org
Austin Fermentation Festival, October 25th, 2015, Austin, TX
Keynote Speaker: Jennifer McGruther of Nourished Kitchen
October 25, 2015 (AUSTIN, TX) – Texas Farmers’ Market and Presenting Sponsor Barr Mansion announce the 2015 Austin Fermentation Festival with keynote speaker, blogger, author, and traditional foods advocate Jennifer McGruther.
The Austin Fermentation Festival is an educational event that celebrates all things fermented in Central Texas and will run from 9am – 4pm at Barr Mansion (10463 Sprinkle Road, Austin, TX 78754). Proceeds from this event will benefit the Texas Farmers’ Market Farmer Emergency Fund, which offers financial assistance to TFM farmers and ranchers in times of environmental, personal or other crisis.
The day will include a series of fermentation workshops (covering topics such as kimchi, kefir, cheese making, charcuterie, beer, sourdough, vinegars and lacto-fermented vegetables); a community culture swap; a kraut mob; fermented foods and product vendors; book sales; festival-inspired lunch for purchase from local purveyors; fermented beverages and alcohol; a mini farmers’ market; and live music.
Attend by securing general admission or VIP tickets at http://fermentatx2015.eventbrite.com, where online donations to this fundraiser event are also accepted. Vendor applications are accepted here bit.ly/AFFVendorApplication2015 and workshop presenter applications accepted here bit.ly/AFFWorkshopApplication2015.
For more information, please visit http://texasfarmersmarket.org/austin-fermentation-festival/.
Chef Rick Bayless’ Stewardship Helps Farm to Table Take Flight
By Bob Benenson and Jim Slama, FamilyFarmed
Chicago on Monday hosted the annual James Beard Foundation culinary awards ceremony for the first time, and Rick Bayless — one of the city’s most decorated and highest profile chefs — was frequently on the stage as one of the event’s co-chairmen.
He has a long-running public television show (Mexico: One Plate at a Time), won the Bravo network’s Top Chef Masters competition in 2009, and has written several cookbooks, including More Mexican Everyday, which was just released on April 27.Famed for popularizing regional Mexican cuisine in the city at his Frontera Grill and Topolobampo restaurants, Bayless won his first James Beard award — Best Chef Midwest — at the organization’s inaugural ceremony in 1991, and his most recent this year for Best Podcast (The Feed, which he co-hosts with Chicago food critic Steve Dolinsky). In between, he received James Beard medallions as National Chef of the Year in 1995 and Humanitarian of the Year in 1998, and Frontera Grill received the organization’s Outstanding Restaurant award in 2007.
Yet it is Bayless’ role as a pioneer in helping establish a market for local, sustainably produced — and delicious — food in the Chicago region that, to advocates of the Good Food movement, is one of his greatest lifetime achievements.
Indie Chefs Week 2015 | Best Young Chefs + Austin Pop-Up Event
INDIE CHEFS WEEK ANNOUNCES
FIRST ROUND OF TALENT FOR 2015 AUSTIN EVENT
ALL-STAR LINEUP OF 30 UP-AND-COMING CHEFS
FOR FIVE NIGHTS OF CREATIVE COLLABORATION
JANUARY 6 – 10, 2015
@INDIECHEFSWEEK #INDIECHEFSWEEK
Austin, TX (December 2, 2014) – Ned Elliott, Chef of the critically acclaimed restaurant Foreign & Domestic and Founder of INDIE CHEFS WEEK, today announced the first round of chefs that will be participating in the culinary series’ return to Austin. Indie Chefs Week, curated by Elliott, brings up-and-coming chefs from across America and Toronto to showcase their talents at a pop-up style event. Elliott will host the 2015 installment Tuesday, January 6 through Saturday, January 10 at Foreign & Domestic in Austin, Texas.
Indie Chefs Week 2015 will gather 30 of the industry’s most innovative chefs for a dining experience that will showcase an array of expertly prepared multi-course meals. This year’s event features an eclectic group of the most lauded and progressive epicurean talent.
“We are excited to kick off Indie Chefs Week in Austin. I love hosting this event because it creates an environment for chefs to collaborate in an unusual way while also providing an opportunity to show off among their peers,” says Elliott. “This year, we have a lineup of very creative talent and diners can expect some pretty incredible dishes.”
The Indie Chefs Week series will boast five distinct events. Each night will introduce a unique lineup of seven or more chefs, allowing guests to socialize with the visiting cooks and enjoy a multi-course menu, specially prepared for the event, along with a selection of beverages. The series will culminate with a final event, on Saturday, January 10, that will feature the entire roster of chefs showcasing an elaborate 15-plus-course tasting menu.
The first round of 15 participating chefs are included below, with the complete lineup of chefs to be revealed at a later date.
Featured chefs include:
● Eric Gabrynowicz | Restaurant North | Armonk, NY
● Carlos Salgado| Taco Maria| Costa Mesa, CA
● David Santos | Louro| NYC
● Richie Nakano | Hapa Ramen | San Francisco, CA
● Matthew Gaudet | Westbridge Restaurant | Cambridge, MA
● Kristen Essig |Meauxbar | New Orleans, LA
● Johanna Ware |Smallwares | Portland, OR
● Jessica Perez | Hot Joy | San Antonio, TX
● Aaron Hoskins |The Rogue Gentlemen| Richmond, VA
● Justin Carlisle | Ardent | Milwaukee, WI
● Matt Masera + Michael Thiemann | Mother | Sacramento, CA
● Trevor Kunk |PRESS |St. Helena, CA
● Scott Vivian | Beast | Toronto, ON
● Giorgio Rapicavoli | Eating House and Taperia Raca | Miami, FL
● Josh Jones | Salt & Time | Austin, TX
There are two dining options each evening that include counter and table seating. Prices range from $195 per person for dining at a table and $225 for counter seating on Tuesday – Friday. For Saturday’s finale, tickets are $275 for table seating and $315 per person for dinner at the counter. Seating will be limited, and tickets can be purchased at http://www.indiechefsweek.com.
Indie Chefs Week was created as a platform for emerging chefs to collaborate, inspire, and share their epicurean vision with the food world. The 2015 event marks the Indie Chefs Week’s fourth installment overall as it recently expanded to Southern California in 2014 with plans to debut in additional cities throughout the year.
Foreign & Domestic opened on at 306 East 53rd Street in May of 2010. Owned by Chef Ned Elliott, the 47-seat restaurant has become a neighborhood favorite, and has been featured on The Food Network, The Cooking Channel, and The Travel Channel.
The 2nd annual Brooklyn Brewery Mash tour hits Austin November 15 – 22
BROOKLYN BREWERY MASH EVENTS RETURN TO AUSTIN
Award-winning craft brewery visits Austin to celebrate neighborhood culture, emerging artists and local food scene in week-long series of food, beer and community events
What: The second annual Brooklyn Brewery Mash tour hits Austin, November 15 – 22, 2014 to celebrate what’s next in food, film, comedy, music, books and beer. The Mash tour is the largest traveling food, beer and arts festival, stopping in ten US cities as well as London and Stockholm in 2014. Brooklyn Brewery has collaborated with Austin chefs, artists and craft brewers to create one-of-a-kind entertainment experiences for the whole community to enjoy. In partnership with Slow Food USA as well as select event partners and performers from both Brooklyn and Austin, the week-long series features exclusive dinners, concerts and lots of craft beers. Austin Mash partners include: Central Market Westgate, Easy Tiger, Simmons Family Farm, School House Pub, The Grackle, Alamo Drafthouse Ritz and Red 7.
Who: Various spokespeople and Mash tour partners, including:
- Steve Hindy, President and Co-Founder of Brooklyn Brewery, who will discuss his new book, The Craft Beer Revolution offering insight and perspective as a pioneer of America’s craft beer movement.
- Brooklyn Brewery Chef Andrew Gerson has joined forces with Austin’s chefs to offer unique community dining experiences that celebrate local flavors and explore alternative eating spaces in Austin.
Where/When: Check out the list of events for #AustinMash November 15 – 22 below.
Watch: Check out the Mash video trailer, link here.
Mash tickets are available at BrooklynBreweryMash.com
For information, press passes or interviews with Brooklyn Brewery or any of the Mash partners, please contact Jennifer Robenalt in Austin at (512) 653-9656 or Kate Johnston at (212) 601-8249 or Kate.Johnston@PorterNovelli.com.
Austin Mash Tour Schedule
Saturday, November 15, 2014:
Eat, Drink & Learn with Chef Andrew Gerson
What and Who: Chef Andrew Gerson returns to his roots to bring his beer and food knowledge to the good people of Austin. Armed with some of his favorite pairings from his journeys on the Mash tour, Andrew will speak on the delicate balance of malt and hops and how they interplay with a wide variety of edibles.
- Where: Central Market Westgate, 4477 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX
- When: Starts at 2:00 PM (Tickets: Free)
Sunday, November 16, 2014:
- What and Who: Austin Mash is staying easy like Sunday morning – or, in this case, like Sunday afternoon. The folks at Easy Tiger will have $1 Brooklyn Lager & East IPA cans, plus Brooklyn beers on tap.
- Where: Easy Tiger, 709 Easy 6th Street., Austin, TX
- When: Starts at 2:00 PM
Dinner on the Farm with Odd Duck & Brooklyn Brewery Chef Andrew Gerson
- What and Who: Our week of cultural happenings gets off and running with this agrarian dining experience. Through roaming culinary events, Dinner on the Farm works to connect people back to the land and to the farmers and artisans who are making our communities a better place to live. There will be a tour of Simmons Family Farm, a feast prepared in collaboration with the Odd Duck chefs and Chef Andrew Gerson (Brooklyn Brewery) and enough beer for all.
- Where: Simmons Family Farm, 2483 Holz Rd., Lockhart, TX
- When: Starts at 3:00 PM (Tickets: $55)
Tuesday, November 18, 2014:
Craft Beer Revolution with Brooklyn Brewery
- What and Who: Brooklyn Brewery co-founder Steve Hindy looks back with his fellow craft beer comrades to discuss the circumstances and ambitions that allowed a handful of individuals across the country to challenge one of the largest corporate dynasties in American history. Then they’ll look ahead to the future of good beer and talk about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for American craft beer.
- Where: TBA
- When: Starts at 7:00 PM (Tickets: $6)
Wednesday, November 19, 2014:
MASH EDU: Beer & Spice, Making Nice
- What and Who: Perhaps you’ve just been turned on to the art of pairing beer and food. Perhaps you’re an old hand at joining together the world’s most versatile beverage and your favorite dish. Either way, Brooklyn Brewery Chef Andrew Gerson will impart some of the knowledge he’s picked up while touring and collaborating with some of the most exciting chefs in the U.S.
- Where: School House Pub, 2207 Manor Rd., Austin, TX
- When: Starts at 6:30 PM (Tickets: $6)
Brooklyn Ha Ha: NYC Stand-Up with Josh Gondelman & Jesse Popp
- What and Who: In true Brooklyn style, Brooklyn Ha Ha introduces some of the NYC standup scene’s best under-the-radar talent and brings their act to the looser, more freewheeling environment of The Grackle. Co-headlining will be Josh Gondelman and Jesse Popp.
- Where: The Grackle, 1700 E 6th St., Austin, TX
- When: Starts at 8:00 PM (Tickets: $6)
Thursday, November 20, 2014:
- What and Who: The Found Footage Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a brand-new show and DVD (Volume 7). Hosts Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, whose credits include The Onion and the Late Show with David Letterman, are excited to show off their new lineup of found video clips and live comedy. They love Austin so much that they’ve decided to host two shows: 7:30pm and 9:30pm.
- Where: Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 320 E 6th St., Austin, TX
- When: Starts at 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM (Tickets: $12)
Friday, November 21, 2014:
- What and Who: This pop-up dinner party, hosted in a unique, non-traditional location, embodies The Mash. The curated evening brings people together around a common table to share cuisine crafted by Brooklyn Brewery Chef Andrew Gerson in collaboration with Dinner Lab’s Chris Bailey to bring you playful, seasonal fare paired Brooklyn beer styles both familiar and rare.
- Where: Surprise location, announced day-of
- When: Starts at 7:00 PM (Tickets: TBA)
Saturday, November 22, 2014:
- What and Who: Homebrewing: the art of conjuring magic in liquid form. Whether you are a learned veteran with more brewing equipment than living space a brewing novice, this is the event for you. The pros in Austin will guide you through the process of making beer from the comfort of your own home, and clone a Brooklyn Brewery beer.
- Where: TBA
- When: Starts at 2:00 PM (Tickets: TBA)
Mash Bash with Marnie Stern, Feral Further & Ghetto Ghouls
- What and Who: At the end of the day, The Mash is a festival. And what festival is complete without a soundtrack? Certainly not this one. That’s why after a full week of feasting on good food, expanding our minds at panels and classes, and filling our bellies with delicious brews, we celebrate our last evening in town with a Bash; a Mash Bash. We’re bringing the noise with Marnie Stern, Feral Future and Ghetto Ghouls.
- Where: Red 7, 611 E 7th St., Austin, TX
- When: Starts at 8:00 PM (Tickets: Free)
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Celebrating the Farm Fresh Accessibility Project
WHAT: Celebrating the Farm Fresh Accessibility Project – An Organic Partnership with the Capital Area Food Bank
WHERE: Heart of Gold Farms, 18220 Camino Real, Dale, Texas 78616
WHEN: November 22, 2014
WEB: heartofgoldorganics.com | facebook.com/heartofgoldfamilyfarm
MEDIA: For access, interviews and photos, email jenni@wyattbrand.com
Austin, TX— Snuggly nestled between Austin and Lockhart, Texas sits a six-acre aquaponic farm packed tight with rainbow chard, kale, basil and a variety of lettuce. Helmed by Mike and Vanessa Torres, Heart of Gold Organics is bringing a fresh approach to food sustainability and accessibility. The farm–one of only a few in the nation–has the capacity to grow approximately a half-ton of food each month with the sole purpose of donating it to charity. Wanting to share their passion and success, the Torres’ have made it their mission to help others become independently sustainable and depend less on a culture that puts profits before people. With this principle in mind, Heart of Gold Organics is proud to announce the launch of the Farm Fresh Accessibility Project–a partnership between the farm and the Capital Area Food Bank that aims to make freshly grown food accessible to the 300+ food pantries that the food bank serves. In the spirit of the upcoming holiday season of giving, Heart of Gold Organics will be hosting an afternoon fundraiser for the Farm Fresh Accessibility Project, inviting Central Texas out for a day of fun that will help sustain the longevity of the project and its participants.
Changing the way people think about farming wasn’t always Mike and Vanessa’s mission. The fulltime filmmaker and photographer, respectively, stumbled upon aquaponic farming–a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water–while trying to grow their own garden through a miserable drought. “I was looking for a way to conserve water and it seemed too wasteful to water my tiny garden every day only to have it fail,” Mike says. It didn’t take long for the Torres’ to start researching alternatives. At first the couple turned to hydroponics–the process of growing plants in sand, gravel, or liquid, with added nutrients but without soil–but found the method to be wasteful as well. It was after a trip to Europe that the Torres’ became inspired by the use and efficiency of aquaponic farming. “With aquaponics we use 95% less water and plant production is eight to ten times higher than traditional farming, making it a much more affordable and sustainable method for all,” Vanessa adds. Soon the Torres’ ever-growing garden provided them with much more than their family needed. Knowing that they had to share their abundance with the community, Heart of Gold Organics was born.
“Healthy food shouldn’t come at a premium,” Mike says. “Everyone deserves to have fresh vegetables on their plates, regardless of income or social status.”
With a surplus of homegrown, organic food on their hands, the Torres’ knew that their crops could make a difference in the lives of those in need. “Healthy food shouldn’t come at a premium,” Mike says. “Everyone deserves to have fresh vegetables on their plates, regardless of income or social status.” Armed with their firm beliefs, Heart of Gold Organics formed the Farm Fresh Accessibility Project in partnership with the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB), donating their entire harvest to CAFB. Through this collaboration, Heart of Gold Organics is flipping the script on the traditional agricultural model, providing a crop of freshly gown leafy greens to the food band about every 45 days, which then goes on to serve over 300 non-profit and social service agencies across 21 counties in Central Texas.
The need for fresh and healthy food is real across the Central Texas region. According to the USDA’s Economic Research Service, Austin and several areas surrounding the city have locations that are considered to be food deserts–rural towns or urban areas without access to fresh, healthy, affordable food. These areas qualify as food deserts by meeting low income–poverty rate of 20% or greater, or the median family income is below 80% of the area–and low access–at least 500 people or 33% of the population live more than one mile from the grocery store–community requirements.
The Torres’ are currently working on a program, complete with aquaponic system schematics and growing guides, to help teach others how to grow for the sake of good. “The great thing about this is that anyone can grow fresh and healthy food for their community, on a small and large scale,” Vanessa states. The family plans to hold workshops and give guidance on how to cook and consume the food they’re donating. “We’re excited to take Heart of Gold Organics to the next level, we’re working with sponsors to get this program off the ground as soon as possible,” Vanessa adds.
Central Texans can get a taste of what’s to come from the Heart of Gold Organics at their Farm Fresh Accessibility Project launch celebration on November 22. Visitors can listen to live music while dining on food truck fare and getting a first-hand look at the farm, complete with greenhouse tours, aquaponic farming discussions, hayrides, lawn games, and a petting zoo. Donations are suggested for admittance. For more information about the event and Heart of Gold Organics, please visit heartofgoldorganics.com.
About Heart of Gold Organics
Through the Farm Fresh Accessibility Project, Heart of Gold Organics provides organic, sustainably grown vegetables and tilapia to Capital Area Food Bank, serving 21 counties across Central Texas. They specialize in climate-controlled aquaponics and strive to be the most eco-friendly farm possible while providing fresh food to community-serving organizations.
Owned by husband and wife Mike and Vanessa Torres, Heart of Gold Organics seeks to promote self-sufficient farming practices for the community. After researching sustainable and productive farming systems, the Torres’ discovered aquaponics uses up to 95% less water than traditional farming methods. The Torres’ dreams grew into larger goals when they were able to provide food not only for themselves, but for surrounding communities in need as well.
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Fair Food Austin – Now is the Time!
Hello All,
We bring you exciting news from the national front veritably transforming our nation’s agricultural industry!
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, on the heels of inking a far-reaching agreement with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer — now the 12th multi-billiondollar food company committed to working together with CIW to implement its groundbreaking Fair Food Program, ensuring higher pay & a multitude of new rights & labor protections for tomato harvesters — is holding a major protest this weekend in Florida!
A caravan of Texas-based CIW supporters — from San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, the Rio Grande Valley & Austin — leaves early Thursday to join Florida farmworkers for a 24-hour vigil and march held in the HQ town of Publix, the largest supermarket chain in the southeast corner of the country. Our Texas caravan includes members of Workers Defense Project and the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition as well as students and community members.
Upon the caravan’s return, we will be hosting a gathering of people interested in advancing the CIW’s campaign here in Austin! Join us on Monday, March 24th at 5:30 PM at Monkeywrench Books, located at 110 E. North Loop (basically 53rd St., a few blocks west of Duval).
Already, there is preliminary discussion of organizing a protest at a local Wendy’s (the only major fast food chain to not have yet signed with CIW) in the coming weeks as well as a pro-CIW party around International Workers’ Day, the first weekend in May. Please join us to collectively consider and develop these and other ideas!
Also, in case you’d like to make a financial gift to assist our Texas caravan as they head to reinforce the ranks of Immokalee farmworker supporters, a donation can be made here — and will be genuinely appreciated!
Looking forward to meeting with many of you Monday after next, the 24th, as we plot farmworker solidarity efforts here in Austin,
Sincerely,
Kandace Vallejo, Jordan Buckley, Heather Vega for Austin Fair Food
A Sense of Place
In the long, proud tradition of southern literature, writers have often drawn on the region’s unique natural heritage for inspiration and insight—from the haunting cypress swamps of Georgia, to the tall mountains of western North Carolina, to the rolling fields of the Virginia piedmont. As the South grows and changes, southern writers are increasingly exploring the relationship between nature and man. SELC’s Reed Environmental Writing Award honors these storytellers who capture in words our landscapes and traditions in transition.
Amplify Austin for Meals on Wheels and More
March 20-21, 2014
Did you know that the Austin area has the second fastest growing senior citizen population in the nation? This explosive growth means demand for Meals on Wheels and More’s life-sustaining services will continue to grow as the number of older adults living here increases. Your generous support of our mission helps us meet that need and allows our clients to stay in their own homes instead of living in an assisted living facility.
Changing the Way We Eat
TEDxManhattan, “Changing the Way We Eat” will feature a dynamic group of speakers addressing issues in sustainable food and farming. As in the past 3 years, TEDxManhattan will promote innovative work being done by groups large and small, for-profit and nonprofit, from around the country. Speakers include Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio, LAUSD Director David Binkle, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, and many others.
The event will be webcast worldwide live from New York City on Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 10:30am-6:30pm EST.
Rather than watch the webcast alone at your computer, why not host a viewing party; invite friends over so you can join the discussion and join the global Twitter conversation @TEDxManhattan (hashtag #TEDxMan) or engage on our Facebook page.
Change how you eat, change the world!
A better-food movement is spreading across our country. And you can be a part of it.
The new documentary, Food Patriots, follows average American families who are changing how and what they eat – and having fun doing it. You don’t have to be a farmer, earthy-crunchy or an activist. You just have to commit to eating 10 percent local and sustainable, and things will start changing.
We’ll be streaming this film on the Internet for FREE at 7 p.m. CST, Wednesday, Feb. 26th. Afterward, we’ll be holding a Twitter chat with the filmmakers, Consumers Union staff and other organizations on ways we can all get involved and make a difference.
Register here, and we’ll remind you before the film begins so you don’t miss it.
A Place at the Table
On Feb. 20, the UVa Food Collaborative is showing “A Place at the Table,” cosponsored with Market Central and Whole Foods. This film wakes us all up to the fact of prevalent hunger/food insecurity, this time not in developing poor nations across the globe, but in widespread neighborhoods of our own notably wealthy nation. Featuring Jeff Bridges, a long-time hunger activist, it follows three Americans and their challenges dealing not with any shortage of food overall but with poverty and “food desert” areas that ironically contribute to obesity.
Join us at Nau Hall 101 for a Whole Foods reception just outside 101 in Manley Commons at 5:30-6:00, the film at 6:00 pm, and a rich panel of experts following the film at 7:30. Bring your comments/questions for Dr. Jewel Hairston, Dean of the Agriculture School, VSU, and primary author of the newly released “Food Desert Report for Virginia“; Dominic Barrett of Shalom Farms, Richmond, and of the Va. Food System Council; and Ryan Blosser, a JMU permaculture educator and creator of Project GROWS and Dancing Star Farm, Waynesboro. We’ll hear about the Food Desert Report, called for by last spring’s General Assembly, and now being rolled out to State administration, legislators, and other stakeholders. Moderated by Paul Freedman, Associate Professor, Dept. of Politics.
EASY FREE PARKING: lot adjacent to NAU Hall. From JPA turn onto Brandon; Brandon is approximately across JPA from the back of Old Cabell Hall, slightly in the direction of the hospital. After turning on Brandon, the lot will be on the right.
Calling Local Farmers, Gardeners and Growers
High-Bionutrient Crop Production Workshop
Friday, Feb. 7 and Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014
Madison, Virginia
Hosted by SoilSHARE (Soil – Soil Health Assists Rural Economies)
Growing Nutrient-Dense Food Is the “Next Big Thing” in the Food Movement
We’re fortunate that Dan Kittredge, a second-generation organic farmer and nutrient-rich food grower, is coming to Madison to teach an intensive two-day workshop on biological farming (click the image on the left to download the flyer). You’ll learn how to test and analyze your soils so you can apply the right mix of nutrients to build your soil up to peak vitality. Dan will share how he saves time and money to grow the high-quality food that his customers have grown to appreciate and have made his business a success.
This is a rare opportunity to learn biological farming from a successful commercial grower. Go to http://bionutrient.org/workshops to register, click the“Sign Up Online” button near the bottom of the page and select the “Madison, VA”class location. The fee is $150.00 for the two days with scholarships available for farmers (contact gary@bionutrient.org to apply).
How to Test Your Soil & Bring Lab Report to Class
- Download and print the form. Note: enclose a payment of $30 (not $25) per test with the completed form (make sure to check the box for “AEA Base Test Plus EC, Mo, Co, Se, Si”).
- Collect your soil sample(s) following the instructions at http://bionutrient.org/soil-test (be sure to include your email address so Logan Labs can send you a digital copy of your report).
Please allow 4-5 business days to receive the test results and be sure to bring your lab report to class.
SoilSHARE is a Madison-area group dedicated to helping our local growers, gardeners and farmers improve soil and raise food quality. Successful farms will stimulate our economy, attract visitors, and celebrate our agricultural heritage. For more information, please contact Steven Schwartz.
Anna Lappé Exposes Big Food Marketing
Corporate Accountability International is partnering with Anna Lappé, the Food MythBusters and a coalition of leading food & farming groups to launch a short film about Big Food marketing junk to kids TONIGHT at 8 pm EST on foodmyths.org
The film exposes the fast-food industry’s aggressive marketing to children (driving an epidemic of diabetes & obesity) and shows how parents, communities, and teachers can stand up for a better food system and for real food.
The film will be followed by a live on-line conversation.
Corporate Accountability International
10 Milk Street, Suite 610
Boston, MA 02108
617-695-2525 (Main)
617-695-2626 (Fax)
http://www.StopCorporateAbuse.org/
Fortnight of Action for Seed and Food Freedom
Dear lovers of life’s diversity and lovers of freedom,
It is time to organise and concentrate our energies to liberate our seeds and our food from the toxic, greedy and lethal clutches of global corporations like Monsanto; from the laws the corporations are writing, stealing our democracies in order to steal our seeds and food, our health and livelihoods, our cultures and our lives. We need to break from the sense of powerlessness the corporations would like us to experience to make us believe they are all powerful and we have no power to change. But we do. We just have to combine our collective energies. We must become the change we want to see.
I invite you to unleash your creative energies during the Fortnight of Action for Seed Freedom and Food Freedom – 2nd October to 16th October.
2nd October is Gandhi’s birth anniversary. Gandhi left us the legacy of “Swaraj”- self-organised freedom and “Satyagraha”- the force of truth. Let us dedicate ourselves to celebrating 2nd October as the day for a worldwide “Seed Satyagraha”. A day when we defend Seed Freedom and Food Freedom by identifying every regional law written by corporations to undermine these freedoms by criminalizing diversity, seed saving and seed exchange, farmers innovations and farmers rights; whilst establishing illegitimate seed monopolies through patents and privileging of uniformity and monocultures.
After having identified laws for seed slavery, let us commit ourselves to not obey these unethical and brute laws which threaten life on earth, including our lives and the lives of our children. Gandhi had reminded us 100 years ago, that “As long as the superstition remains that unjust laws must be obeyed, so long will slavery exist”. We have a dream, and our dream is that every seed, every bee, every butterfly, every earthworm, every person, every child be free of manipulation and control, hunger and disease; that they evolve and co-evolve in freedom, well-being and health. We must not allow ourselves to be subjected to the superstition that Monsanto Laws must be obeyed. For the sake of Gaia’s laws, of life’s renewal in freedom and the laws of justice, it is our ecological and ethical duty to disobey Monsanto’s laws. And while resisting and not co-operating with destructive laws of seed dictatorship, let us celebrate Seed Freedom and Food Freedom through adopting The Law of the Seed and creating Gardens of Hope – seed sanctuaries – and GMO-free, patent free Seed Freedom Zones.
On 12th October we will self-organise to March against Monsanto across the world, like we did on the 25th May.
16th October is World Food Day. Monsanto and other Biotech giants have been foolish and arrogant enough to award themselves The World Food Prize they sponsor that day. Let us give Real Food Prizes to Real Food Heroes in our communities, who bring us real and healthy food instead. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, 72% of the food that people eat comes from small farms and gardens. We can make the 72% a 100% by saving Seeds of Freedom and planting Gardens of Hope everywhere. Industrial agriculture driven by corporations has destroyed 75% of the planet’s biodiversity resulting in hunger and disease. 1 billion are hungry, 2 billion suffer from food related diseases. This is not a food system that brings us life and health. It is a greed and profit-driven, commodity producing system that has unleashed death and destruction. We have to stop this destruction. There is no place for poisons and corporate slavery in the food system. We are what we eat.
Our seeds and food are vital to life. We cannot afford to allow the destruction of the planet and our health to continue. We cannot allow seed slavery and food dictatorship to continue. We must take back our seeds, our food, our freedom.
With love and strength to each and every one of you to evolve your highest powers and unleash your highest creative and collaborative energies, so that together we shape a food system that protects life on earth, our small farmers, our health and our future.
Vandana Shiva
Eat. Drink. Empower. at Max’s Wine Dive, Benefitting SafePlace
Eat. Drink. Empower. is a 5- course meal, featuring cocktails and wine pairings, created by 8 local female Chefs/Sous. This one-of-a-kind event will be hosted August 24th from 6-9:30pm at Max’s Wine Dive in Downtown Austin. Tickets are $150 per person or $1500 per table (private table for 8 guests). A generous portion of the proceeds will benefit SafePlace, a local non-profit organization determined to end sexual & domestic violence. Max’s Wine Dive Chef, Erica Beneke, has taken on the heavy task of organizing this event with many other great female Chefs of Austin, promoting a cause that everyone can feel proud to support and one she truly believes in.
SafePlace
Provides Safety for individuals and families affected by sexual and domestic violence.
Helps victims in their Healing so they can move beyond being defined by the crimes committed against them, and become Survivors.
Promotes safe and healthy relationships for the Prevention of sexual and domestic violence.
Works with others to create Change in attitudes, behaviors and policies that perpetuate the acceptance of, and impact our understanding and responses to, sexual and domestic violence.
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Whitney Myler
Event Sales Manager
MAX’s Underground
207 San Jacinto
Austin, TX 78701
512.904.0121 Main
512.904.0128 Fax
Willie Nelson Benefit Concert for Local Food Hub
Willie Nelson & Family to Raise Funds for Local Food Hub with Benefit Concert
On Sunday, September 15, 2013, Austin’s country music legend Willie Nelson will headline a benefit concert for Charlottesville’s Local Food Hub at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion. His son’s band, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, will open the show.
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2nd Annual Vaca y Vino to Benefit FARFA
UPDATE: Tickets are nearly sold out!
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
Wimberley, TX—There’s nothing that says Texas more than an outrageously big outdoor barbecue in the Hill Country, and that’s where you’ll find Austin chefs Larry McGuire and Lou Lambert roasting an entire 1,200-pound steer at the second-annual Vaca y Vino celebration on April 21. Set on Bridges Ranch, a private venue on a thousand acres dotted with oak trees and Longhorns just outside of Austin, Vaca y Vino promises to be one great five-hour dinner party, with delicious food, fine Argentine wine and local craft beer, and live tunes by Doug Strahan and the Good Neighbors.
Vaca y Vino is not your average Sunday afternoon get-together. The event, which is sponsored by Lamberts Downtown Barbecue, was inspired by South American chef Francis Mallmann and a recipe for Una Vaca Entera (“the entire cow”) that appears in his cookbook Seven Fires. “Having both a family cattle operation and a passion for barbecue, we had to try it,” said Will Bridges, a co-founder of Lamberts. McGuire and Lambert will follow suit in the same Argentine style as they prepare the massive piece of meat for the three hundred or so guests lucky enough to secure a ticket. Carving is a big production. In fact, at last year’s shindig, according to an article in the New York Times, the cooking crew “did a practice run with a 350-pound half cow.”
In addition to the roasted meat, the menu also includes empanadas stuffed with ricotta and Swiss chard; spring vegetable caldo; grilled lettuces, escarole, and red onion salad; warm new potato salad with parsley, mustard, and capers; Lamberts sausages; chimichurri; and chocotorta. Fine Argentine wines will be served as well as local craft brews including Pedernales, Live Oak, Austin Beerworks, and Rogness.
All proceeds from Vaca y Vino will be donated to the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA), a national organization that supports independent farmers and protects a healthy food supply for American consumers. Tickets are $100 per person (no transportation) or $120 per person (includes transportation from downtown Austin to and from the event) and can be purchased at vacayvino2013.eventbrite.com.
TOM YUM: Local. Food. Innovation.
Charlottesville, Virginia, where the philosopher king and queen of the movement, Michael Pollan and Barbara Kingsolver, have devoted much time. Pollan, author of the locavore’s bible, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, dedicated much of his book to Polyface Farm, a small, organic farm just outside Charlottesville, Virginia. Kingsolver’s best-selling memoir Animal, Vegetable, Miracle detailed her family’s yearlong quest to eat only locally produced food from rural Virginia. -Forbes Magazine 6/01/2011
Tom Yum is a community food festival based in Downtown Charlottesville and celebrating local food innovators at the Charlottesville City Market. On Saturday, April 13th, come meet the farmers, chefs, artisans, and pioneers in sustainable food and see what all the fuss is about.
Play with your food. Learn about your food. And eat your food. It’s a day of hands-on workshops, food talks, culinary demos, and tastings. Try your hand at market-scene sketching and games. Revel in the sights and sounds of live bluegrass and classical music in a parking lot transformed into a pop-up park.
Grab your groceries at the market, participate in the arts and music at Tom Yum, and stick around for the Food Talks. This event is totally free and designed for the whole family. Bring an appetite, a sketchbook, and plan to stay a while.
Calling All Gardeners!
The sun is shining and the soil is beginning to warm up, so now’s the time to order seeds and plant lettuce seedlings. We’re just a month away from planting potatoes, spinach, lettuce and peas!
Photo credit: ecstaticist / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA
If you need more sunshine or more land, think of joining the gardeners at the Mayo Yowell Community Garden – we’re taking requests now for plots in Madison, Virginia’s only community garden..
Carty Yowell has been getting the soil ready and will do the last prep before mid-March. Drive by and see those plots just waiting for someone to use them! The garden is on the east side of Route 29, between Shelby and Gibbs Roads (just south of Lam’s Furniture).
Roscoe Barnes is returning as the on-site coordinator this year, which is great news. Roscoe did a terrific job last year of keeping in touch with gardeners and keeping the perimeter of the garden under control!
This year we have good news – we have received a grant from the Piedmont Environmental Council to help us promote and maintain the garden. We are hoping to stretch the PEC dollars by seeking donations of key equipment and supplies as well. If you have a working wheelbarrow to donate or manure you can deliver, please let me know!
Our community garden kick-off is scheduled for 2 pm, Sunday, March 24. James Barnes of the PEC will demonstrate how you can build suitable housing for birds that need a boost in Madison County – bluebirds, wood duck, kestrals, screech owls, barn owls, and bats. If you want to be a good bird landlord but don’t want to build your own housing, James can take orders for pre-made housing.
Please spread the word about signing up for plots in the community garden and about our Community Garden Kick-off at 2 pm March 24.
See you at the garden!
Jan Richter
Food Done Right
PARTICIPANT MEDIA’S TAKEPART.COM LAUNCHES ‘TASTEMAKERS’ CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHTING TOP 100 U.S. BUSINESSES COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ‘FOOD DONE RIGHT’ JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
The Company That Brought You Food, Inc. Publishes The Ultimate Guide To Local, Organic, Sustainable and Delicious Shops In Ten of America’s Most ‘Foodie’ Cities.
“I originally partnered with Participant Media on Food, Inc. because of their belief in creating change around the food issues we face in the U.S. as well as globally,” said Robert Kenner, Director of Food, Inc. “It’s been three and a half years since the film released and I’m thrilled to see they are still committed to its core values, telling the story, educating consumers and inspiring action.”
LOS ANGELES – Nov. 1, 2012 –TakePart.com, the digital publishing division of Participant Media (Food, Inc.), today announced its TakePart Tastemakers series devoted to spotlighting leading local businesses that are committed to bringing their communities “Food Done Right.” Selected in partnership with the nation’s leading food journalists, these local shops were chosen based on themes underscored in the hit 2008 documentary Food, Inc. – humane, homemade, organic, do-it-yourself, artisanal, locally sourced and sustainable.
As part of this campaign, TakePart is also launching key social initiatives designed to help people make better food choices and improve America’s food system as a whole. As an example, TakePart has joined forces with the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention, co-founded by Food, Inc.’s Barbara Kowalcyk, to host a petition urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to withdraw their proposal to speed up poultry processing lines. This proposal gives each inspector only one-third of a second to inspect each bird – raising both food safety and worker safety issues.
“As the digital publishing division of Participant Media, TakePart is committed to continually highlighting the issues raised in our films and providing consumers with the most relevant and qualified actions they can take to make a difference,” said Karina Kogan, General Manager of TakePart. “TakePart Tastemakers is a great example of our ongoing effort to engage and educate the public about our food system in a way that is both entertaining and actionable.”
Shops featured in the inaugural TakePart Tastemakers list were chosen based on proven leadership in providing thoughtful and healthier options to their community and were selected by prominent food writers such as James-Beard award-winning journalist Dara Grumdahl and Seattle Times restaurant critic Providence Cicero.
Each of the 100 businesses spanning across the 10 markets of Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and the Twin Cities also represent an alternative to big supermarket chains. Austin standouts include:
Antonelli’s Cheese Shop
Sweetish Hill Bakery
Foreign & Domestic Bake Sale
in.gredients
Houndstooth Coffee
Lick Honest Ice Creams
Noble Pig Sandwiches
Pasta & Co.
Quality Seafood Market
Zhi Tea
The full list of TakePart.com’s Tastemakers can be found starting November 1 at www.takepart.com/Tastemakers. The Web series will premiere on November 13. For more information on the Social Action campaign, please visit www.takepart.com/Tastemakers/action.
MEDIA CONTACTS
Shannon Swallow:
sswallow@takepart.com
310-246-7753
Shannon Leigh Turbeville:
shannonleigh@triple7pr.com
615-254-9389
Wise Traditions 2012
AMERICA’S PREMIER NUTRITION CONFERENCE
Life-changing Lectures • Cooking Lessons • Networking
Traditional Nutrient-Dense Meals • WAPF-Friendly Vendors • Wise Kids Child Care
For anyone interested in health, nutrition and food,
including parents, health professionals, seniors and students
Dine Out. Do Good.
Hey, Austin!
It’s time for the 5th annual Austin Restaurant Week, the not-to-be-missed culinary event to benefit Meals On Wheels And More. Participating restaurants (including Foreign & Domestic, Olivia, Uchiko, Olive & June and lots more) are offering special lunch, brunch and dinner table d’hôte menus ranging in price from $12 to $37.
This year, Austin Restaurant Week has doubled their fundraising goal to $35,000 which would help provide more than 17,000 meals for the local non-profit organization’s clients.
Addie Broyles writes “From this Sunday through Wednesday and again Sept. 30 through Oct. 3, each restaurant is offering three-course dinners for either $27 or $37 and/or two-course lunches for $12 or $17. Some are also offering a $17 brunch menu. Austin Restaurant Week has an iPhone and Android app that lets you search by location, cuisine or price and make reservations. You can make reservations and find more information at restaurantweekaustin.com. (OpenTable.com, a partner in Austin Restaurant Week, will make an additional donation for every ARW reservation made through either its website or restaurantweekaustin.com.)”.
Hope to see you out there!
Dining for Life: Eat, Drink & Make a Difference!
Press Release
Austin’s Best Food Event Monday, Sept 10 and Tuesday, Sept 11
Dining for Life: Eat, Drink & Make a Difference!
AUSTIN, September 4, 2012: Restaurant reservations are going fast for Dining for Life, voted Austin’s Best Food Event in 2010 by the Austin Chronicle Best of Awards. Dining for Life is this coming Monday, September 10 and Tuesday, September 11, at select Austin restaurants.
Dining for Life has raised over half a million dollars over the past 19 years, and its power lies in its simplicity: you eat at a participating restaurant and 10% to 50% of your tab will directly fund HIV prevention outreach and care services right here in Austin.
According to Dining for Life founder and former Eastside Café co-owner Dorsey Barger, “Eating out during Dining for Life is like throwing a dinner party, but without the cost, cooking or cleanup. And, the money goes to life-saving services for people right here in Austin.”
Contact: Marcus Sanchez
Communications Coordinator, AIDS Services of Austin
512-406-6115 (work)
512-466-8125 (cell)
marcus.sanchez@asaustin.org
Pies and Pigs: A Benefit for Colleen Sommers
Pie Fixes Everything is an Austin-area home delivery food service featuring baked-to-order 
homemade pies, tarts and quiches. Their mostly seasonal, organic goods are also available from the Cedar Park and HOPE Farmers’ Market.
Proprietor Colleen Sommers does everything she can to support area farmers and the local economy- now its our turn to help support her. Please join us on Thursday, June 14th at Srringdale Farm for a fun party for a good cause, featuring the best of the best in the local food community!
Related articles
- Her “Pieness” Colleen Sommers (fieldandfeast.com)
Get Ready for the 5th Annual Eat Drink Local Week!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 14, 2011
EAT, DRINK AND CELEBRATE- LOCALLY, OF COURSE
SFC joins Urban Roots as beneficiary of 5th Annual Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week
(AUSTIN, TX)— Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week, Austin’s premier local food and drink event, is returning for its fifth year; and this time with bigger and better events to tantalize the taste buds. Serving as one of the driving forces behind the sustainable food movement in Central Texas, Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week successfully raises awareness of the bounty of products grown and made in our region. Their success is achieved each year by partnering with Austin’s favorite restaurants, providing guests with fun and exciting events and raising generous funds for the Sustainable Food Center and Urban Roots. Guests are invited to dine at over 50 participating restaurants that will feature a locally sourced menu, and to attend eight signature events throughout the week that raise awareness of Austin’s vibrant local food scene. This year, Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week will double its fundraising goal to $80,000.
In its first year, Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week raised over $8,000 for Urban Roots, a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as a means to transform the lives of young people and increase access to healthy food in Austin. Once a small program under the YouthLaunch umbrella, Urban Roots is now an independent, non-profit organization thanks to the fundraising efforts of Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week.
Sustainable Food Center is excited to announce that they will serve as a beneficiary of this year’s Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week for the first time alongside Urban Roots. SFC cultivates a healthy community by strengthening the local food system and improving access to nutritious, affordable food. In addition to producing three of the area’s largest farmers markets, SFC’s programs include Grow Local, Farm Direct, The Happy Kitchen and Sprouting Healthy Kids. With the help of Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week, SFC can look forward to continued growth as an organization, much like Urban Roots.
By hosting the week-long event in December, guests can enjoy a bountiful selection of local ingredients grown during Central Texas’s most robust growing season. Diners are encouraged to try a special entrée featured on participating restaurants’ menus crafted entirely from locally sourced ingredients. Those who participate can also experience a variety of activities each day of the week to meet local farmers, brewers, distillers, coffee roasters, chocolatiers; sample and shop for local food artisan holiday gifts; help select the Official Drink of Austin; and more.
New to this year’s lineup is an Online Chef Dinner Auction, featuring eight of Austin’s favorite chefs. Bidders won’t want to miss their chance to bring a celebrity chef into their home or private venue for an unforgettable culinary experience for eight of their closest friends and family. This is a first ever fundraising component of Edible Austin Eat Drink Local Week. Participants can access the auction now and view dinner details by visiting www.edibleaustin.com/auction.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Bread & Butter Public Relations
Ali Slutsky
815.210.7454
ali@breadandbutterpr.com
Mary Mickel
501.350.3422
mary@breadandbutterpr.com
Edible Aria is not affiliated with Edible Austin. While we’re huge fans of theirs, the naming is purely coincidental.
Take Back Our Food; The Scourge of Industrial Farming
“Cutting the Curd” gets political with Heather Squire, the coordinator for Occupy Wall Street‘s (#OWS ) food preparation and delivery. From washing dishes to feeding over 3,000 people in a single weekend, Heather explains how she and the food team in Zucotti Park have devised a large-scale food distribution system: The Peoples Kitchen.
Delving into another facet of the food justice movement in tandem with Occupy Wall Street is dairy farmer and activist Lorraine Lewandrowsky and fromager Tia Keenan. The group discusses cheese economics and the plight for more transparency (sic) which comes from more small dairies and less industrial farming and processing. Learn how you can help this movement, from volunteering to sending food supplies or attending the Occupy Big Food movement.
Related Articles:
- From Slow Food USA
- From Civil Eats
- From the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- From Mother Jones
The Silk Road – Asian Food and Wine Pairing Event
Journey down the Silk Road from China to the Middle East, and experience exquisite Asian cuisine paired with unique wines and spirits.
This unique culinary experience includes seven food and wine pairings from local Asian restaurants including Koriente, Swad and Kala’s Kuisine (and many more), a Japanese tea bar sponsored by Zhi Teas, and a silent auction. Sommeliers Rachel Wilson and Claudia Alarcón will be your guide to this fun evening covering each food region and wine pairing.
Vegetarian options are available. Must be 21 or over to participate.
All proceeds benefit SAHELI for Asian Families, which provides critical services to domestic violence, sexual assault and trafficking survivors.
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THE SILK ROAD
An Asian Epicurean Journey
Saturday, October 15th, 2011
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Mexican American Cultural Center
600 River St, Austin TX 78701
SAHELI specifically addresses the cultural and language needs of Asian and other immigrant families affected by domestic violence. Our values and mission are reflected in our programs, which integrate culture and language specific direct services, educational programs, and community-based initiatives and advocacy.
SAHELI represents six words that define our services:
Support, Advocate, Heal, Empower, Listen, and Inform.
SAHELI for Asian Families
Phone: 512.358.6318 x 200
Fax: 512.777.4539
Hotline: 1-877-281-8371
www.saheli-austin.org
Rally For Real Food
The much-anticipated Rally For Real Food was held on the steps of the Capitol in Austin, Texas earlier today. The energetic crowd cheered a raft of passionate speakers including Ronda Rutledge (Executive Director, Sustainable Food Center), Eric Herm (Farmer, author of Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth), Neil Carman, PH.D. (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter), Judith McGeary (Executive Director, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance) and Mike “The Health Ranger” Adams (Editor, Natural News) about the right to know what’s in our food.
Many thanks to Mike LaRocca of Beanitos for organizing this important event! Thanks also to the sponsors, vendors, volunteers and attendees who helped make today’s rally a success.
Rally For Real Food
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Austin Bakes for Bastrop
Pearl and Culinary Institute of America to host benefit for Foodways Texas
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Foodways Texas August 30th, 2011 PEARL AND CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA TO HOST BENEFIT FOR FOODWAYS TEXAS
All Star Chef Line-Up Dinner plus Molly O’Neill to Speak
The Pearl, in partnership with The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio, to sponsor benefit for Foodways Texas an all-star evening of chefs including Jason Dady chef and restaurateur of The Lodge; Elizabeth Kossick, Latin Cuisines Specialist for The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio; Tan Nguyen of Central Market, San Antonio; Jesse T. Perez, Burbank graduate and executive chef, consultant for Alamo Cafe; Rebecca Rather restaurateur of Rather Sweet Bakery & Café and author of “The Pastry Queen”; and Andrew Weissman, restaurateur of Il Sogno & Sandbar and CIA grad on Thursday, Sept. 8 from 7 pm to 10 pm. “We’re thrilled that Pearl Brewery and The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio are helping to introduce us to San Antonio. Both Pearl and the CIA are in tune with the food cultures of the area, so forming this relationship is ideal for Foodways Texas and we hope it continues well into the future,” said Marvin Bendele, executive director of Foodways Texas. “There is a rich culinary history in the city and surrounding areas and we hope to document that history and emerging food cultures through our oral history program.” During the event, Molly O’Neill author of One Big Table; A Portrait of American Cooking, will speak about immigrant foodways, while guests enjoy a meal celebrating a variety of cuisines focused on the San Antonio region. Copies of the book signed by the author will be available for purchase courtesy of The Twig Book shop. Keeping with Foodways Texas mission, the dinner highlights Texas products with Texas crafted cocktails, wine and beer with a Master Sommelier pairing Texas wine. Tickets are $150 per person including beverages and dinner. All proceeds to benefit Foodways Texas, which preserves the vibrant foodways of Texas through oral history projects, documentary films, recipe collections, and scholarly research. To purchase tickets, go to http://texasfoodwaysatpearl.eventbrite.com/ . ### |
ABOUT FOODWAYS TEXAS
Foodways Texas is an organization founded by scholars, chefs, journalists, restaurateurs, farmers, ranchers, and other citizens of the state of Texas who have made it their mission to preserve, promote and celebrate the diverse food cultures of Texas. By joining and supporting Foodways Texas, you become part of a movement to preserve the vibrant foodways of Texas through oral history projects, documentary films, recipe collections, and scholarly research. You will join us in highlighting the state’s distinctive foods and food cultures at our annual scholarly symposium, supporting educational food-based seminars, promoting local food networks, and partnering with universities and other non-profit organizations to educate future generations about healthy and sustainable food practices. For more information on Foodways Texas, go to http://foodwaystexas.com/.
ABOUT THE PEARL
Pearl, a former brewery that operated from 1883 until 2001 and a landmark just north of downtown, today is a groundbreaking culinary gathering place where you can eat, live, learn and play on the banks of the San Antonio River.
The 22-acre Pearl site is home to the Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio and Aveda Institute San Antonio, the year-round Pearl Farmers Market. Pearl restaurants include Il Sogno Italian Osteria and the Sandbar Fish House and Market, both by CIA graduate and James Beard Award-nominated chef Andrew Weissman, and La Gloria Ice House by CIA graduate chef Johnny Hernandez. Pearl is also known for the Melissa Guerra Latin American kitchen store, the Twig book shop, Adelante Boutique, Run Wild Sports, The Synergy Studio and Bike World. The Center for Architecture houses the AIA San Antonio and the Architecture Foundation of San Antonio. Office tenants at Pearl include the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber, the Nature Conservancy, the CE Group, WestEast Design Group and other creative firms. Event space includes the Pearl Stable, the Pearl Studio and the newly completed Pearl Park, a community gathering space, which includes amphitheater seating overlooking a stage alongside the San Antonio River Walk.
ABOUT THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is an independent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor’s and associate degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts, and certificate programs in culinary arts and wine and beverage studies. As the world’s premier culinary college, the CIA has a network of more than 40,000 alumni that includes industry leaders such as Grant Achatz, Anthony Bourdain, Michael Chiarello, Cat Cora, Steve Ells, Todd English, Duff Goldman, Sara Moulton, Charlie Palmer, and Roy Yamaguchi. The college has campuses in New York (Hyde Park), California (The CIA at Greystone, St. Helena), and Texas (San Antonio), and an international location in Singapore. In addition to its degree programs, the CIA offers courses for professionals and enthusiasts, as well as consulting services for the foodservice and hospitality industry. For more information, visit http://www.ciachef.edu.
Dining for Life
Austin’s Best Food Event September 12th and 13th
AUSTIN, August 4 2011: Restaurant reservations are going fast for the 19th annual Dining for Life, voted along with the Hot Sauce Festival as Austin’s Best Food Event in the Austin Chronicle Best of Awards. Dining for Life is this coming Monday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 13, at select Austin restaurants.
Dining for Life has raised over half a million dollars over the past 19 years, and its power lies in its simplicity: you eat at a participating restaurant and a substantial portion of your tab will directly fund HIV prevention outreach and care services right here in Austin.
The 60-plus participating eateries include Eastside Café, Mother’s Café, Olivia, Wink Restaurant & Wine Bar, Zocalo Café, Foreign & Domestic Food & Drink and Magnolia Café.
Diners are the biggest key to a successful night and Dinner Captains are the liaison between the diners, restaurants and AIDS Services of Austin.
Ann Richards speaks at the first AIDS Walk Austin in 1988
This year’s event offers you the opportunity to be a Dinner Captain by selecting one of your favorite participating restaurants and inviting your friends, family and co-workers to join you in helping to insure the success for both the restaurant and for ASA, whose mission is to respond to needs of the Austin area by providing services that enhance the health and well-being of individuals and the community.
Please visit the website for more information or to register as a Dinner Captain.
Questions? Please feel free to email or call Scott Dinger at scott.dinger AT asaustin.org or call (512) 406-6157
@asaustin
