2009 Local Food Fair – DRAFT

Updated January 15, 2009

Next meeting: February 4, 6:30 – 8:00, Emy J’s.

Agenda for next meeting: marketing, program development, report on restaurants, report on play

Goals:   1) Increase the public’s awareness and interest in local foods

            2) Increase involvement in local food (Farmshed) initiatives

            3) Use the arts to express the value of local foods

Audience:         Primary: The general public

Secondary: School teachers and food service; Restaurants; Farmers; Grocers

                        200 participants (?)

Timing: Tuesday, March 3^rd, 5:30 – 8:00 PM

Venue:  SPASH – Auditorium and south commons

Components:

1) Local Food Play

Artistic expression of the value of local foods.  This will include a play to address the 3 aspects of local foods laid out by Pollan – food security, health, and climate change.  See the attached outline

2) Food

Provide local food for participants to enjoy.  Provide a local potato bar.  Farmshed will provide baked potatoes with basic toppings, restaurants will be asked to provide toppings and dessert.

3) Information courtyard: Initiative Information/Local food exhibition

Provide an opportunity to showcase local food/Farmshed initiatives and to create a list of people interested in working on those initiatives during the next year.  Also invite other local food related organizations to participate.  Have CSA sign-up here.  Maybe provide some demonstrations/examples (e.g., container gardening)

Schedule:          5:30-6:15 potato bar served

6:30-7:00 performance

7-8 Desert, coffee, information courtyard

Responsibilities:

Sue Anderson –

• coordinate potato prep, cooking, serving

   

• enter event information into community TV, Journal, SP convention and visitors bureau,  

   

 Jan Way

• check out facility situation (done)

   

Jeremy Solin –

• meeting of performers, costume contact

   

• talk with Carrie Winn about after school arts project

   

• Check with MREA about dishes.

   

• Create email announcement – send to Sue, Gazette, Farmshed, City Pages, Susan Ermer (eco-muni), Lois Lawler (Dems), Mary M (League of Women Voters), Holly (Co-op), community spirit

   

• Contact with auditorium people

   

Dale Bovey –

• Healthy Grown potato donations

   

• Contact Chris about potato purchase

   

• Find out about Cranberry juice donation

   

Mary Mallor –

• find out about restaurants willingness to provide potato toppings and desert (done)