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Homestead Al Gusto

Posted in agritourism, events, farmer/grower, food, location, locavore, tagged on November 4, 2011| 1 Comment »

Saturday, November 5, 2011
6:00 -11:00 pm

Losner Park
104 N. Krome Ave.
Homestead FL 

A brand new local food festival launches tonight in the heart of historic Homestead. Called Homestead Al Gusto, the event is the brainchild of Adri Garcia, executive chef of Greenrocks Foods. She brings together a number of different elements of the local food scene to this free, family friendly fest.

Participating at the event: the Food Truck Invasion, local farmers and food artisans, a Children’s Corner presented by Atala Montessori School with lots of fun kid’s activities, live music, and a Chef’s tent where Chef Adri Garcia and friends will give cooking demos.

To add to the excitement, chefs from the Food Truck Invasion will compete for best in show in a Chef’s Challenge issued by local farmers in Homestead. (And farmers are a tough crowd to please!) The chefs will pick up a basket of local produce containing in season vegetables and herbs from Redland, and make a dish using their particular style of cooking. The results will be judged and a prize will be awarded.

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Organic film screens at Worden Farm

Posted in events, farm, media, tagged , , , on October 29, 2011|

Did you have a chance to see the documentary What’s Organic About Organic when it screened in West Palm Beach yesterday at the Slow Food Glades to Coast Leadership Meeting? If you missed it, or want to see it again, and are up for a drive to Punta Gorda, check this out:

Sunday, October 30, 2011
Activities at 6:00 p.m. Screening at 7:00 p.m.

Come make organic candied apples, enjoy organic popcorn and watch a film with the Director, Shelley Rogers and Character and Co-Producer, Marty Mesh! Community discussion will follow the screening. This event is a FUNdraiser for Florida Organic Growers (FOG). $20/person, kids under 12 enter free.

About the film:

Directed by Shelley Rogers, this film rings the alarm for the need to develop an ecological consciousness. The film illustrates that the organic food debate extends well beyond personal choice and into the realm of social responsibility. Each of the film’s characters is intimately connected to the organic world; they’re farmers, activists, and scientists. While many folks can easily endorse “organic,” the characters in the film take the discussion beyond just shopping for another eco-label.

As we glimpse into each of their lives, we see how organic agriculture has the potential to solve many of our environmental and health problems. The film will explore how organic farming can be used as a soil and air protection system, a healthy solution to toxic pollution, and an innovative means to combat global warming.

What’s Organic About “Organic”? delves into the debates that arise when a grassroots agricultural movement evolves into a booming international market. As the film moves from farm fields to government meetings to industry trade shows, we see the hidden costs of conventional agriculture. We also see how our health, the health of our planet, and the agricultural needs of our society are all intimately connected. The film compels us to look forward, towards a new vision for our culture and encourages us to ask, “How can we eat with an ecological consciousness?”

Location:

Worden Farm
34900 Bermont Road
Punta Gorda, Florida 33982
(941) 637-4874
office@wordenfarm.com

If you’re not able to travel, buy your own DVD here. Put the word out and host your own screening. Each copy comes with a public screening license, and the cost varies by the size of the audience.

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Brunch in Paradise

Posted in agritourism, chef, events, farm, food, location, tagged , on October 29, 2011|

Sunday, October 30, 2011
11:00 a.m. farm tour, followed by lunch at 12:00 p.m.

Sip mimosas while on a leisurely tour through the farm and avocado grove…
Delight in an amazing meal featuring just-harvested fruit, farm-fresh produce, fresh eggs, homemade yogurt, and local artisan cheeses…
Bring friends and family to make this the centerpiece of an enjoyable outing to the heart of Redland…

Each Brunch in Paradise will feature Chef Kira Volz, cooking up a Sunday tradition with seasonal South Florida flair. Items for the menu are harvested and prepared fresh, based upon the seasonal availability of Paradise Farm.

Reservations are required. Each brunch is priced at $53.00 for adults, $15 for children under 12, and free for children under 2. Tax and Google fee not included. Please inform Paradise of any allergies at least 48 hours prior to the event so that you can be accommodated.

Additional brunch dates: November 27, 2011. January 15, 2012. March 18, 2012 (St. Patrick’s Day). April 8, 2012 (Easter). May 13, 2012 (Mother’s Day).

Paradise Farms Organic is only open to the public during these special events.
For more information contact: info@paradisefarms.net  or 305.248.4181.

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What’s On Your Plate? screening

Posted in events, food, media, tagged , , , , , on October 21, 2011|

Food Justice Film Series

On occasion of of National Food Day (October 24), Youth L.E.A.D. and O Cinema present What’s on Your Plate? a critically acclaimed documentary that follows two eleven year old multi-racial city kids over the course of one year as they explore their place in the food chain, and shows their point of view on the growing local food movement in New York.

The film will be shown on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 at 1 pm.

Location:

O Cinema
90 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL 33127
(305) 571-9970

To purchase tickets go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2118208619

From 11 am to 4 pm, Urban Oasis Project will have a farmer’s market set up, and the vegan food truck Mac’N will also be there.

This screening is part of the Food Justice Film Series, which focuses on food justice and responsible eating through films, discussions, and food tastings given by local/organic producers. Sponsored by Slow Food Miami.

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Edible Garden Festival 2011

Posted in agritourism, events, farmer/grower, food, tagged on October 20, 2011|

It’s time to plant your fall vegetable garden! Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is once again holding its annual Edible Garden Festival this weekend, October 22 and 23, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.  The gardening celebration will have ongoing lectures, cooking and gardening demonstrations, free yoga class in the mornings, a beer garden (it is October after all), a plant sale and a farmer’s market.

Baby tomato seedlings. Picture taken about 4 weeks ago. Plants for sale are much larger!

Bee Heaven Farm will be there with hundreds of heirloom tomato seedlings and dozens of varieties to choose from — small cherry and pear tomatoes, plum and paste varieties, and large beefsteaks. Heirloom tomatoes come in a rainbow of colors — yellow, orange, red, purplish black (those have the best flavor!), brownish red, pale pink, and even thaose that stay green when ripe. Heirloom tomatoes have some of the most creative names — Green Gage, Brown Berry, Sun Gold, Lollipop, Tommy Toe, Matt’s Wild Cherry (an Everglades tomato), Podland Pink, Brandywine, Black Krim, Georgia Streak, Tigerella, Homestead 24, Taxi, Black Plum, Cream Sausage, Speckled Roman, Red Zebra, Green Zebra — and that’s just a few of the kinds that Bee Heaven Farm will have at the Festival. It’s easy to fill your garden with tomato plants. Buy 5 and get one free. Buy 15 and get 5 free.

Here is a select list of garden demonstrations:

Saturday, October 22

11:00 a.m.    Basic Cheesemaking Techniques, Hani Khouri, Mediterranean Organics
12:00 p.m.    The Tools You Need to Grow Vegetables, Muriel Olivares, Little River Market Garden
1:00 p.m.      Building Rich Soil, Ben Thacker, Troy Gardens
2:00 p.m.      Local, Organic Eggs: Their Importance in Your Diet, Alice Pena, PNS Farms

Sunday, October 23

11:00 a.m.    Planting and Caring for your Tomato Plants, Margie Pikarsky, Bee Heaven Farm
12:00 p.m.    Designing Your Edible Garden, Dylan Terry, Ready-to-Grow Gardens
3:00 p.m.      Edible Landscaping, Melissa Contreras, Urban Oasis Project

Admission is free for Fairchild members and children 5 and under. Non-members pay $25 for adults, $18 for seniors 65 and up and $12 for children 6-17. Free admission for active military personnel, and you get a $5 eco-discount if you walk or bike to the gardens. Click here for a $2 off coupon.

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