| August
10, 2007
CISA’s
‘Eat the View’ tickets on sale now!
Eat
the View is held Friday, September 14, 2007 from
6-9:00 PM at the Garden House at Look Park.
Our annual fundraising feast—a celebration
of the beauty and bounty of our local landscape—features:
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a welcome reception and buffet dinner featuring
a sumptuous selection of locally grown delicacies
served with local wines, beers and ciders.
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the presentation of the CISA’s 2007 local
hero awards.
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a silent auction packed with creative donations
from local artisans and businesses.
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a live auction called by celebrated area auctioneer
and WBGY-TV host Roy Scott.
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live music by the O-Tones.
Tickets
are on sale now through September 1.
But don’t wait, they are going fast. Be
sure to get yours before the event sells out (it
always does!) Order
online here or call the office at
413-665-7100 to charge by phone.
Want
to pitch in? We’re looking
for volunteer servers for Eat the View. Call Jennifer
Williams for the details, 413-665-7100. Servers
receive a Local Hero t-shirt and first dibs on
leftovers!
Local
Hero cheese maker wins big in national competition
The American Cheese Society’s annual conference
has been called the "Oscars of the cheese
world," and we are excited to announce that
a Local Hero farmer took home two blue ribbons
from this year’s event, held at the end
of July.
Out
of 1200 overall entries, two cheeses by John
Miller’s Goat Rising Farm in Charlemont
rose to the top:
1st
Place in the smoked goat’s milk category
Goat Rising Nubian Smoked Cheddar
1st
Place in the goat’s cheese spread category
Goat Rising Creamy Dill
In
2006, John won a blue ribbon in the ricotta category
for his Jersey milk ricotta. Congratulations to
John and everyone at Goat Rising!
To find John’s cheeses at a store near you,
click here.
Or
visit the Curtis Country store on Route 2 in Charlemont
center, which carries all their available cheeses.
John
also wants Local Hero chefs to know that his quality
farmstead cheeses are available at very competitive
prices. Contact him to learn more: Goatrising@verizon.net
or 413-339-8500.
To
sample the ‘flavor’ of the cheese
conference, read
this Boston Globe article.
Local Hero corn
maze featured in national food magazine
Congratulations
to Local Hero farmer Mike Wisseman and his artistic
collaborator Will Sillin. Their 2006 corn maze,
which featured a portrait of Julia Child, was
featured in the August/September edition of Saveur,
a nationally
distributed food and cooking magazine.
You
can see a picture of the maze on Mike’s
Web site. Saveur
is available on newsstands throughout the region.
The
2007 maze will feature a portrait of Louis Armstrong
and have lots of fun musical diversions, as reported
in The
Daily Hampshire Gazette this
week.
Slaughterhouse
update
Local Hero farmers who planned to access Adams
Farm for slaughter services this fall would be
well advised to find alternative sites immediately.
Local Hero member Dave Freeman reports that work
has not yet begun on reconstruction and that it
seems unlikely that Adams will be available for
the fall season this year.
Dan
Carmel, who offered slaughter services
to Local Hero farmers earlier this year, confirms
that he is still available. Take note
– he has a new phone number: 413-842-7592.
Dan says that he can coordinate slaughter for
both livestock and poultry.
Local Hero event update
Friday,
August 10
Yankee
Candle Farmers Market
At the flagship store on Routes 5/10, S. Deerfield,
4-7 p.m.
Friday,
August 17
Local
Hero Day
Foster’s Supermarket, Greenfield
Meet Local Hero farmers, enjoy food samples. WRSI
/The River on site from 4-6 p.m.
Saturday,
August 25
7th Annual
Red Fire Farm Tomato Festival
Red Fire Farm, Granby
Sample dozens of heirloom and hybrid tomato varieties.
Workshops, demos, marketplace, live music, refreshments
and more! www.redfirefarm.com
Sunday, August 26
PESTOPALOOZA!
Stockbridge Farm, South Deerfield
Free cooking with basil demos, many varieties
of basil for sale. 1-4 p.m.
www.stockbridgeherbs.com
Sunday, August 26
Farmer's
Market & Local Vendor Festival
Whole Foods Hadley
Locally grown has been celebrated every day for
over 20 years at Whole Foods Market, and we invite
you to drop by and meet a few of our hundreds
of local vendors and growers. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Share
your news and event information
Deadline for submitting news for the September
issue of Local Hero member email news bulletin
is Monday, August 27.
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