Local Food Festival

LOCAL FOOD FESTIVAL

10am-3pm, Grace Lutheran Church, 13001 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights
Free and open to all. Come for a presentation or two (or all!), meet the local food activists who are leading the local food revolution in our area, and sample local food. Help grow the local food movement in the Heights. Family friendly, handicap accessible, near public transportation.

DOOR PRIZES! FarmShare Gift Basket and a One Year Subscription to Edible Cleveland
 

TABLES, PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS Farm fresh food samples | Food preservation and composting workshops| Fun stuff for the kids | Urban agriculture | Make seed balls | Locally-sourced food | Network with your food-growing neighbors | Community gardening | Local Cook books | Homemade jams and jellies | Reserve a Farm Fresh Thanksgiving Turkey|Herbs

Visit these vendors throughout the day:

10:00: A Chef and His Farmer: Doug Katz/fire with Jay Szabo/Dunham Tavern Garden, Noelle Celeste/Edible Cleveland Join Noelle Celeste, publisher of Edible Cleveland as she hosts a conversation with Chef Douglas Katz of fire food and drink and Farmer Jay Szabo of Dunham Tavern Market Garden to explore the relationship between a chef dedicated to local food and the farmer who grows it

10:40: Neighborhoods, Food, and You   Elle Adams/ City Rising Farm, Damien Forshe/Rid-All Green Partnership, Mansfield Frazier/The Vineyards of Chateau Hough. Inspriation and neighborhood transformation from the urban gardening and farming pioneers of Cleveland.  Discover how we can build upon their efforts here in the Heights!

11:20: Hands On Food-Folk Music with Deborah Van Kleef Musical activities about food and where it comes from with rootsy rustbelt folkie Deborah Van Kleef. Fun for the whole family!
Noon: Rain Garden Dedication with David Ernat and NEOSWRD

12:35: Preserve It with The Charmed Kitchen-Judi Strauss. Here’s the information you need to get the most out of your garden and summer produce specials. From canning basics to freezing you’ll learn how to safely store many fruits and vegetables for use throughout the year.

1:15: What Is Community Supported Agriculture? Michelle Bandy-Zalatoris/Geauga Family Farms and Sandy Kish Jordan/CityFresh/The New Agraian Center, will tell you all you need to know to about CSAs and how you can subscribe to these annual local farm services City Fresh is a program of the New Agrarian Center (NAC) that seeks to build a more just and sustainable local food system in Cuyahoga, Lorain &Erie counties.

1:55: Community Gardening in the Heights Nicole Wright, OSU Extension Service, Urban Agriculture Small grants, technical assistance, and the nuts and bolts of community gardening in the suburbs! cuyahoga.osu.edu

2:30: Composting Workshop and Bin Sale Kathleen Rocco, Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District . Learn about backyard composting, worm composting, types of compost bins, grasscycling, and other smart gardening techniques. cuyahogaswd.org. Compost bins will be available for sale.
Food, glorious food! Visit with these fine local foodies and practitioners throughout the day

I'll be there with FOOD NOT LAWNS CLEVELAND:
Make your own seed balls, and meet the Heights locals who are taking an active part in creating a thriving and healthy community through suburban permaculture, reducing waste, converting lawns to organic food, rainwater catchment and reuse, seed security, and reducing their carbon footprint.

Should be a good time!