Food News - April 2011

Find out what the Food and Agriculture Committee has been up to:

* The quarterly Recipe Swap & Tasting Social was a big hit.

* April 16 Garden Party: Garden to Kitchen Basics ... Includes Al fresco Spring lunch & handouts from Chef Evan Rilling

* April 16 - free Ventura Earth Day Eco Fest, Seaside Promenade Park, Ventura 10am-5:00pm

* Bumper Crops Have a Home at Curly Willow: Jodi Brandt has opened the big cooler at her flower shop to include extra garden produce to be shared with others.

* The Food Council Gathering April 19th, 7:00pm ... Food & Agriculture committee is morphing into the Food Council

* April 23 Earth Play, Oak Grove School: 11:00am-4:00pm, free

* ECO-FARM Director Heads to USDA

* April Walks w/Lanny: Herbs & Edibles, $10-20, 4/9: Wheeler Gorge Herb Walk, 4/17: Horn Canyon (by Thacher), 4/30: Ventura River Preserve

* Maine Town Passes Landmark Local Food Ordinance: Sedgwick, Maine exempts direct farm sales from state and federal licensing and inspection.

* Free Film Preview: "A Greater Mission" tells the story of Iraq veterans who are going into organic farming

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