*Two upcoming events need your attention by this Friday, 10/8 at 5pm.*
This Sunday, *10/10/10* (deadline to sign up is this Friday, 10/8!)
*Farm Tour & Lunch Potluck for Climate Solutions*
10:30am - 2pm
Join The Whole Plate and community members in combining a very local farm
tour with one of the over 6,100 international events on 10.10.10 to promote
climate solutions. Spokane and Spokane Valley combined have 3 different
events to participate in 350.org's Global Work Party <http://www.350.org/> to
draw attention and ACTION to making real changes to reverse the climate
crisis.
Our group will meet at Lincoln Heights, where everyone will bike or carpool
(4.25 miles) to Heron Pond Farms. We'll meet the goats, see how they make
goat cheese, talk about food production close to town and enjoy a potluck
from everyone's contributions (please try to include at least one local
ingredient in your dish!) and try a little of their goat cheese!
*$5.00 to sign up (limit 40ppl) -
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/132723*
Senator Cantwell was invited to attend with the support of our
350.orgpartners. Though she cannot join us, she did want to share this
with all who
support climate solutions...
*“Congratulations and thank you for participating in what we hope is the
largest assemblage of carbon pollution cutting events our planet has ever
seen,” said U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). “We need your voices now
more than ever to overcome the special-interest polluters and
science-denying politicians who are blocking our urgently needed transition
to a clean energy future. Our dangerous overdependence on fossil fuels
threatens the ecosystems we depend on and hinders efforts to build new
growth industries that can support millions of high-wage, ‘green-collar’
jobs while providing more affordable energy choices. I believe setting a
simple, fair, and transparent price on carbon is the key to tackling global
warming and realizing the promise of a clean energy future. That’s why I so
appreciate Bill McKibben’s support of the bipartisan CLEAR Act climate
legislation that I proposed with my colleague from Maine, Senator Susan
Collins.”*
Next Sunday, *10/17/10*
*Kraut Making Workshop with Sun People Dry Goods*
11am-2pm, 222 N. Havana (WSU Extension)
Slow Food Spokane River and Sun People Dry Goods bring in Master Food
Preservers to lead a DIY class to walk people through the fun and reward of
making your own sauerkraut!
$10.00 - with your own min. gallon size jar or crock
$20.00 - to order a 1 gallon jar with the class registration through Sun
People Dry Goods <http://sunpeopledrygoods.com/> (opening in Spokane late
2010)
deadline for the $20.00 option is October 8th!
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/130231
More details on the attached flyer - feel free to circulate widely!
*Additional opportunities for October food & farm fun...*
*Area farmers' markets run through October*, and my goodness it is a
beautiful walk of food and people, AND the food is abundant!
Make a date on your calendar to shop local, at least one day a week for the
remainder of October and support our region's committed farmers!
*10/16/10* - One World Cafe & participating restaurants host the:
*Everybody Eats World Food Day Challenge** *
Spokane Restaurants will be like One World for a day. They will offer one
complimentary item or meal.
Europa, The Flying Pig and Fresh Abundance are just some of the additional
participants - contact Janice if your restaurant can step up too -
509-768-9479
That day to do something a little different, One World Cafe will have our
entire lunch menu as our complimentary offering! Now that's a real
commitment to making good, healthy, local, organic food available to all in
our community!
Donations will be accepted and encouraged to say thank you for spearheading
such bold moves to help those in need.
Check their website for more details - www.oneworldspokane.com
*10.20.10*
*EatwithyourEyes Book Discussion - Plenty*
7-8:30pm, 44 W. Main, Main Market Co-op
There are lots of ways to learn more about food and choices you feel good
making. The Whole Plate hosts 'Eat with your Eyes,' a series of book
discussion groups, films and farm tours, to offer our community a variety of
locations and experiences to explore local, sustainable, organic, (you name
the modifier) FOOD!
Join us in October with a celebration of National Co-op Month!
In partnership with Main Market Co-op, we'll discuss the book *Plenty*, by
Alisa Smith & J.B. MacKinnon (sneak preview the book
here<http://books.google.com/books?id=6ObZFoLUyrwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=...>
)
*Free to attend, but please email wholeplatei...@gmail.com by 10/18/10 to
RSVP, so we can prepare for the group size!*
More details on the attached flyer - feel free to circulate widely!
If you're a Facebook user, sign up for the Slow Food Spokane River page.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36900025772
Also, there's a new resource to find info about local, sustainable food.
Look for The Whole Plate in the search box.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Whole-Plate/131269026925793?ref=ts
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