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A Delicious Week with The Main Street Farmer’s Market Tuesday, June 16, 2009
If you love food, you’re going to be spending a lot of time on Main Street this week. Starting at 4 pm tomorrow, Chattanooga’s area farms, restaurants, and green enthusiasts are bridging the gap between the farm and the city for the New Food Economy Week. Wednesday to Wednesday — June 16 to June 24 — Main Street’s Farmer’s Market will be taking over the Southside with a week full of fun and fulfilling agricultural festivities.
Starting with a dedication at the market’s new location on the corner of Main St and Williams, every day promises a new foodie adventure.
Thursday, catch an outdoor flick about a singing moonshiner, hosted at Neidlovs.
Friday, head to Green|Spaces to chat about kimchee and wine with the legendary chef and author of Wild Fermentation, Sandor Katz.
Saturday, enjoy a delicious Neidlovs breakfast at Greenlife followed by a trip out to Sequatchie Cove, where you’ll get a tour of the farms and a “cheese tasting and sensory evaluation workshop” with cheese connoisseur Nathan Arnold.
Talk Slow Food over a few microbrews at the Terminal on Monday night, and then bring a dish out to Crabtree for a potluck farm tour on Tuesday.
New Food Economy Week is not only an effort to teach people about the benefits of eating fresh and buying local, it’s also an initiative to get the word out about the Main Street Farmer’s Market.
“If our farms can have a successful market place, then it enables them to continue to exist and to protect the land they farm from the ravishes of uncontrolled growth in the rural areas around us,” says organizer Trae Moore. “Our dollars spent on local food is a vote of support for healthier rural landscapes and a healthier earth in general.”
For more information on the New Food Economy Week or The Mains Street Farmer’s Market, visit http://mainstfarmersmarket.com/.
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