Potluck: Community New, Events, and Resources, A Newsletter of the Center for Food in Community and Culture

LOCAVORES IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN:

As part of the Wisconsin Eat Local Challenge, there will be a local showing of the film “Fresh” at Urban Frog in Green Bay at 6:30 on Thursday Oct. 1. Check the website for info about the film, which includes interviews with Joe Salatin and Michael Pollan. http://www.freshthemovie.com/

Learn how the Oneida Nation Tsyunhehkwa: Life Sustenance program and community promote self-sustainability and food security on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 at 2:00pm in the Christie Theater on campus.

The 16th Annual Harvest & Husking Bee is 9am-5pm on Saturday, Sept. 26-Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 at the tsyunhehkwa Agricultural Site, 139 Riverdale Drive, Oneida, WI 54155.

The 4th Annual Wisconsin Local Foods Summit will be held Jan. 21-22, 2010 at the Ramada Convention Center in Eau Claire, WI. It will be held jointly with the 12th Annual Midwest Value Added Agriculture Conference. Will Allen of Milwaukee's Growing Power urban agriculture organization will be a featured speaker. Check the website www.rivercountryrcd.org/valad.html for details.

The 2009 Wisconsin Eat Local Challenge dates have been set for September 27th through October 4th. Sunday to Sunday this year. The website has been updated by Cris Carusi - www.eatlocalwisconsin.com.

The Downtown Food Project planning committee invites you to provide input on a potential downtown food cooperative, commercial kitchen and education complex.
Over the past year a growing interest in local food and need for downtown food access has prompted several organizations to collaborate on developing a sustainable food-centered project located in Downtown Green Bay. This venture will look to combine three major components of food-related businesses: a wholesale/retail food cooperative, a commercial kitchen and consumer education. Subcomponents could include, but are not limited to a bakery, deli and brokerage to link local growers to local food retail business. Organizers are asking the community for input and involvement through an online survey and visioning activity. Please click the link to take the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GePeZ3lccf50asWVNywdZw_3d_3d

Wisconsin Local Food Network has created a wiki at http://wisconsinlocalfood.wetpaint.com This is a great way to keep abreast of local food initiatives statewide and post your upcoming events too.

THE 2009 FARM FRESH ATLAS OF EASTERN WISCONSIN is an authoritative source for the latest products and contact information on regional growers, food artisans, and farmers markets.

LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS:

Green Bay Farmers Market. Between Cherry and Pine streets, downtown Green Bay. 7 a.m.-noon Saturdays through Nov. 1. Produce, bakery, honey and syrup, crafts, meats and more.

Farmers Market on Broadway. On Broadway, between Walnut and Dousman Streets. Wednesdays 3-8 p.m. (June-Sept 24) Some shops open late.

De Pere Summer Market. Thursdays from 7 a.m. to noon from July to October, beginning July 10, in the parking lot at Seroogy's Chocolates, 144 N. Wisconsin St.

Eastside Farmers Market. Thursdays 11-5 through Oct. 2 at Aurora BayCare Medical Center, 2845 Greenbrier Road, Lot 3 by the pond, Green Bay.

Oneida Farmers Market. 2-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 9 in the parking lot of the Hwy 54 One Stop in Oneida.

Sturgeon Bay Farmcraft Market. Saturdays, 9-noon, through Oct. 25 at Sturgeon Bay Market Square, corner of Michigan St. and Fourth Ave.

For other markets check Farmers' Markets in Wisconsin.

The Third Annual Wisconsin Local Food Summit was held on Jan. 8-9, 2009 in Wisconsin Rapids. The keynote speaker is Dr. Kate Clancy, author of Greener Pastures: How Grass-fed Beef and Milk Contribute to Healthy Eating. Check out the conference brochure for details.

Howard Lyman spoke to full house public at Urban Frog, August 28, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. The Urban Frog, located at 163 N. Broadway, celebrates its Summer of Local Foods by welcoming Howard Lyman, a.k.a. “The Mad Cowboy” to Green Bay on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 5:30. Mr. Lyman, a fourth generation family-farmer from Montana, spent over 20 years in “traditional” agriculture raising pork, turkey, veal, chicken and cattle. After overcoming a life-threatening illness, Mr. Lyman set out to transform his health through sustainable, humane and chemical-free farming. Today this vegan cowboy travels over 100,000 miles a year as a speaker and lecturer sharing his unique perspective on current farming practices. He has spoken on radio stations in over 200 countries, appeared on numerous television shows including Oprah (after hearing Howard, she declared that she'd never eat a burger again) and has spoken to thousands of small and large groups alike. “If there is to be a bright future for our children and grandchildren, it will come from consumer support of producers who work in concert with nature—organically, sustainable, and humanely.” --Howard Lyman

The event is on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at The Urban Frog, 163 North Broadway, Green Bay, WI 54304. Live music with Jeanie Carlin starts at 5:30 and Howard Lyman begins at 6:30. Admission is free, but RSVP’s are appreciated either by phone (920) 490-1170 or at The Urban Frog: theurbanfrog@gmail.com

"Locavore" is the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2007 Word of the Year!