Thursday, November 4th, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Weaver Auditorium in the Coastal Institute on the URI Kingston Campus
Panelists:
Ken Ayars – Chief of the Division of Agriculture and Resource Marketing of the RI Department of Environmental Management
Kristen Castrataro – Cooperative Extension Specialist – URI
Chef Matt Gennuso – Chez Pascal
Pat McNiff – Pat’s Pastured
Moderated by Rick Rhodes – Associate Dean of Research and Outreach – CELS – URI
From Slow Food Boston:
Location: Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro, Foxboro, MA
Cost: $60
When: Thursday, 10/07/2010 6:30PM
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Details:
October brings the real first tastes of fall — and of winter! We’re talking squash (like the Boston Marrow) and root veggies (like the Gilfeather Turnip) and items from the Allium family (Wethersfield Onions, anyone?) Wait, wait. Never heard of them? Maybe that’s because they’ve been classified as ‘endangered’ and entered into the listings of Slow Food USA’s RAFT Program.
As we continue our RAFT Heirloom Harvest Dinner Series, you’ll actually get the chance to taste all of these lovely veggies, and more! Your next opportunity comes Thursday, October 7th at 6:30pm down in Foxboro. (Don’t worry, the Patriots aren’t in town, so traffic is no excuse to miss out!)
Chef Matthew Maue at Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro is planning a major to-do for you: a reception with passed apps and then a four course dinner (hmm heirloom lettuce salad with country ham, braised short ribs, squash mousse!) This is the time to indulge in the late harvest, so definitely plan to join us for this scrumptious meal.
Cost for the evening is $60 with wine pairing available for and extra $15. As usual, we do require preregistration and payment.
**Since this will be a pre-planned set menu, please be sure to alert us of any food allergies or intolerances ahead of time. Thanks!**
Directions:
Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro is located at 201 Patriot Place in Foxboro, directly across from CBS Scene. More information and directions can be found on their website.
Please join us at Blackbird Farm in Smithfield for a dinner served in the pasture overlooking their fields of cattle. Guests will arrive at the farm at 4:00 p.m. with a hay ride. The Bouthillette family will give brief tours for an hour before dinner. The four-course meal will be prepared by Slow Food RI member Chef Twillia Glover from local ingredients. Wine will be generously donated by Jonathan Edwards Winery in nearby Connecticut.
All proceeds from the evening will go to sending delegates from our RI chapter of Slow Food to the Terra Madre conference and funding further Slow Food RI projects. Tickets are $60.00. Please join us for what will be a beautiful evening celebrating locally grown and produced foods.
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Details:
Saturday September 18, 2010 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Blackbird Farm
122 Limerock Rd.
Smithfield, RI 02917
Contact: David Dadekian, david@dadekianphoto.com, 401-942-0108
We’re really excited about our two talks coming up in the next few weeks – the “Building and Maintaining a Local Food System” panel discussion at URI’s Kingston campus on Thursday, November 5 at 6pm, as well as this talk:
Farm City, City Farm: Tales in Urban Farming from Farmer-Author Novella Carpenter and Farmer Rich Pederson
Sponsored by Slow Food Rhode Island and Southside Community Land Trust
Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7pm
at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, 1 Benevolent Street
A donation of $10.00 per person ($5.00 for students) is suggested
Join us for a evening of stories – trials, tribulations, and triumphs – from two talented urban farmers; Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: the Education of an Urban Farmer, and Rich Pederson, Southside Community Land Trust’s City Farm Farm Manager.
Novella and Rich will take turns sharing their urban agriculture experiences with us, with their unique perspectives influenced by each of their environments; Novella’s in Oakland, California, and Rich’s here in Providence. They’ll follow their story-telling with an audience question and answer period, which is sure to be entertaining and informative – and quite likely very funny as well.
For more information, email slowfoodri@gmail.com