13th Annual Local Farmer Open House
Saturday March 7, 2015
11 am – 3 pm at the Urban Ecology Center in Riverside Park
Free!
Know your farmer. Know your food. This event is your a once-a-year opportunity to talk with local farmers, hear about their growing practices, and learn about their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscription options. Sign up to get local deliveries of boxes of farm-fresh healthful produce and more.
Visit the Resource Table. Buy lunch from Milwaukee Localicious.
Take a short workshop:
- Introduction to CSAs –11:30 am or 1:30 pm – Jamie Ferschinger, of the Urban Ecology Center, will explain how Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) works.
- Eating Healthy All Year–12:00 pm or 12:45 pm – Annie Wegner LeFort of the Mindful Palate, Cooking instructor & Master Food Preserver, will share ideas for finding and preparing fresh food all year round. She’ll talk about how to use the contents of a weekly CSA box to prepare quick healthy meals, shopping farmers markets, preserving and more. Recipes, tips, and resources for cooking seasonally from scratch will be provided
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