Fellowships, Plant Sale and Farm Dinners
Big community news from Pilot Light, Liberty Prairie Foundation and Granor Farm
Harboring Hopes for Warmer Weather
It has gone back to gray today, so I thought I’d brighten things up with this photo I took yesterday. That’s a sailing class in Belmont Harbor. As you can see from those mostly empty slips, most owners are being cautious to make sure there are no more winter storms afoot before bringing their boats out of dry dock.
It’s Wednesday and the forecast for a lovely warmup this weekend is holding. The forecast high temperature for Saturday — heads up, Green City Market friends — is 80, and 69 on Sunday. Then another cooldown because that too is spring in Chicago.
Apply for Pilot Light Teacher Fellowships
Pilot Light is the Chicago-based non-profit that works with public school systems to integrate education about food and its role in society into students’ curriculums. Each year, the organization seeks teachers who want to participate in its Food Education Fellowship program, and applications are open and accepted through May 23.
Click the first button below to find out if you qualify to apply and to learn the program benefits, and click the second button to access the application.
Liberty Prairie’s Organic Plant Sale Starts 5/2
Liberty Prairie Foundation, based in north suburban Grayslake, is a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation. It is nationally recognized as a leader in developing and supporting enterprises that build and strengthen our local food system while enhancing the natural landscape.
The Foundation holds an annual organic Plant Sale that benefits its Experiential Education programs. You can shop online starting May 2 (click below to access), and the pickup dates and times are in the above flyer.
Chef Dinners Back at Michigan’s Granor Farm
Granor Farm, founded in 2006, is a certified organic farm located in Three Oaks, a southwest Michigan community that is just 80 miles from Chicago. And I’m happy to share the great news that Granor Farm is reviving its amazing farm dinner series after a two-year pandemic-related hiatus.
The Taste of Granor dinners are created by Abra Berens, a star chef and author of two highly regarded cookbooks, Ruffage (cooking with produce) and Grist (cooking with grains, beans and legumes). I met Abra several years ago when she was chef for the restaurant inside the Local Foods grocery store in Chicago, and she is one of the best people.
New this season is the farm’s recently completed agricultural building that houses a greenhouse as well as the kitchen and event space that will be used for the dinners.
Important note: Tickets for these dinners are released on a rolling basis and they go fast; the first two dinners, scheduled for May 13 and 14, are already sold out.
Click the first link below to see the dinner schedule and the dates that tickets go on sale. Click the second button for Dining FAQ.
Farmers, Send Me Your Farm Dinner Info
I am not playing favorites with the Granor Farm post above. I want to share all the farm dinners. If you have a farm that is planning farm dinners (or other agritourism events) — or if you have a favorite farm that is planning farm dinners — please send your info to bob@localfoodforum.com.
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