the Gorge Winds S c o-o p
Issue 3                        September 2011
 


Second Annual Food Forum

Join Gorge Winds Community Grocery on Saturday, October 8, 2011
from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for our Second Annual Food Forum at Rock Creek Hegewald Center, 710 SW Rock Creek Drive in Stevenson.

This all day event of workshops, classes, and cooking demonstrations is free with a canned food donation for our local food bank. All monetary donations will benefit Gorge Winds Community Grocery.

This year we've added an indoor Farmer's Market, with delicious lunch options available for purchase. The Farmers Market runs from noon to 5 and is open to the general public as well as Forum attendees.

Keynote speakers include talks on: An Integrative Economy—building the most vibrant economy ever imagined - Gorge Grown's vision of 20% by 2020 - Why a Co-op?

Classes include: Food preservation 101, Backyard bee keeping, Building and maintaining a garden railroad with edible plants, All about chickens, Wild edibles, Gardening in small spaces, How to make homemade wine, Alpacas on the farm, Healthy eating made simple, Extending the growing season, and more!
Among the demonstrations: Veggie fajitas made with seasonal vegetables

 Updated program information will be available on our website as presenters are confirmed and scheduled:  http://gorgewindscoop.org/
Contact us at: 509-
427-3664 or info@gorgewindscoop.org

Brought to you in cooperation with Gorge Grown Food Network and Washington State University Extension.    Don't miss it!

    Calling all “fellow foodies”

   We need your help to make it happen!  Join us to help set up for the food forum at 8:30, then relax and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and baked goodies before the forum starts.  We also need extra hands to clean up afterwards - come experience the camaraderie of this all volunteer event!                        We will have a GWCG information booth at the farmer’s market from 12-5 and will need volunteers to be at the table, handing out our new brochures and sharing information about the co-op.                           We have lots of great speakers and vendors, and hope you can join us for this fabulous community event.     If you are available to help us out, please call  Deana Dahl, volunteer coordinator 509-281-1813 or Margie Fickett, event planner  509-427-4461                         Thank you all for your support!