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July 2: Food Independence Day Celebration
@ Earth House
Join Slow Food Indy at Earth House for a 7:30pm screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary film, The Garden, but come early (doors open at 4pm) for local farming exhibits, live music, activities for kids, and an all local organic dinner.
$30.00 covers all the day's events including a "meet and greet" lunch with the director of The Garden.
A la carte tickets are $5/person for the film and $10/person for dinner.
July 11, 8am: Indy Market Chefs' Challenge
@ Binford Farmers Market
July 24, 5pm:Indy Market Chefs' Challenge
@ Traders Point Green Market
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Coming to Indianapolis
July 10
Keystone Arts Cinema
Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, the USDA and FDA.
Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. |
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Where: R Bistro (888 Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis)
When: August 4:
5:30pm Urban Farm Tour followed by dinner seating at 7:00pm
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7:00pm Urban Farm Tour followed by dinner seating at 8:30pm
Cost: $25 for Slow Food members or $30 for non-members
(price includes taxes and gratuity – drinks are not included)
Dress: Casual with comfortable shoes, as guests will be walking or biking and exploring urban farms before dinner.
Reservations are required: Call R Bistro at 317.423.0312
*If you prefer the vegetarian option, please alert R Bistro when you make your reservation.
Join Slow Food Indy for a tour of urban farms and kitchen gardens and enjoy a local hog roast at R Bistro.
While guests have the option to skip the tour and simply make dinner reservations, we hope you'll follow local farmer-tour guides on foot or bring your bike! We'll tour the Big City Farms Urban CSA lots, the Cottage Home Community Garden, and several backyard kitchen gardens in the Cottage Home Neighborhood. The tours will depart promptly from R Bistro, and guests are requested to meet there at 5:30pm (in advance of a 7:00pm dinner seating at R Bistro) or at 7:00pm (in advance of a 8:30pm dinner seating at R Bistro).
Only a few seats are still available! Call R Bistro at 317.423.0312.
Reservations will be closed on July 31st (or when all places are filled).
Hoosier Farm & Garden Dinner @ Epworth United Methodist Church (6450 Allisonville Rd.), 5:30pm on August 8
"A community pitch-in dinner to celebrate the goodness of fresh local food"
Home-made Ice Cream Demo, Tomato Juice Canning, Games for Kids and Adults
Cost: $5 per person
Main dish and soft drinks will be provided.
Bring a large salad, vegetable, dessert or other side dish to share, using at least one ingredient from an Indiana farm or garden.
Please call 251-1481 by July 31 to reserve a spot
August 20, 5pm: Indy Market Chefs' Challenge @ 38th Street Farmers Market
August 22, 2pm: Community Canning Day @ Ivy Tech, 4th Floor Kitchens
FREE! But participation is limited to the first 20 who RSVP to membership@slowfoodindy.com
Bring your own canning supplies and ingredients to "put up" the bounty of summer's good, clean, and fair food to enjoy later in winter.
During SFI's 2010 Annual Meeting in January, folks will be invited to bring their canned & preserved foods to trade.
August 30, 12pm: "How to Eat Local" Harvest Potluck & Speakers in collaboration with Weston A. Price Foundation
Please bring a dish or beverage to share along with your resuable dining ware, and join us at The Bridge at White Rivertate Park
(801 W. Washington St.) for the following presentations.
Chef Thom England and Karen Mangia will speak about how they have eaten locally for an entire year, right here in Central Indiana.
Victoria Wesseler, creator of Going Local
Sue Spicer, founder of Basic Roots CSA, a year-round CSA in downtown Indianapolis.
September 9, 11am: Indy Market Chefs' Challenge World Series @ Indianapolis Farmers Market at City Market |
