Slow Food Bluegrass Calendar of Events
Call 502-303-3760 or email Mark Williams for more details.

Right: Alice Waters with Convivium leader and chef Mark Williams during the Slow Food event at historic Waldeck Manor. Elaine Shay photo.

March
• 22 - Organic Banquet featuring Michael Pollan and Dan Imhoff, Douglasville, GA. Southern Regional Leaders Meeting. We are very excited to be hosting our southern regional leaders meeting in Atlanta on Sunday, March 22nd at Love is Love Farm, in Douglasville, GA, just outside of Atlanta. The meeting will commence with a brunch at 10am, and will end by 3pm. Esteemed food activist, Dan Imhoff, author of "Food Fight: A Citizens Guide to a Food and Farm Bill," will be our keynote speaker at the meeting. Our fearless leaders, Erika Lesser and Josh Viertel, will be there as well. We will work out a specific agenda, which will include a tour of Love is Love Farm, as well as the brunch and talk by Dan. There will be a $35 fee to help cover the cost of the brunch and the speaker. You and your board members are invited to attend this event. To reserve your spot, please send a check made to Slow Food Atlanta, to 4148 Kings Troop Rd. Stone Mtn. GA 30083. Place: Love is Love Farm, Douglasville, GA Address: 3260 Hwy 166, Douglasville, GA 30135 Phone: 678-485-4941.

April
• 11 - Everybody Eats! From the Ground Up: First Annual Louisville Food Summit. This day will reflect the flow of our food from "farm to table" and encourage dialogue between all parties involved in each step to create a synergy that will work to begin efforts to improve Louisville's food system. Saturday, April 11, 2009 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (ET) Metro United Way 334 E Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 http://louisvillefoodsummit-widget.eventbrite.com

• 17-18 - Growing Our Community Food System From the Ground Up, Lexington. The Friday workshops will address general topics about creating a more sustainable community foods system such as food assessments, farm to table, CSAs, food and hunger. The Saturday workshops will focus primarily on providing practical tools and resources for creating community gardening. Call for workshop presenters… Interested in presenting a workshop? We encourage interested persons to submit proposals for workshops at this 2-day conference. Sponsored by Bluegrass Partnership for a Green Community Food and Sustainability Team. Other organizations are encouraged to become a co-sponsor of this conference. Sustainlex@sustainlex.org, 859-312-7024, www.sustainlex.org

• 18-19th - Art in the Garden: The 46th Annual Farmington Plant Sale and Louisville Artisans Guild Spring Fair. A wide selection of vegetables, herbs, annuals and perennials, are featured in the Sale, which will be held behind the Farmington Museum House adjacent to the historic Anne Bruce Haldeman garden. Hours will be 9:00-3:00 both days. New for this year Farmington has partnered with the LAG for their Spring Art Fair. The Fair will consist of juried artists featuring jewelry, textiles, pottery, stained glass and more. Hours will be 10:00-5:00 Saturday and 12:00-5:00 Sunday. Attendance is free. There will be food and refreshments for sale provided by Slow Food Bluegrass. Farmington will continue its preorder tradition. Please call for an order form. http://www.historichomes.org/farmington/index.htm.

May
• 16 - Peace and Global Citizenship Fair, Lexington, Bluegrass Community Technical College, “Peace and Global Citizenship Fair”. Slow Food members and Terrapin Hill Farm will prepare local food for an “Eat-In for Peace”. Website.

• 16 - 17th Annual Kentucky Herb Festival, Frankfort. Franklin County Fairgrounds. Slow Food members will present a Kentucky herbal feast. Slow Food members and Terrapin Hill Farm will prepare local food for an “Eat-In for Peace”. http://www.kyherbassociation.com.

• 23, 30 - Naturefest, Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve, Louisville. Featuring nature discovery, music, games, Slow Food, arts and crafts, environmental groups and activities for the whole family 12-5 p.m. http://www.creaseymahannaturepreserve.org

June
• 14 - 2nd Annual Slow Food & Locust Grove Summer Family Picnic, Locust grove Historic Home, Louisville. Featuring arts and crafts, old fashioned children’s games, farmers, artisan foods, animals, Bluegrass musicians and more! http://www.locustgrove.org

• 19 - Thieneman's Herbs and Perennials Annual Summer Solstice Party, Louisville. Come party with Slow Food! http://www.thienemans.com

• 21 - Slow Day and Night. Statewide celebration of local food on the longest (and Slowest) day of the year.

• 27 - Francisco's Farm Fine Arts Festival, Midway. Slow Food Bluegrass and Honest Farm will present "The 2nd Annual Starving Artist Party" http://www.franciscosfarm.org

More scenes from Waldeck Manor. Left: Chef Ouita Michel of Holly Hill Inn in Midway, KY, prepares to serve her Harvest Borscht and Baked Pumpkin. Right: Wendell Berry was on hand to welcome Alice Waters to the Bluegrass. Elaine Shay photos.

This calendar is produced as a service by Slow Food Bluegrass, a nonprofit organization that supports a biodiverse, sustainable food supply, local producers, heritage food traditions and rediscovery of the pleasures of the table. Please join us! Please send news and updates of your community events by emailing Mark Williams at slowfoodbluegrass@msn.com.

Ray Lampe (center), aka Dr. Barbeque, divulges barbeque secrets during a Slow Food event at Woodford Reserve. Bruce Robert Frank photo.