Food For thought Festival
Saturday, September 21, 2012, 8:30am – 1:30pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, off the Capitol Square
The annual Food For Thought Festival began in 1999.
From the event site"The annual Food for Thought Festival is a fun, festive forum that explores and celebrates our many opportunities to eat more pleasurably, healthfully and sustainably.
Come celebrate local food and products at REAP Food Group’s 14th Annual Food for Thought festival!
Taking place alongside the Dane County Farmers’ Market, this popular event offers opportunities for the whole family to taste, learn and connect with our local food system..... for free!
The festival will feature booths from over 40 organizations, farms and restaurants as well as an appetizing local foods tent, cooking and tasting demos, kids activities and its first ever Food Camp."
New This Year to Food Camp
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Chef Showdown
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Update: My photo...
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Slow Food Chicago presents: 3rd Annual Goose Island Pig Roast
September 11, 2011
2 – 5 p.m.
Goose Island Beer Company
1800 West Fulton Street
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