Farm to Fork Picnic on June 14th

So if you would like to participate in one of the best food offerings of the year (proceeds benefit future farmer apprentices at the Breeze incubator farm program), be sure and get your ticket for this event.  If you check out the restaurant and farm list, you immediately know the food is going to be incredibly delicious as well as farm fresh.  We both definitely plan on leaving this event with a full-belly.  So come on out and enjoy some great food and great company.  

On Sunday June 14, we are joining many of North Carolina's most acclaimed chefs and a group of incredible Piedmont farmers to cook a picnic-style dinner at W.C. Breeze Family Farm, a 270 acre educational farm devoted to sustainable agriculture just a few miles north of Hillsborough. All proceeds from the evening will help grow new farmers across North Carolina by supporting farmer apprentice programs hosted by the Center for Environmental Framing Systems and PLANT at Breeze Farm Enterprise Incubator program. Over 70 restaurants, artisans and farmers are working together to prepare the all-you-can eat feast celebrating the bounty and diversity of our region, including the season’s first field-ripened tomatoes; heritage pasture-raised pork including whole hog BBQ, Tuscan-style porchetta and carnitas; a North Carolina shrimp boil; a tasting tent filled with handmade craft food, including farmstead cheese, pickles, preserves, breads and cured meat; Monterrey-style cabrito with homemade tortillas from old-variety corn last grown in the Carolinas in the 1940's; all-local sno cones, spit-roasted lamb, herb sorbets hand-churned by the teen gardeners from SEEDS; grilled pizzas and flatbreads made with vegetables grown in the field next door; and the last strawberries of the year. This family friendly evening will also feature activities for the kids including sack races, a honey-bee demonstration, goats, rabbits and chickens; and of course a tour of the Breeze Farm. We hope that you can join us! Sunday, June 14th 4-7pm WC Breeze Family Farm 4909 Walnut Grove Church Road Hurdle Mills, NC (5 miles north of Hillsborough) Tickets: $50 per person; kids 12 and under are free. Wine and beer will be available to taste and also to purchase. Tickets are available online at www.farmtoforknc.com A $2 processing fee will be added to all tickets. Organized by: Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Orange County Cooperative Extension and Economic and Development, and Slow Food Triangle Contact 2009farmtofork@gmail.com or 919-755-3804 for more information and volunteer opportunities.

Participants as of May 25th include: 

18 Seaboard

 3CUPS

 Acme Food & Beverage

 David Auerbach

 The Abundance Foundation

 Ayrshire Farm

 Bluebird Meadows

 Brinkley Farms 

Cane Creek Farm 

Carolina Crossroads 

Castlemaine Farm 

Celebrity Goat Dairy 

Chapel Hill Creamery 

Contrarian Farm 

Coon Rock Farm

 Counter Culture Coffee

 Durham Inner-city Gardeners at SEEDS

 Dutch Buffalo Farm

 Eco Farm

Elaine’s on Franklin

Farmer’s Daughter

Fickle Creek Farm

 Foster’s Market

 Four Leaf Farm

 Four Square

 Fowl Attitude Farm

 Fullsteam Brewery 

Glasshalfull

 Harland’s Creek Farm

 Haw River Wine Man

 Herons

 Irregardless Café

 Jujube

 Lantern

 Lil’ Farm

 Lucky 32 

Maple Spring Gardens

 Neal’s Deli

 Panciuto

 Panzanella

 Peregrine Farm

 Perry-winkle Farm

Piedmont Biofarm

 Piedmont

 Plant @ Breeze Farmers

 Poole’s Diner

 Sage & Swift

 Scratch Baking

 Southport Seafood 

The Barbecue Joint

 The Weathervane

 Fred Thompson

 Timberwood Organics

 Tiny Farm

 Toast 

Triple B Farms

 Watts Grocery 

Wild Hare Farm

 Zely & Ritz