Saturday, March 19, 2011

Local Eating Community Giveback Event !

LocalrootZ Project @ the Portland Winter Farmer's Market !


Cassi & I were very honored to be able to use the Farmer's market as an outlet to get our message of green living out to the world.  Usually the market has very strict regulations as to who can set up shop at the market,  leaving the vending to farmers and farmers alone !  But since I have helped the farmer's market in the past by designing the market fliers and promoting it through every and all forms of social media, they decided to make a one time exception for us !  Not only did they allow us to come but they also made us feel so welcome with a special little sign as well as this facebook post...

"We have 2 very special guests joining us at tomorrow's Winter Farmers' Market! Lukaduke Fuller and Cassi Madison will be with us to talk to the community about eating local and living green. Come and get inspired, and enjoy your favorite Maine farmers & food... Also check out this amazing contest that Luke and Cassi are finalists in to win the green wedding of their dreams @ Clay Hill Farm !  VOTE HERE "  Portland Winter Farmer's Market

the market was bustling from early on....
lots of people from young an old came to check out what the farmer's had been up to this week...
being the winter it becomes a contest to see who can preserve last falls harvest the longest...
 and there is our LocalrootZ table
we had lots of info to share including a typed up handout that had our top six reasons to eat locally on one side with the other side containing a list of our favorite books, websites, farms and other local resources to help people in their search for local food. (If you missed us you can find most of these resources under the recommend tabs on the right side of this blog!)

It was so exciting to share our passion for the environment with so many new faces.  It was also amazing how many people said they already check in pretty regularly to our blog... 
 
 As you can see below, we used some of my artwork and a couple of our newspaper articles to draw a little crowd over to our table as well as to stimulate some conversation !

If you still have yet to see our newspaper articles here are the links...




and here we are enjoying a quiet moment during a lull in the early afternoon !

and the best way to lure farmer's market patrons to the table... FREE FOOD !
We prepared a 100% local snack...we decided that a Spicy Bean Dip on Buckwheat Rye Crackers would do the trick.  It seemed like the best option was to go with a finger food, that way we didn't have to worry about serving dishes, limiting the amount of waste !  Needless to say they were a big hit and so many people were asking us how we made a local cracker... stay tuned for a full recipe later this week !

In closing we wanted to thank the Winter Farmer's Market once again and also thank each and everyone who stopped by our table.  In the spirit of the Community Giveback we tried to concentrate more on education and less on campaigning for votes...








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