On July 24th, Lettuce Be Local will be offering their 3rd Annual Local Farmer Dinner at Lilac Hedge Farm
Lettuce Be Local, based in Sterling, MA, is considered among the industry as the “food hub” committed to strengthening the community through healthy eating direct from local farms. In 2014, they created their first Local Farmer Dinner, which is now hosted several times each year. The purpose? To provide an opportunity for area farmers to meet the chefs that use their produce while enjoying the fruits of their labor.
While many restaurants and chefs practice (or claim to practice) “Farm To Table” cooking, what co-founder Lynn Stromberg wanted to create with the Local Farmer Dinners, was a unique dining experience where guests could enjoy a locally sourced, fresh from the vine, farm to table meal—literally on the earth where produce came from. “When we began, we had little indication the dinners would be so well received despite each dinner being very different, depending on the farm location, guest chef(s), time of year and, of course, weather,” says Stromberg. With two years of dinners under their belt, a theme has begun to emerge: “dinner with friends” with the community vested in the local agriculture.
And today, tickets are available for what will be the biggest dinner yet, as it will include access to Farmstalk2016. “The four hour Farmstalk festival is the prelude to our multicourse local farmer dinner, with tastings from the chefs who buy local, 100% traceable ingredients, craft beer tastings, live music and a huge farmers’ market to encourage relationships with local farmers and the chefs who truly support local agriculture,” continued Stromberg.
Confirmed chefs include Katie Quinn of Mullahy’s Artisan Cheeses & Specialty Foods, Brian Treitman of B.T.’s Smokehouse, and Damian Evangelous of Armsby Abbey.
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