I'm going to Green Cuisine. See you there!

Back when the morels and the leeks were just popping out of the forest floor, I spent a whole day foraging with the Young family. Tim and Kathy Young operate the all-organic Food For Thought preserves and wild foods company in Honor. We had such a blast together. While Tim and their two children hunted for the elusive morel—they got a few!—Kathy and I followed behind in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore forests with just the tinges of chartreuse green on the trees. We talked about Green Cuisine, a free-to-all, zero-waste shindig right on the edge of their their leek farm and all-green company grounds in mid July. Well, I can't believe summer is now in full blush and the Green Cuisine event is next week! I just registered at Food For Thought's Website. Hope to see fellow food-and-earth-loving peeps out there. It is a glowing good time.

When: Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Time: 5 pm to 8 pm

Location: Food For Thought 10704 Oviatt Rd. Honor, MI 49640
For more information, please call 231-326-5444
or email green-cuisine@foodforthought.net

Green Cuisine is an expression of Food For Thought’s philosophy. It is our effort to bring more awareness to the benefit of local food and sustainable business practices. Visitors will be able to sample some of the best products of local food and beverage artisans, tour Food For Thought’s organic farm and green buildings as well as socialize, learn and have fun in a beautiful setting. Children welcome.

This is a “zero-waste” event. What does “zero-waste” mean?
As in all things sustainable “zero-waste” is a process, not a destination. The goal is for all the waste generated from the event to be either reusable, recyclable or compostable. Utensils, drinking cups and plastic bags are made from corn and compostable. Plates are also made from non-bleached recycled content and along with the food scraps are added to our onsite composting piles where we compost 100% of our food waste from our food facility along with approximately 7 tons of cardboard every year. This compost is then used on our organic farm and the organic farms of local farmers that grow crops for us. Last year we had over 800 guests eating, drinking and socializing which resulted in less than one ounce of waste.

The list of exhibitors for 2009 so far includes:


FOOD/BEVERAGE VENDORS:

La Becasse
Oryana
Grocers Daughter Chocolate
Higher Grounds Trading Co.
Chateau Chantal
Black Star Farms
Cherry Republic
Ciccone Vineyard and Winery
Shady Lane Vineyards
Trattoria Stella
Short's Brewery
Light of Day Organics
L. Mawby Vineyard
Shetler Dairy
Pleasanton Brick Oven Bakery
Honor Family Market
Good Neighbor Organic Winery and Vineyard
Stone House Bread
Naturally Nutty Nut Butters
Cook's House
Bel Lago Vineyard
Right Brain Brewery



GREEN LIFESTYLE/AWARENESS:

Green Island
Fernand Footwear
Little Artshram
Wings of Wonder
Hende Design
Neashasha
Salon de Capelli
Salon Verve
Living Light Massage
Deep Wood Press

SUPPORTERS:

Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association/Absolute Michigan
Music: Seth and Daisy May
Design: Chelsea Bay Wills
Horse Taxi: Black Horse Farm
Parking: Moonshadow Farm (Robb Bollenberg & Jeanne Strathman)

MAJOR SPONSORS:

American Rentals

Cherry Capital Foods

Interlochen Public Radio