February 10, 2013:
Eat Local Week
Greater Sarasota’s Eat Local Week is an annual celebration of the best of local food and farming. Our 4th annual Eat Local Week will take place in March 2014.
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- The organizers of the first annual Eat Local Week receive an official proclamation from Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton (Eat Local Week 2011).
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- Michelle Silva of Passion for Produce shows off her backyard aquaponics farm (Urban Farms and Gardens Tour, Eat Local Week 2011).
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- Rebecca Greer shows off an herb spiral in the middle of a community garden she started in her backyard (Urban Farms and Gardens Tour, Eat Local Week 2011).
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- Peter Burkard’s backyard garden in full bloom (Urban Farms and Gardens Tour, Eat Local Week 2011).
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- Vincent Dessberg’s hydroponic rooftop farm in downtown Sarasota, I Grow My Own Veggies (Urban Farms and Gardens Tour, Eat Local Week 2011).
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- Local favorite, Passerine, entertains the crowd at an Eat Local Week Kick-Off Celebration at Geraldson Community Farm (Eat Local Week 2012).
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- The Three Kitcheneers meet one of their heroes, self-proclaimed “lunatic” farmer, Joel Salatin (Eat Local Week 2012).
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- A march for higher wages and better working conditions for Florida tomato pickers. (Eat Local Week 2012)
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- Center Montessori teacher Jayne Cobb describes the creation of her edible school garden. (Edible School Gardens Tour, Eat Local Week 2012)
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- David Gwatney, talks about the Agri-Science Program he runs at Mackintosh Middle School (Edible School Gardens Tour, Eat Local Week 2012).
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- Eat Local Week tent at the Sarasota County Fair (Eat Local Week 20113).
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- Eric Geraldson leads a tour during an open house at Gamble Creek Farm (Eat Local Week 2013).
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- Hot-house tomatoes at O’Brien Family Farm (Know Your Farms Tour, Eat Local Week 2013).
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- Feeding baby cows at Dakin Dairy Farm (Know Your Farms Tour, Eat Local Week 2013).
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- Eat Local Week partners (Eat Local Week 2013).
