Veg Fest VI - Celebrating Farmers and Communities
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 2-5:30pm, Bethany Park
NEW LOCATION FOR 2011: Bethany Park (66th and Vine). Map
Presented by KZUM 89.3 FM, "How's it Growing?" Community Radio Show and Community CROPS
Sponsored by the Nebraska Environmental Trust's Public Information and Education Grants, which are administered by the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.
Celebrate gardening, farmers and community!
Highlights
- Farmers' market featuring local producers with fresh produce, prepared foods and desserts
- Local organizations with information booths on everything from growing your own vegetables to tree planting to rain barrels
- Fun cooking and gardening demonstrations
- Tons of kids activities
Free fun for the whole family! Ride your bike to the event (there will be prizes for bicyclists) and enjoy a beautiful afternoon in the park.
Supported by: Buy Fresh Buy Local, Reynold Peterson Graphic Design, Open Harvest Co-op Grocery, Old Cheney Road Farmers’ Market, Prairie Fire and many local producers, vendors and businesses.
Youth Activities
- Jim King's Sing-a-long for Kids
- Kellie Haszard presentation: "What's the Buzz?" a pollinator/beekeeper presentation
- The Beehive Design Collective on the True Cost of Coal- collage activity for families
- Ellen Wright will be speaking on Rain Gardens- "Only Rain Down the Drain"
- Healthy Kids Healthy Families presentation
- Leaf rubbing art, veggie prints, hula hoopers, live owls, Farmer Bill's tipi, butterflies & hissing cockroaches and much more!
Chef Demonstrations
Learn from local chefs Ted Pool, Katie Skean and Julie Caruso how to cook up delicious local ingredients, and then sample the results!
For more information
Contact CROPS at info@communitycrops.org or 474-9802 for more information.
Vendors
Below are many of the confirmed vendors for Veg Fest:- Jim King Music
- Master Gardener Resource table
- KZUM
- Lincoln Green by Design
- KraftyKash
- City of Lincoln Watershed Management Division
- The Green Prairie Foundation for Sustainability
- Usborne Books & More
- Hunzeker Frameables
- BOLD Nebraska
- Purple Prairie Botanicals
- S & S Honey
- Open Harvest
- Community CROPS
- Nebraska Friends of Midwives
- Farmer Bill
- EcoStores
- Lincoln Animal Ambassadors
- Mama's Dream Bakery & Deli
- Hobson's Choice Farm
- Wild Bird Habitat
- Finke Garden and Nursery
- Wolff Farms
- Groovy Granola Gurus / Sweet Love
- Finke Gardens
- Prairie Fire Newspaper
- The Normandy French Creperie
- Daffodil Gourmet Catering
- Medingers market
- Manila Bay Philippine Cuisine
- Duckberry Acres
- Nebraska Herbal Society
