Broad Appétit

After hearing about this from Tanya Cauthen at Belmont Butchery, you'd think we would have posted a link by now...but here it is: the website for Broad Appétit -- Richmond's upcoming food festival, set to be held on May 18th! Bill Foster will be there, and so will Joel Salatin, of Ominvore's Dilemma fame (if you haven't gotten around to reading that lovely book yet, Joel is a local food / sustainable agriculture activist who runs a farm in Swoope, VA). One of the events will be a "Locavore Marketplace," which will "feature Virginia's “best practice” local farmers, growers, bakers and food purveyors who will all feature Virginia's May bounty including strawberries and a spate of spring flowers. Event goers can meet and get to know the growers who are producing farm-fresh products, as well as learn their growing and preparation methods through interactive and educational demos." If this goes well, I imagine we'll be seeing a big increase in people attending the farmer's markets this season!