Earth Week Eat Local Picnic *Local producers*Local Food*Local Music*

[Ann]

Saturday, April 25th.  Noon to 4pm at Muni Park Shelter.

Wrap up Earth Week with an Eat Local Celebration.

Bring a local dish.  Meet your local growers.
(Details to come.)

[Scott Swendsen]

Wow!  What can I say!  What a great turn out for the first BSLC / Idaho Bounty's Earth Week Eat Local Potluck Picnic.  Great food, great music, great people!  Although it was a bit cool and windy, our spirits kept us warm as we shared our stories about our food contributions - so much local food!

Thank you all for coming out yesterday - we had local food providers, BSLC members, Idaho's Bounty members, long-time Boise residents who have just heard about BSLC or IB, newcomers to the Boise area, and all local food consumers! 

A ton of raffle prizes were given out, money was raised for Idaho's Bounty, ice cream was made, apple crisp baked, connections made and musicians played.

We will be posting soon a list of our sponsors and contributors and we also will be posting a list of all of the food that was shared - thank you all!

Scott

[Ann]

A big Thank You to all who participated in the Eat Local Potluck! 

So many people created amazing dishes to share made with local food and local love.  And we had a nice showing of people who arrived on bike and on foot, food and drink in tow.  Yay!

A HUGE Thank You to The Giant Leprechauns for the wonderful music, and to the following sponsors for their generous donations.  Please remember to support your local producers.  Click these links for more information:

• Bittercreek Ale House and RedFeather Lounge
• Shangri-La Tea Room
• Canyon Bounty Farm
• Morning Owl Farm
• Serenity Treasures Pasta and Bread
• Idaho's Bounty

[Scott Swendsen]

Hi all,

Just wanted to share a list of all of the wonderful food brought by everyone that came to the first BSLC Earth Week Eat Local Potluck Picnic last Saturday:

1st Annual Earth Week Eat Local Potluck Picnic – April 24th, 2009

Who	What	What was Local?
Tamara & Tim Purple Sage Farms	Salad	Purple Sage greens with chive blossoms & purslane with a fresh savory herb dressing.
Tamara & Tim Purple Sage Farms	Beans	MM Farms red beans, turkey pan drippings from Easter turkey from At Farms
Victoria & Jonathan	Apricot Dressings	Blended local apricots
Jonathon & Victoria	Idaho Green and Red Salad	Local spinach, bok choy, radish & rhubarb
John	Carrots & Greens	Local gardens
Kristin	Zeppole Wheat Bread	Local bakery
Karla	Meatballs	Home-grown beef – lovingly raised and cared for – no pesticides
Liz	Dried apples & Cheddar cheese	Weiser apples & Gooding cheese (Ballard Cheese?)
Jill	Purple & White Carrots and local bread & cheese	From the Carrot Lady at the Boise Capitol City Farmers Market, bread & cheese from market vendors
Meagan	White Bean & Rosemary Dip with bread	White beans from Buhl, Rosemary from my garden and bread from Zeppole
Jami	Potato Salad	Sunset Butte potatoes, King Crown onions, Purple Sage tarragon, chives from my garden
Joanie	Potato Skins	Local potatoes, cheese & garlic
Stacy	Caprice Salad Bites	Local cherry tomatoes (Hagerman HS?), homemade goat’s milk mozzarella (!) and basil from my garden
John & Roberta	Spinach Salad	Onions & peppers from local market
Scott	Amish Friendship Breads	Canyon Bounty whole wheat flour, Cloverleaf Creamery milk, Meadowlark Farms eggs, eggs from Toren, Annielise & Kevin’s chickens, local blackberries & rhubarb from the Boise Capitol City Farmers Market, lemon from Springs of Life / Idaho’s Bounty purchase
Morning Owl Farms	Quack Quiche	Morning Owl Farm duck eggs & veggies, Canyon Bounty Farms whole wheat flour, Cloverleaf Creamery Milk