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Three Great Ticket Options for the  

Good Food Festival Saturday, March 19

 UIC Forum 

 

Get your Good Food Festival tickets online and save! The $35 Saturday All-Access ticket is your pass to all of to all of  our famous workshops including the three-hour Nourishing Traditions workshop by Sally Fallon Morell, celebrity chef demos, good food farmers and artisan producers, the Kids Corner, Good Food Court, bookstore, and more!  

 

The $25 Saturday Workshop Package is your ticket to our famous workshops , celebrity chef demos, good food farmers and artisan producers, the Kids Corner, Good Food Court, bookstore, and more! (This ticket does not include Sally Fallon Morell Workshop).

 

The $10 Good Food Festival ticket is your pass to celebrity chef demosgood food farmers and artisan producers,the Kids Corner, Good Food Court, bookstore, and more! (This ticket does not include workshops or Sally Fallon Morell.)

   

Please note we are extending FREE ADMISSION for children 12 and under when accompanied by an adult (Saturday only).

 

And be sure to take advantage of the advance purchase discount and access to great seating with a three-day pass!

 

Three-day all-access pass holders will receive access to some of the best seating in all workshops and cooking demos, plus a ticket to the Localicious party.

 

View all EXPO ticket options here
Purchase your tickets now! 

HarmonyValleySo You Want to Be a Farmer?

5:30 - 7:00 pm, Friday March 18 

Leading experts discuss opportunities available to people from all walks of life to become a farmer.

�  Michael O'Gorman, Farmer-Veteran Coalition

�  Sheri Doyel, Angelic Organics Learning Center

�  Larry O'Toole, Growing Home

�  Mike Sands, Prairie Crossing Farm Incubator

�  Moderator: Patsy Benveniste, Chicago Botanic
   Garden

No Yolk! Chickens in Your Back Yard

2:00 - 3:15 pm, Saturday March 19

Enjoy fresh eggs everyday by raising chickens in your own backyard.  

  Martha Boyd, Program Director,
    Urban Initiative, Angelic Learning
    Center

   Jen Murtoff, Urban Chicken
    Consultant

   John Emrich, Backyard Chicken Run

�   Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, Academy for Global Citizenship

    (moderator)

compost

New Wave Composting

2:00 - 3:15 pm, Saturday March 19

Explore options to incorporate composting into your life.  

  Stephanie Davies, Urban Worm Girl

  Aaron Durnbaugh, Chicago Department of the

   Environment

  Cathy Scratch, Feed Earth Now

  Ken Dunn, Resource Center (moderator)

Small-Space Gardening 

2:00 - 3:15 pm, Saturday March 19 

How to grow food in your back yard, on rooftops, back porches, and in container, both indoors or out.

  Milton Dixon, Permaculture 
   Productions

  Ron Nowicki, The Land Office

  Jeanne Pinsof Nolan, The Organic Gardener

  Mike Nowak, WCPT (moderator)

cow

The Concious Carnivore

3:30 - 4:45 pm, Saturday March 19 

How to use the whole animal to promote sustainability, avoid waste, and dazzle your tastebuds.

  Paul Kahan, Publican

  Herb Eckhouse, La Quercia

  Rob Levitt, Butcher and Larder

  Bartlett Durand, Black Earth Meats

  Ellen Malloy, Restaurant Intelligence Agency (RIA)

   (moderator)

veggie bowl

Beyond Broccoli: A Meat-Eaters Guide to Eating Vegetarian

3:30 - 4:45 pm, Saturday March 19 

Learn how to prepare vegetarian meals to improve your health and tread lightly on our planet.

�  Karyn Calebrese, Karyn's Raw

  Dan Staackman, Upton's Naturals

  Jill Barron, Mana restaurant

  Michael Alexander, Conscious Living TV 
   (moderator)

Localicious

 

Dine and Dance with Grammy-Nominated Liquid Soul!  

March 18th  

7:00-10:30 pm

UIC Forum 

 

Liquid Soul

Enjoy the food event of the season. Dine on the bounty of local farms prepared by well known local chefs, together with libations, and an opportunity to connect with and support Chicago's good food community.We have a great lineup of Restaurants and Beverage sponsors planned for Localicious.  Click here to see the list and link to their websites.  

 

Click here to purchase your ticket to great food, libations, and music!  

 

Are you the ultimate party host? If you buy tickets for 10 of your friends, you get in FREE! Plus, you'll get your name in the Localicious program, and a FREE ticket to the Good Food Festival on Saturday. Click here for more information.  

 

Proceeds benefit FamilyFarmed.org, who for ten years has been a leader in building local food systems.      

Localicious

Celebrity Chef Demos  

Saturday, March 19

10:30 - 5:00 pm

UIC Forum

Stephanie Izard

Chef Demos are always a highlight at the Saturday Good Food Festival.  This year we have a stellar lineup of chefs participating:

    

Stephanie Izard, The Girl and the Goat & Kim Gracen, The Chicago Diner

   

Dale Levitski, Sprout & Chris Pandel, The Bristol

 

Bill Kim, Urban Belly/Belly Shack & Paul Virant, Vie

 

Dan Smith, The Hearty Boys Catering  &  

Steve McDonagh, The Hearty Boys Catering

 

Sarah Grueneberg, Spiaggia & Meg Colleran, Terzo Piano

 

Plan ahead, seating (and tastings!) are limited!

 

View the chef demo schedule here.

 

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