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Three Great Ticket Options for the

Good Food Festival Saturday, March 19

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 demos, good 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!

So 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)

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)

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)

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)

Dine and Dance with Grammy-Nominated Liquid Soul!

March 18th

7:00-10:30 pm

UIC Forum

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.