Upcoming Events
  Sunday, June 8, 2008
Cherry Picking and Picnic at the Levering Orchard
Levering Orchard, 163 Levering Lane, Ararat, VA 24053
noonish-6ish p.m.
Join the members of Slow Food Piedmont Triad and Slow Food Blue Ridge for an afternoon of sweet cherry picking at the Levering Orchard in Ararat, Virginia. Levering Orchard nestles 2 miles off the Blue Ridge Parkway at Orchard Gap, 75 miles southwest of Roanoke and 10 miles north of Mount Airy, North Carolina. We will carpool from central locations. Once there, we'll split up to pick cherries in the beautiful 100 year old orchard, and walk and relax on the farm. After the cherries are weighed and paid for(by 5 p.m.), Frank Levering will join our picnic and talk to us about the history of this lovely farm. Bring your camera for some gorgeous photo opportunities.
More information about the Levering Orchard can be found at www.leveringorchard.com. A blog post about our trip two years ago can be found here. Yahoo map from Winston Salem to Ararat.
Details will be updated here and on the Slow Food PT email announcement list.
 Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Eat Local America Challenge Kickoff
Deep Roots Market
3728 Spring Garden Street, Greensboro, NC
8 p.m.
Want to eat more local foods, but curious just how local you can go?
Deep Roots Market is hosting an “Eat Local America” Challenge throughout this summer, inviting area individuals to try to consume 80 percent of their diets (or four out of every five meals) from food grown or produced locally. The Challenge will begin June 15 and continue through July 15.
The evening of June 10, join us at the store for a Kickoff with Laurie O’Neill and Anne-Marie Scott of Slow Food Piedmont Triad. You’ll learn why to eat locally, stock up on recipes and ideas for where to buy your food, and tour the store to find local ingredients. Then, sign up on our poster, set your personal goals and guidelines, and meet others who are taking the Challenge!
Though the Challenge is honor system-based, we encourage you to keep in regular contact with us during the month to let us and others know how you’re doing. Stay tuned as well for additional events, such as visits from farmers and local producers during the Challenge period.
 Deep Roots has for years cultivated truly reciprocal, long-term relationships with local growers and producers, offering its shoppers a convenient connection to fresh and delicious food of the highest quality. When given a choice of producers, we almost always give preference to the locally produced item. Know a local version of something that we should carry? Let us know!
Eat Local America celebrates our dedication and commitment to local food for consumers and our suppliers.
For more information:
(336) 292-9216, x19
Email: marketing@deeprootsmarket.com
Web site: www.deeprootsmarket.com
Saturday-Sunday, June 14-15 2008
Blue Ridge Wine Trail Tasting Tour
Six Blue Ridge Wine Trail Sites, Southwest Virginia
Visit Foggy Ridge Cider, Villa Appalaccia, Chateau Morrisette, AmRhein Winery, Blacksnake Meadery and the lastest Trail member, Shooting Creek Brewery, for a progressive tasting tour. $30 ticket covers inventive food and beverage tastings at all locations. Tickets can be purchased in advance or day of at any location.
Check out the website blueridgewinetrail.com for information and tickets.
 Saturday, June 21, 2008
Music, Mead and Cider
Foggy Ridge Cider and Blacksnake Meadery, Dugspur, Virginia
Visit the beautiful back roads of southwest Virginia—sample cider and mead and enjoy local music at two unique artisans less than 2 miles apart. $4 cover charge includes cider and mead tastings along with original music at both locations.
For directions and more information, see www.foggyridgecider.com
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