Before I Escape.....

Canebrake's Executive Chef Sam Bracken & tonight's special guest Chef Jakub Hartleib - out  foraging for our dinner!

Hey Everyone!

I've just finished packing my overnight bag, getting ready to slip off with Gordon (my husband) for an enchanted escape this evening.  We've been invited to attend a very special happening that's part of Local Food Week here in northeastern Oklahoma. The evening will feature locally sourced fresh food & wines from within a 75 mile radius.  It's my pleasure to support events like this that are helping to raise health awareness, support local farming/commerce and promote the real food movement.  If you're ever in this part of the world, please check out The Canebrake - Oklahoma's first truly eco-friendly resort, yoga barn and award winning restaurant.  

Before I go, I want to draw your attention to some very recent inspirational posts that I think you would find really interesting at my Main Forum at Raw Food Rehab this week:

Former Air Force Trainer Catches the Vision 

Megan Elizabeth Gets Real about her Raw Food Diet

Linda Heflin, MD - Team Physician for Cleanse America 

Meet the Wellness Warrior Line Up for Cleanse America (10-Day Cleanse Begin's next Wednesday)

ALIVE New York - Watch LIVE or VIRTUALLY

Wishing you a Great Day!

Penni

Local Food Week OKLAHOMA!

Hey Green Country!

Local Food Week starts today - June 9

This year Local Food Week will be celebrated throughout the month of June! Created by Sustainable Green Country's Buy Fresh Buy Local initiative, Local Foods Week festivities will highlight local farmers' markets hosting a variety of events and music, farm table dinners, children's activities and much more, pronouncing that local food is a valuable economic asset for the state of Oklahoma. former Gov. Brad Henry made the event official by means of a proclamation. See the website for daily schedule of events with locations and contact information: www.localfoodweek.org.

TODAY and SUNDAY! Tulsa Master Gardeners Showcase Garden Tour 2012 "Behind our Garden Gate"

A tour of 6 gardens in the Tulsa area. Master Gardeners will be volunteering at each location to answer questions and provide information. Fact sheets and handouts will be available in accordance with the theme at each garden. Tickets are available at each home for $7.50. See the website for tour locations:www.localfoodweek.org.

TODAY and SUNDAY! 2nd Annual Edible Garden Tour

A rooftop container garden, backyard chickens and bees, fruit trees, a professionally landscaped edible garden, some with interesting garden art, and so much more! Chris Bargas rain barrels, Holly Rocks, Rick Nation of Clear Creek Seeds featuring open-pollinated, non-GMO and Green Country Permaculture offering compost teas. We are also offering an Education Fair this year where you can learn about community gardening, recycling from The M.E.T., how you can help out the food bank with the "Plant a Row for the Hungry" program, the Oklahoma Food Cooperative. $7, or $5 with a non-perishable food donation for the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. www.localfoodweek.org. Now available 2012 Farmers Market Guide.

Coming up...

Throughout the month of June on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm - Spilling the Beans, Our Food System on Film at the Tulsa Downtown Library Thursday, June 14, 6:30 pm - The Canebrake 75-Mile Wine Dinner Friday, June 15, 22, 7:00 pm -The Lavender Feast, with Clear Creek Lavender Farms at the Living Kitchen Farm and Dairy Friday, June 29, 5:00 - 10:00 pm - SalsaFest in downtown Tulsa And much more!

Print quality 2012 Local Food Week poster.