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SUN, JUNE 5 – FARM TOUR DAY AT CLYDES FRESH PRODUCE IN GROVETOWN
Come meet the people who grow your vegetables! Free entry includes a farm tour, 2pm-6pm. Buy produce to take home, and a glutton-free hotdog stand to enjoy on the farm. Address is 5301 Meadowlark, Grovetown, GA.

TUE, JUNE 7 – FVRx KICK OFF AT THE VEGGIE TRUCK FARMERS MARKET
ALG is so lucky to again work with our amazing community partners for a second-year pilot of our Fruit & Vegetable Prescription program, otherwise known as “FVRx-Augusta.” This is one of our dozen G.R.O.W. Harrisburg initiatives! The program is hosted by Harrisburg Family Healthcare and enrolls 30 women from the neighborhood to participate. It is funded by Wholesome Wave Georgia and Good Neighbor Ministries; studied by Emory’s School of Public Health; Icebox Ministries provides cooking classes; MCG students provide market management and clinic support; Veggie Truck Market farmers provide nutrition education and sell their wonderful fruits and veggies through this program; Helms College students, the Augusta District Dietetic Association volunteers and the American Culinary Federation of Augusta help with cooking demos; St. Luke UMC provides transportation; the Junior League provides kids activities; Georgia Organics supports our outreach! Wow! Team awesome!!!

MON, JUNE 13 – KEYNOTE FOR THE AMERICAN CULINARY FEDERATION OF AUGUSTA, ANNUAL EVENT – Wow! How fun (and just a “little” intimidating) is this!? Grateful for the opportunity.

TUES, JUNE 14 – SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM KICK-OFF FOR KIDS IN HARRISBURG – The Veggie Truck Farmers Market will create a picnic-like atmosphere every Tuesday, serving dinner to youth in the community weekly at 4:30pm. This program will be managed in cooperation with the Richmond County Board of Education School Nutrition Program. The summer meal program is an extension of the free lunch program served throughout the school year. Local groups – St. Luke UMC, Good Neighbor Ministries, Icebox Ministries, the RCBOE and ALG – will work with regional groups – Georgia Food Bank Association and Wholesome Wave Georgia – to make it happen through July. We’re gonna need all kinds of volunteers, so if you can help on Tuesday afternoons this summer, please contact kim@augustalocallygrown.org.

SAT, JUNE 18 – BLUEBERRY PICK YOUR OWN EVENT AT HERB ‘N BERRIES FARM IN MONTMORENCI, SC
Bring your friends and family to this beautiful blueberry farm for some early pickin! Starts as early as 7:30pm; closes at noon. Pay by the gallon for these gorgeous local berries; freeze enough for the year! 148 Keeper Lane, Montmorenci, SC.

SAT, JUNE 25 – SOUTHERN SCRATCH PRESENTS: TINK’s GRASSFED BEEF COOKING CLASS
Come learn how to purchase and prepare grass fed beef.  Tink Wade will be our special guest discussing which cuts to use for what as well as preparation and cooking techniques for a meal that your guests will swoon over.  Class includes a 5 course meal, recipes and the opportunity to purchase meat.  Classes are BYOB and the full menu will be sent to you ahead of the class so that you can pair your favorite wine or beer.  Space is limited. Appetizers start at 6:30, Class starts at 7:00pm. $80/person or $150/coupleign up by emailing scratchbaking@gmail.com or come by the shop.  

SAT, JULY 9 AND SUN, JULY 10 – HUGE WORK DAY PLANNED FOR G.R.O.W. HARRISBURG AND FOR THE WIC PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WITH FORT GORDON VOLUNTEERS! – Gonna get lots done with this amazing group! And there’s always room for more! Save the date if you’re looking to make a big difference in the “agri-hood” of Harrisburg and/or at the Richmond County Public Health Department building teaching gardens with the phenomenal volunteer Adam Stroupe. Starts at 8am at Icebox Urban Farm at 1734 Fenwick Street, Augusta, on both Sat and Sun. And yes, we always feed a tasty, healthy lunch to our volunteers.

SAT, JULY 16 – CHOCOLATE MAKING WORKSHOP WITH THE ANTEBELLUM CHOCOLATE COMPANY IN AIKEN, SC
Spend your Saturday evening making your own chocolate bars with your choice of ingredients – many of them local – with Antebellum Chocolates in Aiken. Learn the history and fundamentals of chocolate, make the bars, and feel the love. $25/person includes your take-home tray of bars. 5pm-6:30pm. Save the date; space is limited; tickets go on sale next week through this market. Visit antebellumchocolates.com for more information.

SAT-SUN, SEPT 24-25 — AUGUSTA GROWS LOCAL FARM TOUR!
So excited to announce these dates! Big love to Kimberly Kirstein who is heading up this remarkable effort. Visit the Facebook page “AGL Farm Tour” for updates and more.

SAT-SUN, OCT 28-29 – BYTE THE HARVEST, A FARM TO TABLE TECHNOLOGY EVENT
Join us as we partner with the Clubhou.se in downtown Augusta to explore ways in which sustainability and technology intersect to improve our local food system overall. Partake in an intellectually satisfying, gastronomically-elegant, farm-to-table meal created by the dynamic duo of Chef Charleen Tinley and Chef Jonathan Marks, formerly of the Roosters Beak. We’ll kick it all off with a competitive Good Food Hack A Thon the night before! Looking for sponsors now! Be a part of the thinking crowd … and eat well while doing it.