The Ann Arbor HomeGrown Festival is hoping you'll help them raise a ruckus in the historic Ann Arbor Farmers' Market pavilion this Saturday (September 11) from 6-11 PM. They're celebrating food, farms and community with great eats and cool beverages, live music and fun for the whole family!
Entry to the Festival is FREE, and food and drink are available to purchase. A bevy of chefs are working with nearby farms to create affordable tasting portions of the best of the region's harvest. They'll have dozens of local libations (beer, wine, mead and hard cider) for grown-ups to enjoy. Project Grow will be back with their astounding heirloom tomato tasting - over 50 varieties to try! Lots of kids' activities (mural arts, music-making), a huge silent auction, a "Know Your Farmer" farmstand, dozens of artisan vendors, and a fantastic lineup of music for shaking your tailfeathers. They're on Facebook too!
Last year's Festival drew over 5000 people and September has historically been Ann Arbor's Local Food Month. Although Washtenaw County spends over $1 billion dollars per year on its food, less than 1% of that food is grown locally. Keeping those food dollars circulating locally not only helps create more farms and stimulate the local economy, it also support community food security: the ability to be self-sufficient in producing enough to feed folks.
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