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Tuesday
Aug312010

First Sustainable & Grass-Fed BBQ Cook-Off In Oak Cliff Sept. 12

You’ve missed the deadline to enter the annual Sustainable & Grass Fed BBQ competition (it was Aug 23) but you can still enjoy the first of what is planned to be an annual Blues, Bandits & BBQ competition street festival on Sunday, Sept. 12 in Oak Cliff.
The event will be along West Davis Street east of Tyler St. and will include live music at several locations. The BBQ cook-off will be behind The Kessler at 1230 West Davis. Teams will be required to cook on-site starting Saturday afternoon. Judging will take place Sunday afternoon with an‘official’ winner for each category as well as a ‘People’s Choice’ winner.
Part of the proceeds raised from the event will go to Sunset and Adamson Booster clubs. 
Meats are being provided by Urban Acres through partnerships with area farmers who raise sustainable and grass fed animals.
More info at GoOakCliff.org.

 

Tuesday
Aug312010

Raw, Vegan, Gluten-Free Snack Maker Joins EatGreenDFW

Hail Merry, a Dallas maker of raw, vegan, gluten-free snacks is now on EatGreenDFW.com. The snack maker was founded by Dallas’ designer and mom Susan O’Brien, a yoga enthusiast and advocate for active, healthy living. She is a featured expert on the Modernmom.com blog created by Brooke Burke.

You can find out more about Hail Merry snacks, how they are made and where to finds them here.

Saturday
Aug282010

Registration deadline extended for Farm & Food Leadership Conference

If you’re interested in sustainable food and the policy and regulatory issues affecting our food supply, you should head on down to Austin Sept. 13-14 for two days of presentations and discussions on topics like the next Farm Bill, food safety issues, raw milk, Codex, NAIS, water use issues, regulation of slaughterhouses, Slow Money, and more. 

Judith McGeary and her Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance have assembled a number of local, regional and national experts for some lively discussions on topics that directly impact local, sustainable food production and sales.  National radio commentator and author Jim Hightower will provide the keynote address at Tuesday’s lunch. 

The conference is being held at the Mexican-American Cultural Center at 600 River St., Austin. A full agenda is available here. The early registration deadline is Sept. 4.  Cost is $90 for both days, $70 for spouses, seniors and students.

Sponsors include Wheatsville Food Co-op, Edible Austin, Edible Dallas & Fort Worth,
Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill, Growing Good Things to Eat in Texas and Shades of
Green Farm

Wednesday
Aug252010

First Ever Bag Designed for Farmers Market Shopping

An on-line clothing company in San Francisco has come out with the first ever bag designed specifically for shopping at famers markets.  Called the Cornucopia Bag, it can be carried as a shoulder bag while you shop, and then covert to a backpack for the walk home.

It’s also constructed with several different stacked compartments which can keep your different purchases separate so heavier purchases—say a melon—don’t squash that loaf of bread.  And it has a compartment for carrying cash. 

But it is expensive.  At $120, you’d want to take it everywhere, even the trips to your local grocer.  It’s also roomy enough to store all your gym stuff and could even double as a briefcase or a book bag—or so they claim.

They are Betabrand, an online-only clothing company based in San Francisco that “releases limited batch, local designs each week.”   Formerly known as Cordarounds, the makers of “horizontal corduroy pants” the renamed Betabrand says that all it’s products are made in San Francisco, except for the the Cornucopia, which they admit, is the only product they sell  produced in China.  So much for pure local.

It’s available on line at  http://betabrand.com/



Wednesday
Aug112010

Looking for Organic Cupcakes. EatGreenDFW Has Them

We’ve just added a new bakery to EatGreenDFW.  Candi’s Organic Cupcakes specializes in organic, no high fructose corn syrup, no trans fat cupcakes and cakes in flavors like Organic Almond Amaretto Wedding Cake, Organic Chocolate Hazelnut, Organic Banana Agave, Organic White Chocolate Macadamia Nut and more.  Check them out here.