June 24th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm at Liberty Hall

Please save the date, June 24th from 7-9pm at Liberty Hall, for a terrific and fun event honoring the folks that have been working hard for sustainable food before sustainable food was the thing. These folks deserve recognition for their behind the scenes work for food-with-integrity that celebrates our regional culture and community. There will be a wonderful presentation by economist Ken Meter - he is an amazing speaker and he has done tremendous research on the economic potential of foods grown and raised in the Kansas River Valley - his results will astound you. There will be a wide array of local foods (prepared by The Merc and Local Burger) for everyone to munch on - all grown and raised by skilled sustainable farmers and ranchers in our community.

Last month, representatives of our local and sustainable food economy went to Japan for 10 days and learned a lot about how the Japanese are creating local and organic food economies. The Japan delegation of local and organic producers will be in town the week of this event to learn what types of things the Kansas River Valley is doing to improve our local food economy.

It is our hope that this will become an annual event celebrating the stars of local foods. Help get it started off right this year by celebrating and recognizing the Local Foods Pioneers in our region.

This event is sponsored by the Global Partners for Local and Organic Foods, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund of Douglas County, The Kansas Rural Center, The Merc, and Local Burger.

So please come join us from 7-9pm Wednesday June 24th! For a mere $5 you get access to great local food, great music, a great presenter, fabulous guests from Japan, and you get to recognize the folks committed to real food, real community and a real economy ~ the pioneers of local and organic agriculture in the Kansas River Valley.

There will be a wonderful presentation by economist Ken Meter - he is an amazing speaker and he has done tremendous research on the economic potential of foods grown and raised in the Kansas River Valley - his results will astound you.