Dinners at the Farm - Unique Eats - Cooking Channel - Barberry Hill Farm - Farm to Table

http://www.dinnersatthefarm.com Dinners at the Farm was featured on the Cooking Channel show Unique Eats on 2/27/2011. Barberry Hill Farm in Madison was the location of the filming. These open-air dinners celebrate Connecticut's farms, food and community.
In 2007, Jonathan Rapp of River Tavern Restaurant in Chester, Connecticut, Drew McLachlan of Feast Gourmet Market in Deep River and Chip Dahlke of Ashlawn Farm in Lyme, created Dinners at the Farm, a series of benefit dinners celebrating Connecticut's local farms, food and community as a way to generate awareness of the importance and vitality of our local farming community and the delicious, wholesome and abundant food it provides us. Recreating a sense of connection to farming, cooking and eating is what Dinners at the Farm is all about.

Each of the dinners highlights the richness of our local traditions of farming and fishing and the often forgotten value of eating fresh, vibrant food that was just harvested by a dedicated farmer you know and trust. The multi-course feasts are cooked fresh that day off the back of our signature, red, vintage cook truck--a 1955 Ford F-600.

Dinners at the Farm also strengthens our community by helping to raise funds for local agricultural and humanitarian non-profit organizations. Over the past four seasons, Dinners at the Farm has fed over 5,000 guests at sold-out dinners, donated $59,500 and directly purchased more than $120,000 worth of food and wine from Connecticut producers. In addition, our project has generated extensive local and national media coverage. Plus, Dinners at the Farm was awarded the 2008 PathFinder Award for their support of local agriculture. All combined, Dinners at the Farm has made a significant contribution to celebrating and promoting Connecticut Grown products.

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• Unique Eats
• Dinners at the farm
• farm to table
• cooking channel
• local food movement
• farm dinner
• River Tavern Restaurant
• Connecticut
• Jonathan Rapp
• Barberry Hill Farm
• Kingsley Goddard
• Madison Connecticut
• fresh local food
• slow food
• Connecticut Grown
• organic produce
• open-air dinners
• community

[brittanyymonster]

I only watched this to see if I'm in it, and what do you know, I am. Whoopie! I'm a star!