The Dish
City Market and the Intervale Center have teamed up to create an exploratory series called The Dish. With support from ArtsRiot, we host quarterly panel discussions that dive into hot food issues with the help of local experts.
This edition of the Dish is created in partnership with Seven Days as part of Vermont Restaurant Week.
The Dish: Going with the Grain
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
5:30pm – 7:00pm
ArtsRiot, 400 Pine St
Doors open at 5:00pm. Cash bar.
As Vermont's local food culture becomes more entrenched and increasingly mainstream, many farmers are looking to grow staple crops such as wheat, oats, rye, spelt and dry corn. Many of these cultivars flourished in the northeast in centuries past, but are sensitive to erratic weather and require long growing seasons, extensive acreage and lots of machine-based tillage, among other inputs. Local chefs, bakers, brewers, distillers and other food-related consumers are keen to find a steady supply of quality local grains. To what extent can the state supply these businesses with homegrown grain? In this panel discussion, Vermont grain farmers chat with bakers, distillers and maltsters about what is possible, practical and sustainable for the land and its people.
Brought to you by City Market, the Intervale Center, and Seven Days with special thanks to ArtsRiot.
FREE! $5 suggested donation to benefit Vermont Foodbank.
Meet the Panel:
Jack Lazor, Butterworks Farm
Randy George, Red Hen Baking Co.
Connor Burleigh, WhistlePig Whiskey
Bobby Grim, Foam Brewers
Moderated by Pamela Polston, cofounder and coeditor of Seven Days.
Have an idea for a Dish topic? Shoot us an email.
Previous Topics
Panel:
- Bruce Hennessey - Maple Wind Farm
- Frank Pace - Guild Fine Meats
- Sam Fuller - NOFA Vermont
- Sam Smith - Intervale Center
Global Foods,
Local Perspectives
Panel
- Martha Caswell - UVM CALS
- Jacob Davignon - Rainforest Alliance
- Eric Lampman - Blue Bandana/Lake Champlain Chocolates
- Tony Naples - Starbird Fish
- Lynn Ellen Schimoler - City Market
Panel
- Miles Hooper, Vermont Creamery
- Shirley Richardson, Vermont Chevon, LLC
- Karen Freudenberger, Vermont Goat Collaborative
- Matt Birong, 3 Squares Cafe
Panel
- Lynette Richards - Community Kitchen Academy
- Benjy Adler - Skinny Pancake
- Faye Conte - Hunger Free Vermont
- Sarah Alexander - Intervale Gleaning and Food Rescue Program
- Rachel Schattman - UVM
Tackling the Topic of Food Access
Panel
- Theresa Snow - Salvation Farms
- Ren Weiner - Miss Weinerz
- Nick Savasta - Cheese and Wine Traders
- Michele Morris - Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD)
Panel
- Teresa Mares - UVM, Huertas Project
- Naomi Wolcott-MacCausland - UVM Extension, Farming Across Cultures
- Lorenzo Alcudia - Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante
- Hilary Martin - Diggers’ Mirth Collective Farm
Panel
- Beth Whiting, Maple Wind Farm
- Lindsay Harris, Mountain Home Farm
- Meghan Giroux, Vermont Edible Landscapes
- Mike Ingalls, Intervale Conservation Nursery
- Heather Darby, UVM Extension
Farming in the Time of Climate Change
Panel
- Andy Jones, Intervale Community Farm
- Joshua Faulkner, UVM Extension
- Jeff Jones, Upper Valley Produce
- Eleanor Tison, Green Mountain College
Panel
- Anne-Marie Lefebvre - Seeds of Renewal
- Dr. Amy Trubek - UVM, Nutrition and Food Science
- Dr. John Crock - UVM, Anthropology's Consulting Archaeology Program
- Chief Don Stevens - Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe