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Last Night we hosted the first annual Simon Grinspoon Farmer Awards, featuring local foods from over two dozen producers and farmers from Western Mass, many of whom were in attendance. http://www.hgf.org/content/press-details/inaugural-simon-grinspoon-farm-awards-give-75000-to-local-farmers/265.aspx

Harold Grinspoon Foundation

Here's some events that are coming up this Saturday for Parents Weekend! We will be celebrating National Food Day by featuring local and seasonal food both at Brunch and Dinner! There will also be cheese tasting event from 10-2pm, so come and taste some cheese from Vermont! Along with Cheese tasting, there will also be cohosting a cider pressing event with CEEDS.
Look out for our table in Chapin Lawn. Hope to see you all on Saturday!

This just in on Thursday, October 1st King/Scales, Cushing/Emerson, Tyler,Chase/Duckett,Cutter/Ziskind, will be serving fresh Cider Doughnuts for Atkins Farm in Amherst, MA

Wow! Can you believe that it has almost been one month since the opening Convocation Picnic on Davis and the Quads Lawn?

Let's take a quick moment to look back on this wonderful event. This event was a zero wast event as well as a local foods event!

Local Foods included:

Cod for the Fish Tacos
Pork for the Pulled Pork
Black Beans
Kale
Basil
Tomatoes

Smith College Dining Services presents the kick off of Farm to School Month with local pizza night on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at the following dining locations; Tyler, Lamont, Cutter/Ziskind, Cushing/Emerson, King/Scales, Chase/Duckett, Hubbard,and Chapin

The Menu will include:
Cheese Pizza
Vegetable Pizza
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza
Margherita Pizza
Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
Tortellini Salad
Maple Valley Ice Cream



Featuring Local Foods form:

Hungry Ghost, Northampton, MA
Berkshire Mountain Bakery, Housatonic MA.
Cabot Creamery Cabot, VT
Outlook Farm, Westhampton, MA
Murray Farm, Penacook, NH
Buffalo Mozzarella from Bennington, VT,
Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery, Websterville, VT
Maple Valley Creamery, Hadley, Ma

Are you ready to kick of Farm to School Month? Please join Dining Services to celebrate the kick off of Farm to School Month next week with Local Dinners on both Wednesday, September 30th and Thursday, October 1st.

Please join us to celebrate Local Foods and Farming with our Local Foods Dinner at all residential dinner locations on campus.

Our Featured Farms are:

Misty Knolls Chicken, New Haven, Vt
Winter Moon Roots, Hadley, Ma
Swaz Potatoes, Hatfield, Ma
Outlook Farm, Westhampton, Ma
Czajkowski Farm, Hadley, Ma
Maple Valley Creamery, Hadley, Ma

Located just 4.2 miles from Smith College is Winter Moon Farm in Hadley, MA, one of our favorite local sites to source vegetables for favorite wintertime dishes. What makes these root veggies all the more special is that they are delivered here not by car, but via BIKE CART by Winter Moon's owner, Michael Docter. Docter's practices for farm management, product cultivation, and distribution aim to make Winter Moon a carbon-nuetral enterprise. Read more about the operation at http://bostonorganics.com/Winter-Moon-Farm/ve/WMF.

Doc peddles in with our first delivery tomorrow, Tuesday December 9th! Chase, Cushing/Emerson, Cutter/Ziskind, Hubbard, King/Scales, Lamont, Northrop/Gillett, Morrow/Wilson, & Tyler dining halls will intercept their first bundles of the season-- fresh, hearty carrots! Ehh, what's up Doc?

Julia Child Day has finally arrived! Check out this article on the Grécourt Gate to see all of the activities happening around Smith today--and don't forget to wear your elastic-waistband-iest pants!

http://www.smith.edu/news/cest-francais-menus-for-julia-child-day-feature-chefs-famous-french-dishes/

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