Keeping It Local

A A A Comments By Lori Midson Thursday, Sep 9 2010

Local, sustainable, organic, field-to-fork, garden-to-table, harvest-to-plate. These are all food-centric buzz words that encourage us to think about the bumper crop of agriculture that grows outside our front doors. And now you can learn a whole lot more about foraging for food on a local level at the Local Foods Festival, which crops up this weekend at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield.

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“We’re really trying to encourage people to learn more about growing their own food and eating locally, and this weekend is a perfect opportunity to learn about both,” says DBG spokesman Will Jones. The two-day event, which goes from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, includes a professional and amateur chile competition, cooking demonstrations from local chefs, a rodeo and barbecue, more than fifty Colorado growers, food producers and purveyors, a food court selling state-grown foodstuffs and educational demonstrations devoted to growing fresh herbs and produce in your own back yard.

In addition, Chipotle Mexican Grill, a homegrown chain that champions (and serves) ingredients culled from farms that foster the humane treatment of their livestock, will do a demo showcasing its salsa-making prowess. Admission to the festival is free. The DBG’s Chatfield location is at 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road in Littleton. To learn more, call 303-973-3705 or go to www.botanicgardens.org/content/local-foods-festival.
Sept. 11-12, 2010

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