Coit Road Farmers Market Taste of Autumn Benefit

Annual Coit Road Farmers Market Benefit
Monday, October 8, 6pm
Beachland Ballroom

Hosted by Fred Griffith of Good Morning Cleveland, Coit Road's Taste of Autumn Benefit features live music by Albert Dennis & friends and the taste of the local harvest from area farmers prepared by area chefs.


Featured chefs include:

• Brian Doyle of The Beachland Ballroom, Grovewood Tavern, personal chef
• Eric Wells, personal chef
• Robin Blair, personal chef
• Ryan Cipriani, Angela-Mia Pizza 
• Junior, Batiste & Dupree

Founded in 1932, the mission of the Coit Road Market is to provide access to affordable locally sourced farmed fresh products to the residents of Greater Cleveland.  The proceeds support operation of the market during the winter months. The event includes information about the market, community gardens and local urban farmers.

Tickets for $35 are available at at the Coit Road Farmers’ Market or online at www.coitmarket.org. The Beachland is located at 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44110.

Tremont Farmers' Market! PoP-Up Benefit at Hotz Cafe

Tremont Farmers' Market!PoP-Up Benefit at Hotz Cafe 2529 West 10th Street Cleveland, OH 44113  216-771-7004  Friday July 27th starting at 5pmFeaturing Mad Mouth Gyro  50/50 Raffle 5-8pm Misc Prizes

GardenWalk Cleveland Fundraiser at Bremec's

On Wednesday, May 30^th, it is GardenWalk Cleveland day at Bremec’s on the Heights.  20% of all purchases on that day (excluding deliveries) will go to GWC.  

To make this fundraiser a success we need to get as many people as possible to come to Bremecs that day.  Please send the attached flyer to all of your friends and family and encourage them to come. They can bring the flyer with them but if they forget they can just get a card from one of the volunteers.  It is really up to us to make this fundraiser a success, so spread the word!!!

Bremec on the Heights was established in 2009 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.  From plants and landscaping materials to garden décor and organic gardening resources, Bremec on the Heights is geared toward the needs of the urban homeowner.  It is located on Cedar Road just west of South Taylor on the south side of the street.  Its a small, locally-owned garden center that has a great selection of plants and garden supplies.

So come get those annuals you've been meaning to put in the ground, those bags of mulch you need to make things look good, and the seeds you need to start your veggie garden.  Thanks in advance for helping to raise funds to support this year's GardenWalk Cleveland!

Happenings at Tremont Farmers' Market

Dear Market Folks, We are ready to stretch our 2012 market legs!  Hope you have Feb 7 on your calendar, because we will be setting up at Holy Ghost (Byzantine) Catholic Church and Community from 4-7pm.  More details will follow in an upcoming email. We would also like to invite you to our really fun annual benefit! RSVP HERE to reserve tickets. More about this upcoming season:        Farmers' Market Vendor ProgramAvailable at our 8 participating markets for start-up vendors to help reduce the risk involved in trying out selling at a farmers' market. The program is open to farmers who have not vended at a farmers' market before and will sell specialty crops (i.e. fruits, vegetables, herbs, honey and maple syrup). If you are interested in participating, please email us at info@growhio.org by March 1, 2012 to let us know! Peace and good eats! Jody Lathwell, Market Manager tremontmarket@yahoo.com www.tremontfarmersmarket.com 216-575-0920

The Taste of the Harvest Benefiting The Covenant

Please Save the Date: Friday October 21st, 2011

Order Tickets Online   |   Order Tickets Via Email   |   Call to Order: (216) 256-7793 |   Like us

Please join us this October 21st for the 4th Annual Taste of the Harvest. A participating member of Cleveland Beer Week, Taste of the Harvest is the only event to feature local, hand-crafted beer! The event will focus on pairing appetizers from some of the finest restaurants in Cleveland with our craft brews and will feature a dessert buffet, live music, silent auction and more!

For More Information, Please Contact: Christa Kraft ChristaKraft@gmail.com (216) 256-7793

THE TASTE OF AUTUMN BENEFIT

Monday, September, 19th 6:00 – 9:00 PM

BEACHLAND BALLROOM

$35.00 / person includes local food and music

The annual Coit Road Farmers’ Market Benefit hosted by Fred Griffith of Good Morning Cleveland features live music by Albert Dennis & friends and the taste of the local harvest from area farmers prepared by the region’s finest chefs. Featured chefs include: Matthew Anderson of Unami, Beachland Ballroom, Grovewood Tavern, personal chef, Eric Wells, Chad and Brian of Sowfood, Superior Pho, Ryan Cipriani of Angela-Mia Pizza, and Regina Nethery of Arts Collinwood Café. Founded in 1932, the mission of the Coit Road Market is to provide access to affordable locally sourced farmed fresh products to the residents of Greater Cleveland.

The proceeds support operation of the market during the winter months. The event includes information about the market, community gardens and local farmers.

Tickets are available at at the Coit Road Farmers’ Market or online at www.coitmarket.org. The Beachland is located at 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44110.

Some of the farmers at the market have participated for three generations. Gloria Jailil is one of the newer farmers that grow on the Coit Road site next to the community garden. She serves her customers by providing healthy and fresh food. “When you grow fresh food," she says, “you are not robbed of nutritional value”

“Sustaining the Coit Rd Farmers’ Market gives the community needed access to fresh fruits and vegetables at reasonable prices. We offer programs such WIC, Senior coupons and EBT Ohio Direction card access for those in the community needing assistance,” offered Board Member Tony Matlak.

“At the Market, you can meet the grower or preparer and know the source of your food and how it is processed. You can get ideas on preparing foods especially those you’ve heard about but have not tried. We can also explain the different varieties of fruits, vegetables and spices.” Kevin Scheuring, vendor – Spice Hound

The Coit Road Farmers’ Market

15000 Woodworth Rd. East Cleveland, OH 44110

216-249-5455 

www.coitmarket.org

DFM Fundraiser at The Greenhouse Tavern July 22

The Greenhouse Tavern is hosting a fundraiser for the farmers market that I manage (Downtown Farmers Market at Public Square). If you're free on Friday, July 22, please consider dining at the restaurant - They'll donate 15% of the bill to our market!

It's one of my favorite restaurants in Cleveland. If you haven't been, this is the perfect excuse to go! :)

What: Dine at The Greenhouse Tavern and enjoy a delicious meal using local ingredients, while helping to support Downtown Farmers Market. Just let your server know why you're there and they'll make a contribution to the market. Be sure to check out their new rooftop patio while you're there!
Who: The Greenhouse Tavern and Downtown Farmers Market
When: Friday, July 22 from 4:00-6:00pm
Where: The Greenhouse Tavern, 2038 East 4th Street

Here is a link to the Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=242742512419937

And the menu at Greenhouse Tavern: http://thegreenhousetavern.com/eats/

EcoWatch’s Third Annual Green Gala April 8th

As Spring nears, we are wrapping up website content improvements and dipping back into our blog and other outreach tools. Look for another newsletter addition in late Winter/early Spring and the roll-out of our ODA grant programs beginning in April. (More on that later!). Check-out our twitter feed for news about local food press and happenings. Visit our calendar for information about local food learning opportunities. And, subscribe to this blog for posts about upcoming local food related events, newly discovered products and resources.

First up, EcoWatch’s Third Annual Green Gala fundraiser on April 8 featuring keynote speaker Philippe Cousteau, the grandson of Captain Jacques Cousteau. EcoWatch is an Ohio-based nonprofit dedicated to providing a voice for grassroots environmental organizations and activists working to better our planet. EcoWatch has served Ohio for more than five years through its bimonthly newspaper EcoWatch Journal, which is distributed for free throughout the state with a readership of 100,000 per issue.

The Green Gala will be at Executive Caterers, 6111 Landerhaven Dr., in Mayfield Hts. Philippe Cousteau continues his father’s and grandfather’s work of protecting the planet’s water through his advocacy and his organization EarthEcho International. Cousteau is the chief ocean correspondent for Animal Planet and Planet Green channels, where he works on various ocean and water-focused documentary programs. He is the chief spokesman for Environmental Education for Discovery Education—the number one provider of K-12 broadband-delivered educational content to U.S. schools. Cousteau serves on the board of directors of the Ocean Conservancy, Marine Conservation Biology Institute and National Environmental Education Foundation, as well as the advisory board of Discovery Communications Inc.’s Planet Green.

Cousteau is the author of Going Blue, a handbook that seeks to inform youths about the issues surrounding our waters and provide the strategies and examples they need to see themselves as change agents. The book is divided into the five stages of service learning—investigation, preparation, action, reflection and demonstration. Teenagers will get an opportunity to meet Cousteau at a pre-event the evening of the Green Gala and receive a copy of the award-winning Going Blue handbook. EcoWatch is partnering with companies to help sponsor tables of students at the event.

In addition to learning about ways to help save a precious planetary resource, those attending the Gala will also learn more about the Great Lakes watershed and be updated on the impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster last year. Emcee for the evening will be Cleveland’s Maureen Kyle, a reporter and anchor for WKYC-TV 3.

Tickets for EcoWatch’s Green Gala can be purchased at www.ecowatch.org or 216-387-1609. Tickets are $100 ($75 tax-deductible). Come enjoy hors d’oeuvres, dinner, drink ticket, silent auction items, live jazz and Philippe Cousteau’s presentation to support the efforts of EcoWatch.

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