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Food for Thought Festival 2008
Festival Schedule

 

Saturday, September 20, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., just off the Capitol Square
Madison, Wisconsin
Parking info from the city of Madison

(The Food for Thought Forum is the night before)   

 

Main Tent 

9:00 am Presentation of the Food for Thought Recipe Contest winners.  Demonstration of winning recipe.
10:00 am Keynote Speaker, Michael Ableman 
(Michael will be available to sign books at the book signing table  after his talk.)
11:00 am Cooking Demonstration by Chef David Swanson
12:00 pm Cake Decorating Contest.  Susie Feest from Bunky's Cafe, Georgia Finnerty from Hubbard Avenue Diner and Megan Stowell of Harvest (three amazing professional pastry chefs) will give it their all as they decorate cakes before your eyes.  You help judge!  To be followed by birthday cake for all generously donated by Carl's Cakes!
1:00 pm Food for Thought Raffle Drawings

 


On the Plaza  - Ongoing from 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

- Taste, feel, experience and learn from 60 organizations and businesses that promote a sustainable food system.  Plenty of delicious local foods to sample or buy.  And we promise, you'll learn something new.  Exhibitor list.
 
Kids' Activity Tent
- Making 24-carrot necklaces, grinding grains, face painting, and some of Madison's sweetest backyard chickens.  This area provides a shaded tent filled with  lots of ways to keep the young ones entertained and engaged in food play.  With special activities also from the Madison Children's Museum and the Wisconsin Extension Nutrition Education Program


Food for Thought Raffle Booth - tickets for sale from 8 am - 1 pm

- Don't miss this opportunity to win wonderfully delicious prizes -- including the grand prize: the amazing Food for Thought 10th anniversary t-shirt quilt!   All proceeds help fund the festival and all of REAP's programs throughout the year.


The Food for Thought Festival is  brought to you by

with major financial support from
            


and additional funding from:

                

and in-kind support from

The 
Dane County Farmers' Market


Roden Creative

Black Earth Meats UW Provisions Carl's Cakes Traver Graphics

For more information on how to exhibit at, sponsor, or volunteer for Food For Thought, contact info@reapfoodgroup.org

 

 

For more information on how to exhibit at, sponsor, or volunteer for Food For Thought, contact info@reapfoodgroup.org