SEVEN DAYS OF LOCAL DELIGHTS 2021

A Week-Long Celebration of

Local Food!

february 2021

Seven Days of Local Delights is an annual week of celebrating our vibrant local food system. The week is filled with events and workshops on topics ranging from cooking classes to raised bed gardening demos. In addition to workshops, we also partner with the area's best restaurants to offer a Red Hills Special dish featuring locally sourced ingredients. In non-pandemic years, the week is capped by a fundraiser brunch at Kool Beanz Cafe.

dailY Events!

Attend amazing cooking classes with Chef Jessica at KitchenAble, a virtual wine and cheese tasting with Sweet Grass Dairy, online gardening classes and more!

Monday, February 22 at 7 p.m.

Cooking with KitchenAble: Meyer Lemon Tart

On Monday night, Chef Jessica will teach you how to turn a beautiful basket of local Meyer Lemons and into a delicious and beautiful tart. Watch on Facebook!

Tuesday, February 23 at 7 p.m.

Virtual Wine and Cheese Tasting

Join Sweet Grass Dairy and Hummingbird Wine Bar for a fun evening of wine and cheese tasting. Purchase a curated cheese kit includes two limited production cheeses, and more! The two cheeses are a heart-shaped Green Hill, our double cream cow's milk cheese with a white bloomy rind, and Tufo, our truffle flavored Tomme.

Wednesday, February 24 at 6 p.m.

Ask A Farmer: Composting 101

Learn more about composting from local expert and farmer Sundiata Ameh-El. He owns Frenchtown Urban Farm and Compost Community, a local composting company. Watch here!

Thursday, February 25 at 6 p.m.

Raised Bed Gardening 101

This virtual workshop showed how to start a raised bed vegetable garden with UF/IFAS Extension Agents Mark Tancig & Molly Jameson.

They discussed how to choose the best site location, basics of irrigation, planting dates and plant spacing, the difference between treated and untreated lumber, how much and what type of soil to use, and tips for growing spring vegetables.

Friday, February 26 at 7 p.m.

Cooking with KitchenAble:

Creamy Grits with Pork Sausage Gravy

Chef Jessica showed us how to make the best grits ever with heritage stone-ground grits and locally-farmed pork sausage gravy. Watch on Facebook!

Saturday, February 27 at 12 -1 p.m.

Garden Party at the Frenchtown Heritage Hub

Join the Damayan Garden Project and Herbalists Without Borders for an interactive experience expanding the community garden by planting veggies and herbs for the spring.

Sunday, February 28 at 2 p.m.

Ask A Farmer: Growing Locally

Join us on Sunday to ask your top gardening and growing questions to Derek Phillips from Handsome Harvest and Daniel Miranda of Legacy Greens. Listen to the audio here!