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FamilyFarmed.org Expo 2006
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
Contact us
FamilyFarmed.org Expo 2006
Learn why the best food
is local organic food at the FamilyFarmed.org Expo 2006
tomorrow and Saturday in Chicago. Again this year,
Goodness Greeness is proud to be a sponsor of this exciting
event.
Held at the historic
Chicago Cultural Center at the corner of Michigan Ave. and
Randolph St. here in Chicago, this two day event
is a great way to meet Midwestern family farmers and other
food businesses who are bringing local organic flavor to
your table in an earth-friendly, sustainable way.
On both Friday
and Saturday, the exposition is open to the public.
Friday’s Trade
Show focuses on connecting food businesses with local
farmers, restaurants, processors and distributors (including
Goodness Greeness). And Saturday’s Food Festival is
all about food and fun for families and anyone who loves
healthy, sustainable, locally produced food. We hope
to see you there!
To see a
detailed schedule of events, go to the
FamilyFarmed.org
site or download this
Expo flyer (.PDF).
The Expo is a
great opportunity to meet the Goodness Greeness team:
Bob Scaman, our CEO, will be speaking Friday morning
at the
Opening Symposium.
Bob Stone, our Director of Procurement, will lead a
session on
wholesale marketing opportunities with Goodness Greeness, also
on Friday morning.
Dan Bobel, our new Director of Food Service Sales,
will lead a
session on Friday afternoon on "Going Organic with Foodservice"
for new opportunities for restaurants, schools and hospitals to
purchase organic food.
Pat Bayor, Director of Retail Sales, and our dynamic
sales team
will be staffing our popular booth at the Expo.
Needless to
say, we are really excited about the Expo and we look
forward to meeting you and talking about organics.
FamilyFarmed.org
is a website, a
food label, and an annual expo that supports Midwestern
organic farmers by connecting them with consumers and
commercial buyers.
FamilyFarmed.org creates
sustainable economic development, builds community, and
contributes to a healthy environment by encouraging people
to buy organic food from local producers.
Celebrate St.
Patrick's Day
 Top of the mornin' to ya!
Next Friday (March 17) is St.
Patrick's Day, the "greeness" day of the year.
With so much to celebrate and so many places to do it,
it's a day we all look forward each year.
After all, in
the words of our late Mayor Daley, “we are all Irish on St.
Patrick’s Day”.
It's hard to talk
about St. Patrick’s Day and not mention the word tradition. After all, St. Patrick himself was
believed to have died in 460 AD, but his memory has been
kept alive for more then 1500 years. Since the Irish began
the celebrations and traditions, St. Patrick’s Day has come
to be associated with everything Irish and green, shamrocks,
and good luck!
In American cities with large Irish
populations, St. Patrick’s Day is a major holiday. Usually
the festivity’s start with a parade - in Chicago it starts with
the traditional dying green of the Chicago River.
After the
parade, it’s customary to enjoy the traditional meal of the day
- corn beef
and cabbage and maybe a glass of your favorite beverage.
While it may not be good for the waistline, we must carry on
the tradition!
To help you
celebrate, this week Goodness Greeness is featuring these
key ingredients in your St. Paddy's Day menu:
Organic cabbage
Organic broccoli
Organic red potatoes
We've also got
a great supply of organic red cherry tomatoes this week,
which you can find at your local market under the Goodness
Greeness label.
What is St.
Patrick's Day without a touch of green, leprechaun's, "Erin
Go Braugh" and the traditional corned beef and cabbage?
Here is our favorite recipe - give it a try and let us know
what you think:
Corned Beef and Cabbage
·
5lb/
2kg joint of corned beef
·
1
large organic cabbage
·
Organic bay leaf
·
2
large organic onions
·
Cold
water to cover
·
2
large organic carrots
·
Ground
black pepper
·
4
organic red potatoes
(serves four to
six)
Quarter the
cabbage and put aside. Peel and slice the other organic
vegetables. Cover the meat with the water and bring to a boil. Skim the surface, add the organic vegetables (except the
cabbage), the bay leaf and the pepper and simmer gently for 20
minutes. Add the cabbage and cook for a further 30 minutes. Serve the meat surrounded by the organic vegetables with
additional mashed organic red potatoes.
May the luck
o' the Irish be with you.
Contact
us
You can find
all of these St. Patrick's Day featured items - along
with a broad selection of fresh organic
fruits and vegetables - from Goodness Greeness at your local market.
Email us
at
newsletter@goodnessgreeness.com if you can't find them and we'll help you
locate them.
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