Your Choices Matter!
Check out Highlights from the Good Food Festival on Saturday March 16th!
Photos: Amanda Areias
The Good Food Festival 2013, on Saturday March 16th, brought together family farmers, local food artisans, chefs, educators, families and Good Food enthusiasts for a day of learning, eating, and connecting! We had a great time, and we hope you did, too! Check below for schedule, speakers, and special events.
Save the date for the 10th Anniversary of the Good Food Festival, March 13th-15th 2014!
Good Food Festival Events:
- Exhibit Hall of more than 150 farms, local food artisans, restaurants, and non-profits. Check out the list of exhibitors here!
- Kids Corner with interactive fun, hosted by Purple Asparagus
- Chef Demonstrations and a delicious Kimchi Challenge
- In-Depth Workshops and Good Food Commons Micro-Sessions
Scroll down for details and schedules of each program.
Workshop Schedule:
Time |
Food For Thought |
Preserve It! |
Grow Your Own! |
Make Your Own! |
| 9:00 am-12:00 pm | Urban Farm Tour |
The Art of Fermentation with Sandor Katz | ||
| 11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Organic vs Conventional Food: Why the Stanford Study is Wrong |
Foraging Wild Edible Plants | Urban Homesteading | |
| 12:30- 1:45 pm |
Is a CSA Right for You? | Climate Change and Your Backyard | Sausage Making with The Publican |
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| 2:00- 3:15 pm |
How to Advance the Good Food Revolution | Home Cheesemaking | Season Extension for Chicago Gardens | Brew Your Own Kombucha |
| 3:30- 4:45 pm |
Grassroots Biodiversity | So You Want To Be a Farmer | How to Grow a Community Garden | Film Screening: Genetic Roulette (3:30-5:15 pm) |
Good Food Commons:
Want to transform the way you choose to eat and live? The Good Food Commons Micro-Sessions were the way to go! From beekeeping to nutmilk making to sourdough starting to coldframe gardening, there was a whole lot to learn in these 72 sessions. Check out the full schedule here!
(Included in Festival Admission)
Chefs at Play Demo Schedule:
Time |
Chef |
Restaurant |
| 10:30 am | Rick Bayless | Xoco, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo |
| 11:45 am | Carrie Nahabedian | Naha |
| 1:00 pm | Paul Virant | Perennial Virant, Vie |
| 2:15 pm | KIMCHI CHALLENGE! | More info below |
(Included in Festival Admission)
Elisabeth David of Green Zebra Wins Chicago’s first Kimchi Challenge!
Chicago chefs including Paul Virant of Perennial Virant and Vie, faced off in front of a panel of judges for Chicago’s Kimchi Crown! For more information on our amazing judges and our winner, click here.
Good Food For Thought Speaker Series:
Time |
Event |
Moderator/Panelists |
| 9:00 am-12:00 pm | Urban Farm Tour: (Special Tickets Required)Visit four of Chicago’s leading urban farms. | Windy City Harvest, Chicago Botanic Garden Wood St. Farm, Growing Home Iron Street Farm, Growing Power The Plant Dan Schnitzer, Academy for Global Citizenship, tour leader Ron Nowicki, The Land Office, tour assistant |
| 11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Organic vs Conventional Food: Why the Stanford Study is WrongOrganic food, from your health to the health of the planet. | Andrew Gunther, Animal Welfare Approved Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch Fred Kirschenmann, Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture Irv Cernauskas, Irv & Shelly’s Fresh Picks, moderator |
| 12:30-1:45 pm | Is a CSA Right for You? Find Good Local Food for you and your family. | Jenny Borchardt, Harvest Moon Farms Kim Marsin, Sweet Home Organics Jody Osmund, Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm Wendy Aeschlimann,thelocalbeet.com, moderator |
| 2:00-3:15 pm | How to Advance the Good Food Revolution: What is the Good Food Movement, and what can you do to help. | Naomi Davis, BIG: Blacks in Green™ Mari Gallagher, Mari Gallagher Research & Consulting Group Wes King, Illinois Stewardship Alliance Jim Slama, FamilyFarmed.org Helen Cameron, Uncommon Ground, moderator |
| 3:30-4:45 pm | Grassroots Biodiversity: Why biodiversity, heirloom varieties, and the farmers who support them matter. | Fred Kirschenmann, Stone Barns Gene Mealhow, Tiny But Mighty Popcorn Vicki Nowicki, The Land Office, moderator |
| 3:30-4:45 pm | So You Want To Be a Farmer: Well, don’t you? | Sheri Doyel, Angelic Organics Learning Center Cindy Kellogg, Our Farm Kelly Larsen, Windy City Harvest Emma Lincoln, Lucky Duck Farm Meg Runyan, Prairie Crossing Learning Farm Terra Brockman, The Land Connection Janine MacLachlan, author, Farmers Markets of the Heartland, Moderator |
(Workshop Admission Required)
Grow Your Own Schedule:
Time |
Event |
Moderator/Panelists |
| 9:00 am-12:00 pm | Urban Farm Tour: (Special Tickets Required)Visit four of Chicago’s leading urban farms. | Windy City Harvest, Chicago Botanic Garden Wood St. Farm, Growing Home Iron Street Farm, Growing Power The Plant Dan Schnitzer, Academy for Global Citizenship, tour leader Ron Nowicki, The Land Office, tour assistant |
| 11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Foraging Wild Edible Plants: Wild foods in the city and beyond. | Nance Klehm, Social Ecologies Vicki Nowicki, The Land Office Iliana Regan, Elizabeth Restaurant, moderator |
| 12:30-1:45 pm | Climate Change and Your Backyard: How to combat the effects of global warming on landscape and garden. | Susan Ask, animalia project Edith Makra, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus Claire Woolley, AddaTree, moderator |
| 2:00-3:15 pm | Season Extension for Chicago Gardens: Year-round local food in the Midwest | Seneca Kern, WeFarm Chris Prochot, Windy City Harvest Jeanne Nolan, The Organic Gardener, moderator |
| 3:30-4:45 pm | How to Grow a Community Garden: Success stories from local experts. | LaManda Joy, Peterson Garden Project Matt Ryan, The Talking Farm Julie Samuels, Openlands GardenKeepers Program Mike Nowak, WCPT, moderator |
(Workshop Admission Required)
Make Your Own Schedule:
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Time |
Event |
Moderator/Panelists |
| 9:00 am-12:00 pm | The Art of Fermentation: (Special Tickets Required)Words of wisdom, demonstrations, Q&A, taste tests, you name it. |
Sandor Katz, author, The Art of Fermentation Rob Gardner, thelocalbeet.com, introductions/moderator |
| 11:00 am – 12:15 pm | Urban Homesteading: Self-sufficiency beyond the vegetable garden. | Lisa Kivirist, author, Farmstead Chef Deborah Niemann, author, Homegrown and Handmade Dietrich McGaffey, Edible Alchemy, moderator |
| 12:30-1:45 pm | Sausage Making with The Publican: Haven’t you always wondered? | Mark Wilhelms, Red Meat Market, introductions Kim Leali, The Publican Kim Snyder, Faith’s Farm Kari Underly, Range Inc., moderator |
| 2:00-3:15 pm | Brew Your Own Kombucha: Easy, cheap, delicious, and nutritious! | Vanessa Tortolano, NessAlla Alla Shapiro, NessAlla Liz Grossman, Plate magazine, moderator |
| 3:30-5:15 pm | Film Screening of Genetic Roulette (85 minutes) | Kim Hack, SLoFIG, moderator |
(Workshop Admission Required)
Preserve It! Schedule:
Time |
Event |
Moderator/Panelists |
| 9:00 am-12:00 pm | The Art of Fermentation: (Special Tickets Required)Words of wisdom, demonstrations, Q&A, taste tests, you name it. | Sandor Katz, author, The Art of Fermentation Rob Gardner, thelocalbeet.com, introductions/moderator |
| 2:00-3:15 pm | Brew Your Own Kombucha: Easy, cheap, delicious, and nutritious! | Vanessa Tortolano, NessAlla Alla Shapiro, NessAlla Liz Grossman, Plate magazine, moderator |
| 2:00-3:15 pm | Home Cheesemaking: Never thought you could do it? Think again! | Katie Hedrich, LaClare Farm |
(Workshop Admission Required)
