As someone who spends the entire winter dreaming of the day the farmers' market opens in MN, today's giveaway is totally up my alley. Strolling down Nicollet on Thursdays and Lowertown St. Paul on Saturday mornings is always the highlight of my week in the spring/summer/fall months. I buy so many fresh fruits and vegetables during my visits at the market that my arms get sore from carrying such a heavy load. Nothing is more beautiful or tastes better than local, fresh ingredients. Today's giveaway is sponsored by Organic Valley, the company behind the Earth Dinner program. Founded in 2004, Earth Dinner is about celebrating the Earth, one meal at a time.
As told by the folks behind the Earth Dinner program:
The Earth Dinner is a joyful, animated, and inspiring theme dinner party held at least once a year, connecting people to the earth, their food, and each other. It can be as planned or as spontaneous as you like. At its core Earth Dinner is a chance to highlight local, seasonal and organic cuisine—and most importantly, to have meaningful conversation about food, farming and our connection with the Earth.
There are three tenets to a successful Earth Dinner, no matter the style, size or season:
1. Use as many local, seasonal and organic ingredients as possible
2. Know the “story” behind the food you're eating: Who grew it? Where did it come from? How was it produced?
3. Have meaningful discussion about your connection to food, farming and the earth, and why it matters.
To learn more about the Earth Dinner program check out their website and Facebook page.
Enter to win your chance to host your own Earth Dinner with the following package:
1) One Year’s Worth of Free Organic Valley Products in the form of 52 free-product coupons ($520 value)
2) 4 Earth Dinner Books
3) An Organic Valley reusable, packable shopping bag for carrying all those delicious Organic Valley goodies.
There are Earth Dinner events happening all over, click here to find one near you.
To enter all you have to do is "Like" Earth Dinner on Facebook and leave a comment on this post telling me you did so.
For additional entries you can also:
- "Like" Eat Drink Pretty on Facebook
- Comment on this post and share a memorable food story
The winner will be chosen at random (using random.org). The giveaway will end on Thursday, April 21 at 11:59pm CT. The winner will be announced on Earth Day!
What an awesome giveaway! I "like" Earth Dinner and Eat Drink Pretty on facebook. I can't wait for the farmer's market either! I love getting a bunch of veggies and eating stir fry for days in a row.
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Our farmers market has opened already - its awesome!!
ReplyDeleteI like Eat Drink Pretty and Earth Dinner on FB!
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ReplyDeleteHmm, so many memorable food stories. Food is tied into many of my memories and can definitely make me nostalgic. One memory is of my grandma (passed away ~20 years ago) making potica for holidays. It is a very time consuming bread. I attempted it myself about 5 years ago to surprise my mom, with great results.
ReplyDeleteI liked Earth Dinner on FC...I love the farmers market and fresh produce. We eat a lot of fresh produce but it never taste as yummy as it does in the summer!! :)
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I liked Earth Dinner on facebook.
ReplyDeleteI also liked Eat Drink Pretty on facebook (how has that not happened yet?).
ReplyDeleteWHAT AN AMAZING GIVEAWAY!! I like you on Facebook and I now like Earth Dinner. My favorite food stories have to do with summers by the grill. Grilling up the vegetables we'd pick by our cottage and just having fun in the sun.
ReplyDeleteI like the concept of Earth Dinner and I liked it on my FB page!
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ReplyDeleteI also like Eat Drink Pretty as well. :)
ReplyDeleteA favorite food memory is making Christmas cookies with my grandparents. It was the only time we ever saw my grandpa in the kitchen, but it was oh, so much fun making a mess with frosting and sprinkles!
ReplyDeleteI liked Eat Drink Pretty on Facebook!
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ReplyDeleteWow! What a fantastic prize! A favorite food memory is simply making and eating Christmas cookies with my granny. It was the perfect way to spend a cold winter day.
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I will never ever forget the (somewhat horrifying) time I actually helped butcher a cow one morning...and then ate fresh burgers for lunch. all gagging aside, it was one of the best burgers. it was a local cow that ate organic and roamed freely. SUCH a difference...
ReplyDeleteI liked Earth Dinner on Facebook and I'm already a fan of yours.
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ReplyDeleteI already your fan on facebook! :)
ReplyDeleteI originally started eating organic and locally produced food a year ago with I was diagnosed with a certain health condition. I began changing my diet, the way I viewed food and how it was "made" and grown while feeling good knowing I was helping to sustain local farmers/ranchers. I grew up eating fruit and veggies grown in my parents garden, so the taste was better than I remember, but last year was my first experience with any kind of organic cheese...oh. my. goodness. I will never be the same!! lol
ReplyDeleteI "liked" Earth Dinner on facebook! Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteEmily L.
Great giveaway! I liked earth dinner on facebook!
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ReplyDeleteAndrew
I like Eat Drink Pretty on facebook.
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I like Earth Dinner on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea. I just watched an Episode of Barefoot Contessa (I'm obsessed with Ina) and she did a meal like this. It made me want to try my hand at it as well.
I like you on facebook too!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite food experience was traveling to Italy. Perfect pasta, pizza....Gelato! Oh heavens, the 10 pounds I gained in two weeks was so worth it!
I like them via FB as Tofu Fairy.
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I like you via FB as Tofu Fairy.
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Comfort food story: macaroni and cheese has always been my go to comfort food. I think this stems from how my grandmother always made it for sunday dinner for me because she knew that I loved it and, as a kid, I was so picky sometimes it would be the only thing I WOULD eat on the whole table! LOL
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i think my fav food memory would have to be hot dogs (now veg dogs)...remind me of sunny summer birthday parties @ my grandparents farm in the mountains of west virginia!...:D i miss them :(
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I "liked" Earth Dinner on facebook. When I was younger, my family lived in the country, and my mom always had a huge garden with fresh fruits and veggies, and I always loved watching her when it came time to do canning. We also always purchased our eggs fresh from the little farmhouse down the road, and it just brings back such sweet memories. I love that my mom made it a priority to feed us fresh, healthy foods.
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