This time last year I found myself covered in Santa Barbarians confetti, awestruck by the beauty of the horse parade and enjoying the late hours of the day with the many, many followers of the God Bacchus. I learned about my sixth variety of strawberry from Oxnard and the importance incredibly intricate body paint. A year later I find myself very far from the Pacific, endless rows of grapes and State Street’s weekly market…but I am happier than ever for endless hours of sunlight and the many things of being a local in the Tetons has to offer…even it doesn’t include decorated eggs filled with confetti getting popped over my head every twenty minutes.
Tomorrow me (Tibby) and Steve (our Director of Sustainability) will be on the square for the Food and Heritage Festival with JWG’s local mini market. We’re bringing Wonderful Wyoming Honey, the Bunnery’s Granola, Ballard Dairy products, Saucy Sisters mustard, HD Dunn Ground Beef for sliders, Huckleberry Jams, BBQ Sauce & Chocolate and that’s not even a small slice of the list! We’ll be selling Huckleberry Lemonade,JWG bakery delights (YES, there will be LEMON BARS), and the amazing dips and hummus that JWG Deli makes from scratch…and more but we’re not going to share all our surprises. I will say though that we have demos through out the day including Green Goodness with Cara Libertore, grilling with Jeremy Horn and Natural Care demos throughout the day.
Please stop by on the square and visit us! We’re going to be sharing our space with Molly and Slow Food of the Tetons. We’re anxious to tell you about the wonderful programs that are happening in the Tetons and most importantly, we’re really looking forward to explaining the Vertical Harvest project for a year round green house BECAUSE Vertical Harvest had made it to the final rounds of Green America’s Green Grants process!
Vertical Harvest is one of the top-ten projects out of hundreds of nominees to possibly win a green-grant from Green America with the chance of receiving national attention. Green America is holding an online vote for this process that runs from Thursday, June 17th to Monday June 21st. Please vote for Vertical Harvest at http://www.greenamericatoday.org/greengrants/index.cfm.
Vertical Harvest is a collaborative project to grow produce locally using vertical greenhouse technology and sustainable energy systems, and to create an inclusive working environment for our citizens with disabilities. To learn more, visit www.verticalharvest.org.
TIbby…….thanks for reminding me to vote! Did! Have a great weekend and keep up the great work letting us all know the good stuff!
Heather