If anyone is looking to do anything in the Lafayette area this weekend, you may want to check this out.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, October 8, 2012
Tyler Thigpen, Director, Acadiana Food Circle, 337-254-4827
http://www.acadianafoodcircle.org/
Lilia Smelkova, Center for Science in the Public Interest,
[email protected]
Michelle MacFadyen, Owner, Great Harvest Bread Co., 337-962-6373
Lafayette takes part in National Food Day Campaign!
Encourages Acadians to ‘Eat Real’
Lafayette, LA. — On October 27, Acadiana Food Circle and Great Harvest Bread Co. are
hosting Lafayette’s own Food Day celebration with an afternoon full of REAL food, music, fun
children’s activities, and information about locally grown food and locally made products.
“Acadiana Food Circle is happy to team up with Great Harvest Bread Company to promote the
consumption of local produce, celebrate our local farmers, and bridge the gap between
conscientious consumers and producers,” said Tyler Thigpen, Director of Acadiana Food Circle.
Kickoff for Food Day 2012 will take place on October 16, at the City Council Meeting with a
Food Day Proclamation by City-Parish President, Joey Durel.
Food Day is a FREE event and a great time to meet local farmers and learn about the restaurants
in the area that use local ingredients to make tasty meals. Gotreaux’s Family Farms, Mark &
Mary’s City Farm, Market Basket Youngsville, and Homegrown Organics will all be there with
information about their farms. Jolie’s Bistro and Cochon will have delicious food made from
local ingredients for purchase. Great Harvest Bread Co. will have a variety of breads and baked
treats made from scratch. Primo’s Peppers will sell butter, powders, and other products made
with their pesticide-free peppers. Café Cohen will serve fresh coffee and The Lab will highlight
their fresh juices and frozen juice bars, while T.R.A.I.L. will be serving beer from local
breweries.
Food Day is very family friendly with fun activities for the kids including a seed planting
workshop, face painting, food art, petting zoo, and other activities hosted by Children’s Museum
of Acadiana.
Informational presentations will be occurring throughout the Food Day event. The presentations
will cover a variety of topics including “What is REAL Food and How to Find It”, a presentation
on nutrition, and a cooking demonstration by Jeremy Connor, executive chef at Village Café.
Acadiana Food Circle will be distributing their local food directory and selling Gonsoulin Land
& Cattle Ranch beef. Daphne Olivier with My Food Coach will have lots of nutritional
information available.
All of this is happening on October 27 during 2pm to 6pm at Maurice Heymann Memorial Park,
on the corner of S. College Road and Girard Park Drive, Lafayette.
National Food Day is a celebration of REAL food and a movement towards healthy, affordable,
and sustainable food sources. All across the nation, people will come together to discuss issues
concerning health and nutrition, hunger, agricultural policy, animal welfare, and farm worker
justice.
The national campaign has five central goals:
• Reduce diet-related disease by promoting healthy foods.
• Support sustainable farms and stopping subsidies to agribusiness.
• Expand access to food and alleviating hunger.
• Reform factory farms to protect animals and the environment.
• Curb junk-food marketing to children.
Acadiana Food Circle is a community-based non-profit that connects local consumers to local
food producers and educates the public on healthy, local food choices. Learn more at
www.acadianafoodcircle.org or email at
[email protected].
Great Harvest is a local bakery known for handcrafted breads made fresh daily with locally
produced ingredients. Great Harvest bakery is open 7am-6pm Monday-Thursday, 7am-5pm on
Friday, and 7am-4pm on Saturday. They are located at 854 A Kaliste Saloom Rd., Lafayette, LA
70508. Learn more at
www.GreatHarvestOfAcadiana.com.