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REAP's Fifth Annual
Food for Thought Festival
"Coming home to eat: The bounty in our backyard"

The annual Food for Thought Festival is a fun, festive forum that explores and celebrates the diversity of good food available in Wisconsin.


The 2003 Food for Thought Festival was a great success!  

Photos from the 2003 festival.


Food for Thought Forum:

Friday, September 19, 2003
7:30 – 9:30 p.m. (see schedule)
272 Bascom Hall, UW-Madison Campus
Madison, Wisconsin

Food for Thought Festival:
Saturday, September 20, 2003
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (see schedule)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., just off the Capitol Square
Madison, Wisconsin
Parking info from the city of Madison

In addition to a huge array of local participants, chefs, entertainment, and food activities, we were joined by these renowned experts on regional eating:

Gary Nabhan,
Keynote speaker
Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University. 
Author of  "Coming Home to Eat: The Sensual Pleasures and Global Politics of Local Foods" 
 
 
Lucia Watson,
Guest chef
Lucia's Restaurant and Wine Bar- Minneapolis, MN.  
Author of "Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland"
 
Barbara Perkins
Forum panelist
Vermont Valley Community Farm
Blue Mounds, WI
 

There really is amazing bounty in our own backyard. 

Please bring garden produce to the Festival for donation to soup kitchens and food pantries at the "Sharing the Bounty in Our Backyard Garden Donation Drive."

 

See info about the 2002 festival here.

 

 

The Food for Thought Festival is coordinated by the REAP Food Group.
If you'd like to get involved with REAP, please contact info@reapfoodgroup.org.

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