An All-local Thanksgiving with Mary Ellen Carter

6:30 - 9:00, Wednesday November 11th
Downtown Co-op Connection Bldg.
(1200 N. Forest St.)

Co-sponsored by the Community Food Co-op, Growing Washington, and Sustainable Connections

Celebrate the bounty of our local harvest for your Thanksgiving dinner! A veritable feast will showcase all of the gorgeous local ingredients available to us at this abundant time of the year. Recipes will include traditional Thanksgiving side dishes with a twist, using ingredients grown or processed in Whatcom County.

Local cookbook author, newspaper columnist, and cooking instructor Mary Ellen Carter is a strong advocate of returning to the table to enjoy good food.

Advance registration required at the Downtown or Cordata Co-op. A deposit of $10 is due at registration, with the remainder of the $10-$30 sliding scale fee due at the class. All proceeds will be donated to the Food Bank Farm. Space is limited – register soon!

Author Events

David Mas Masumoto
Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies From the Land

Village Books, Wednesday, November 4th, 7:00pm
Co-sponsored by Village Books, Sustainable Connections, and the Community Food Co-op

Hailed by The New York Times as a poet of farming, Slow Food activist and organic farmer David Mas Masumoto weaves together stories of family and farming, life and death, to reveal age-old wisdom that is fast disappearing – and urgently needed.

FARMfood: Green Living with Chef Daniel Orr

Saturday, November 28th, 11:00am
Downtown Co-op Connection Bldg., 1200 N. Forest St.
Co-sponsored by Village Books, Bellingham Farmers Market, and the Community Food Co-op

Join renowned chef Daniel Orr at the Community Food Co-op's Connection Building as part of the Bellingham Farmers Market's "Chef at the Market" series. In FARMfood, he advocates using locally grown, wholesome ingredients and features a diverse assortment of recipes influenced by his Midwestern roots, as well as his stellar global culinary career.

Space is limited for this talk, demonstration, and sampling from FARMfood, so arrive early. (Please park on the street, not in the Co-op lot, for this event.)