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A Foraging dinner created by Scott Pampuch of Corner Table
Nature tours led by experts :: Beef from the farm
Sunday, May 16, 2010, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. :: Ralph Lentz Farm :: 32797 738th Street, Lake City, MN
A Localicious podcast about the event is available here >>
More photos of the event by Kris Hase are available here >>
Foraging and washing: Volunteers foraged on Friday and Saturday. Washing took more time than anything else. A dozen volunteers washed 40 pounds of ramps, tore tiny leaves off 50 pounds of wild salad greens and cleaned a similar quantity of nettles.
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Garlic mustard. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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Washed ramps. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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(Photo: Val Landwehr)
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Before dinner: Conversation, music, wine, beer, cheese and play. After a week of gray, rainy days, our 170 guests were greeted with sunny and warm weather.
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(Photo: Val Landwehr)
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Debbie Smith, Nick Jordan and Michael Deppe, members of Light of the Moon band, performed. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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Jake, the farm’s dog. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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Dina Berray, Slow Food MN event coordinator, staffed the welcome table. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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Jeff and Cathie Williamson served their Flat Earth beer and sarsaparilla. (Photo: Ron Huff)
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Charlotte and Bill Davnie served Crofut wines. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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Cheese was from Shepherd’s Way and Prairie Hollow. It was served with Rustica bread, dried cherries and Keepsake apples (a good variety for storage) from Havlicek Orchard.
(Photo: Ron Huff)
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Kids played catch, went on tours with their parents or just played. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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Tours focused on insect and bird life, plant life and the cattle and pastures.
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Colleen Foster, chair of the event, describes the tours. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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The ecology tour, led by Larry Gates, included an introduction to edible plants. It started by the pond. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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Larry Gates (Photo: Kris Hase)
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Val Landwehr starts the insect and bird tour. (Photo: Kris Hase)
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A young entomologist. (Photo: Kris Hase)
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Ralph Lentz leads a tour of the pastures. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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In the pasture. (Photo: Kris Hase)
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A display of wild things for those who stayed behind. (Photo: Val Landwehr)
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