RAMP FESTIVAL 2008
May 3 & 4
     
photo by Adrianne Picciano  

Slow Food UpDeRiVa is pleased to announce the First Annual Ramp Festival on May 3-4.
 
The Ramp Festival is a new locally-produced public event in Sullivan County, NY and Wayne County, PA that will help to raise awareness and appreciation for local agriculture and the environment in the Upper Delaware River Valley.
 
This year’s Ramp Festival will include four interlinked events: a Saturday morning Wild Edible and Wildflower Walk, a Saturday afternoon Taste Workshop, a Sunday afternoon Ramp Tramp, and a Sunday outreach and educational effort at Sullivan County’s first Farmers’ Market of the year.  All events are open to the public, and children are encouraged to participate.  We have produced a cookbook with recipes featuring ramps, and we ask that local businesses join us and feature ramps over the course of the weekend.
 
The Wild Edible and Wildflower Walk will be led by Amy Gillingham and Anne Hart.  The Ramp Tramp will be led by Wes Gillingham.  These members can speak knowledgeably about foraged foods found in our region, including not only ramps, but also fiddleheads, nettles, sorrel, wild arugula and more.
 
The Taste Workshop and the Farmers’ Market Outreach are educational events about locally-produced foods in our area – including ramps, trout, pork, lamb, greens, apples, pears, beets, potatoes, yoghurt, cheeses and baked goods, with messaging about preserving the unique agricultural landscape and environment of the Upper Delaware River Valley region.
 
The Ramps Cookbook is a collection of member recipes, compiled by Amy Miller.
 
Join us and help make this an event to remember.  Feature ramps at your Store, Restaurant, Café or Bed and Breakfast.  We will have local sources of ramps available for purchase.  Flour Power Bakery in Livingstone Manor is partnering with us to make unique baked products available for your business. 
 
About Us: Slow Food is about good, clean, and fair food.  We envision a food system that is based on the principles of high quality and taste, environmental sustainability, and social justice.
Slow Food Upper Delaware River Valley (UpDeRiVa), a chapter of Slow Food-USA, is a volunteer-led collective of local farmers, business owners, weekenders, and local community residents that is committed to promoting local, ecologically-sound food production.
 
This Ramp Festival is the first of several public events planned for 2008.
 
Slow Food Upper Delaware River Valley is a member of Pure Catskills and this event is conducted with the support of the Watershed Agricultural Council and the Sullivan County Farmers’ Market 
 
Ramp Festival 2008 Events:

Saturday May 3rd

11:00 AM   Wild Edible and Wildflower Walk for Kids and Families
Meeting Point: parking lot of Domesticities-The Cutting Garden
4055 State Route 52 Youngsville, NY 12791.  Bring bag lunch and boots.

2:00 PM Ramp Tramp with Wes Gillingham
Meeting Point: Farmers Market Callicoon, NY.  Bring boots
 

Good eating for the weekend!

The Old North Branch Inn
Special Saturday night Prix Fixe Ramps Dinner with Peter Yurasits and Ramps Baked goods at cafe.  
North Branch NY 845 482-5925

Flour Power Bakery
Baked Goods available at Bakery & Callicoon Farmers' Market
Livingston Manor, NY 917 747-6895

The Golden Guernsey Bed and Breakfast
Vegetarian ramps treats at breakfast
Cochecton NY 845 7994

15 Main
Ramps specials featured on menu
Narrowsburg, NY (845) 252-6562

The Settlers Inn
Hawley, PA 18428
(800) 833-8527

Mathew's On Main
19 Lower Main St.
Callicoon NY 12723
(845) 887-5636

For more information contact:
Joseph Lennon
joseph.upderiva@earthlink.net
845 482-5929

 
Ramps Partner links

Buy Pure Catskills
Sullivan County Farmers Market
Flour Power Bakery
The Old North Branch Inn
The Cutting Garden
The Golden Guernsey
Slow Food USA

 
 
 

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