Sunday, July 15, 2012

Home Grown Farm Tour

We, or I should say Mesabi Farm, is participating in our county's 3rd Annual Home Grown Farm Tour, Field Dinner and Silent Auction.  It's a self-guided tour featuring 11 sites in our county.  We found about about the tour last year and although it was too late to participate, we did have the honor of donating meat for the Field Dinner. 

The idea of the tour and dinner is to showcase some of the best local farms and feature local, in-season foods.  Last year's dinner was unbelievable!  Besides all of the appetizers, fresh side dishes and wine from Edg-Clif Farms and Vineyard, the meats provided were bison, lamb and our pork.  After the dinner, we had quite a few people tell us our pork was their favorite dish of the whole dinner!  Quite a compliment for our first official year as a farm!  This year we are providing pork and chicken.

The event is held August 25th & 26th.  Check for details as some venues, such as ourselves, are only open on Saturday the 25th.  The tour itself is free to attend and very casual... simply drive from location to location and stay at each as long as you like.  The dinner will be served lakeside at SayersBrook Bison Ranch on Saturday the 25th at 5:30 and the cost is $55 per person.  Reservations are required.  A new feature at this year’s dinner is a silent auction offering a variety of products both local and regional. It sounds a little expensive, but if it's anything like last year's dinner... it is completely worth it!  It would make a fun date night for a couple.  It's also a for good cause - proceeds from the dinner and auction benefit the Home Grown Farm Tour Scholarship fund, providing an annual award to a county student majoring in agriculture.

Here's a link to find out more info about the tour and dinner reservations:  Home Grown Farm Tour

Hope to see you during the tour!


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