Food Justice BBQ - KOL Foods

KOL Foods produces glatt kosher, 100% grass-fed, organically raised meat for the kosher community. They support small, local slaughterhouses and butchers, not massive factory slaughterhouses or processors. They partner with the closest butchers that are in compliance with the USDA and national kosher certifying agencies. They use the minimum packaging necessary to ensure our products' integrity and safety.

KOL Foods produces glatt kosher, 100% grass-fed, organically raised meat for the kosher community. They support small, local slaughterhouses and butchers, not massive factory slaughterhouses or processors. They partner with the closest butchers that are in compliance with the USDA and national kosher certifying agencies. We use the minimum packaging necessary to ensure our products' integrity and safety.

Questions? Feedback? Suggestions? Please be in touch!

info@kolfoods.com; 888.366.3565, http://www.kolfoods.com/

The following items you are eating are from KOL Foods…

• Ground Beef

Food Justice BBQ - QUAKER VALLEY ORCHARDS

QUAKER VALLEY ORCHARDS

Adams County, PA

Winn and Winifred Schulteis operate Quaker Valley Orchards and Guesthouse, a 220-acre fruit farm with guesthouse located in the heart of apple country, Biglerville, PA, just minutes from historic Gettysburg. They can be found at the FRESHFARM H Street, Dupont Circle, Silver Spring and Foggy Bottom markets, where they sell delicious tree and field fruit, fresh vegetables and free-range eggs. Quaker Valley also has baked goods, sauces and jams made from their own fruits and vegetables. For more information, visit www.quakervalleyorchards.com.

The following items you are eating are from this farm …

• Peaches
• Nectarines
• Blackberries
• HoneyBee Watermelons
• Sweet Corn
• Red, Purple, and Yukon Gold Potatoes

Food Justice BBQ - Spiral Path Farm

SPIRAL PATH ORGANIC FARM & CSA

Perry County, PA

http://www.spiralpathfarm.com/

Spiral Path Farm is located in scenic western Perry County, PA, between the Tuscarora and Blue Mountain ranges. The family farm, near the town of Loysville, consists of 188 diverse acres that have been under the care of Mike and Terra Brownback since 1978. The Brownbacks grow a wide variety of vegetables, fruits and herbs. Spiral Path Farm's goal is to provide the best tasting, freshest and highest-nutritional-value food they can grow while maintaining the land in a fertile, nontoxic state. Spiral Path Farm is certified organic and food-safety certified.

You can buy their products at Silver Spring FRESHFARM Market 9 am - 1 pm EVERY SATURDAY. They also have a weekly CSA.

The following items you are eating are from this farm …

• 
  Onions * Brandywine Tomatoes * Green Peppers * Asian Eggplant * Sundrop Tomatoes * Cherry Tomatoes * Zucchini * Yellow Squash * Red Leaf Lettuce

Food Justice BBQ - TWIN OAKS COMMUNITY FOODS

TWIN OAKS COMMUNITY FOODS

Twin Oaks Community Foods is a worker-owned co-operative located in central Virginia. They have been producing easy to use meat alternatives since1991. Their co-operative began by providing easy to use meat alternatives for our own community and the Charlottesville and Richmond areas. Over the past 18 years, customer response has helped us to grow, and our soy products can now be found in restaurants, schools, and stores up and down the east coast, as well as through several wholesale distributors.

Their product line has expanded to include three flavors of Extra-Firm Tofu, two flavors of Vegetarian Sausage, Mushroom Pate, Tempeh, and Soy milk.

They strive to provide premium soy foods using unbleached well water, organic non-GMO soybeans, and the highest quality organic herbs available. They play our part in supporting local agriculture by using Virginia grown soybeans, helping to reduce the use of fuel for transportation.

Their Product Line:

Twin Oaks Community Foods is part of Twin Oaks Intentional Community, located on 400 acres and made up of around 90 adult members and 12 children. Since the community’s beginning in 1967, their way of life has reflected their values of cooperation, sharing, nonviolence, equality, and ecology. The Twin Oaks Community Foods crew takes pride in making vegetarian products that are good for our families and yours. For more information about Twin Oaks Community, visit them on the web at www.twinoaks.org

• The Tofu you are eating is from Twin Oaks Community Foods, purchased at Takoma Park-Silver Spring Co-op (TPSS).

Food Justice BBQ - SPRING VALLEY FARM & ORCHARD; EVENSONG FARM; TOMATOES, ETC. PRODUCE FARM

SPRING VALLEY FARM & ORCHARD

Morgan County, WV

Spring Valley Farm and Orchard is located in Romney, WV. Misty and Eli farm about 54 acres of diversified orchard and about 70 acres of diversified vegetables. They now own about 195 acres and are 100-percent irrigated. They use integrated pest and disease management, only spraying when they have extreme problems, and then using only low rates. Misty and Eli strive to provide their customers with fresh, high-quality products year-round.

You can buy their products at Silver Spring FRESHFARM Market 9 am - 1 pm EVERY SATURDAY and Dupont Circle Market EVERY SUNDAY 9 am – 1 pm.

The following items you are eating are from this farm …

• Green Beans, Purple Peppers

EVENSONG FARM

Washington County, MD

Heritage. Health. Harmony. These are the chords of Evensong Farm in historic Sharpsburg, MD. Evensong grows healthful, heritage foods cultivated at nature's pace without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or genetically-modified inputs, including heirloom and unique vegetables and herbs, pasture-fresh eggs, pasture-ranged poultry and pork and 100-percent grass-raised beef. www.evensong-farm.com

You can buy their products at Silver Spring FRESHFARM Market 9 am - 1 pm EVERY SATURDAY.

The following items you are eating are from this farm …

• Herbs: Rosemary, Thyme, Sage, Cilantro, & Parsley

TOMATOES, ETC. PRODUCE FARM

Carroll County, MD

Known at the Silver Spring FRESHFARM Market for beef and vegetables, Tomatoes, Etc. Produce Farm started 1998 in Westminster, MD. Shari, her husband, and three children farm approximately 20 acres with very limited use of pesticides. They are able to do this through the use of a plasticulture system. The farm provides gourmet-quality vegetables including varieties of sweet corn, salad greens, spinach, oriental greens, tomatoes, melons, lopes, squash, zucchini, eggplant, cucumbers, radishes, beets, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, garlic, french shallots, and fresh herbs. They also raise Angus steer to produce USDA-approved, top-quality beef.

You can buy their products at Silver Spring FRESHFARM Market 9 am - 1 pm EVERY SATURDAY.

The following items you are eating are from this farm …

• Garlic, Squash, Zucchini, Cantaloupe & Poblano Peppers

Food Justice BBQ @ MHSS - 9 Aug. 2009

7 farms + 1 bakery food from:

• Tofu: Twin Oaks Community Foods; purchased at Takoma Park-Silver Spring Food Co-op (TPSS)
• Hamburger buns: The New Yorker Bakery -- local kosher bakery based in Silver Spring (Georgia Avenue, south of the Beltway) and Bethesda; purchased at Takoma Park-Silver Spring Food Co-op
• Garlic, Squash, Zucchini, Canteloupe, Poblano Peppers: Tomatoes, Etc. Produce Farm
• Beef (ground beef for hamburgers): KOL Foods
• Herbs: Sage, Cilantro, Rosemary, Thyme, Parsley: Evensong Farm
• Green Beans, Purple Peppers: Spring Valley Farm & Orchard
• Peaches, Nectarines, Blackberries, HoneyBee Watermelons, Sweet Corn, & Potatoes (Red, Purple, Yukon): Quaker Valley Orchards
• Onions, Brandywine Tomatoes, Sundrop Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Green Peppers, Asian Eggplant, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Red Leaf Lettuce: Spiral Path Farm
• All other foods (foods not mentioned in connection with a specific farm, such as olive oil and apple cider vinegar) purchased at TPSS or Silver Spring Whole Foods (on Wayne Avenue)

All food was either organic, or local, or both -- and EVERYTHING* was hechshered-kosher (*fresh produce not hechshered)

Speakers:

• Lindsey Savoie, Shomrei Adamah - compost
• Becca Weaver, Kayam Farm - sustainable & Jewish agriculture & food ethics
• Devora Kimelman-Block, KOL Foods - founding of KOL Foods
• Jessie Posilkin, AVODAH/AJWS - human rights issues related to food production & consumption

Other contributing organizations:

• Jews United for Justice
• Jewish Community Relations Council
  

* * * This event made possible -- and completely free for attendees -- by a generous grant from Jewish Community Relations Council (jcouncil.org) * * *

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