This year’s event, The Food as Medicine Festival will build on our last 2 events - the Aitkin Summer Farm Festival and the Aitkin Sip & Savor. It will be a free public educational event on the importance of fresh, local, seasonal food as it relates to personal health and wellbeing. We will hold two panel discussions and two cooking demonstrations with professionals from Riverwood Hospital, Public Health and local farms and businesses. The content will cover the topics of “food as medicine”, food access, preparation, preservation and seasonal, local food sourcing. The festival will be adjacent to the Aitkin Farmer's Market to highlight our local farms, food producers and food access programs. 

Additionally at the Festival, we plan to roll out the second version of the Aitkin Farm Trail Map and introduce a new farm-to-table program called Aitkin Eats.

Schedule of Events:

10-11am  Panel Discussion 1: Food as Medicine, Healthy Choices 

11-11:30am Cooking Demo 1: Salad & Seasonal 

11:45-12:30pm  Panel Discussion 2: Homesteading 101, Food & Gardening Skills

12:30-1pm Cooking Demo 2: Eat More Greens

Contact: Kelley Rajala, (707)-331-6950, clearlakegardens@gmail.com

Website: https://www.clearlakegardens.org/events

Event Price: This a free public event