Eastern Triangle Farm Tour 
9/17 Saturday  and 9/18 Sunday
1 pm to 5 pm both days  

Tickets: Advance purchase: $25 per carload or cycling group
Days of Tour; Buy at farms $30 per carload/cycling group or $10 per farm


Southern Foodways Alliance:   Stir The Pot 
September 18th and 19th , Sunday and Monday 
Host: Chef Ashley Christiansen of Poole's Diner
Guest Chef John Fleer

The sixth helping of STIR THE POT, a fundraiser for the Southern Foodways Alliance, will take place on Sunday, September 18, and Monday, September 19. 

Sunday night is a five-course dinner with wine pairings at Poole's Diner, prepared by Chef Ashley Christensen and Guest Chef John Fleer. $150 per person. 

Monday night is a potluck at Chef Ashley Christensen's home in Raleigh. Main dish to be prepared by Chef Christensen is Brunswick Stew. Please bring a $35 donation to the SFA (check or cash) and a side dish or dessert that celebrates your sense of place. Beer will be donated by Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem, NC, with a surprise cocktail by Fox's Liquor Bar. Wine is donated by Eliza Kraft Olander. Reservations are required and limited for both events. Please call Poole's Diner to reserve: 919-832-4477

For more information please visit 
www.stirthepotluck.com 

Learn more about Chef Fleer
Learn more about the Southern Foodways Alliance


Chop NC September event:  
“Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World”  
Wednesday September 21
Author Charles B. Thompson, Jr. 
Talk, book-signing
9/21 Flyleaf Books Chapel Hill, NC  7 - 8:30 pm


Sandra Gutierrez’s Book Launch Party
Thursday September 22
6:00 p.m. The Umstead Hotel, Cary NC
It's Fiesta Time, Y'all! You're all invited to the launch party for Sandra's brand new book:
The New Southern-Latino Table
Recipes That Bring Together the Bold and Beloved Flavors of Latin America and the American South 

RSVP by September 16 to jherg@email.unc.edu or 919.962.0585 Open to the public so feel free to tell all your friends.Door prizes and Appetizers. Valet Parking available.


TerraVITA
Saturday September 24
The Sustainable Classroom  9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Grand Tasting on the Green  1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
TerraVITA’s Grand Tasting on the Green will take place on The Green at Southern Village, an upscale, environmentally-conscious, mixed-use community in Chapel Hill, NC. Tickets for the Grand Tasting are all-inclusive (all alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as food samplings are included) and can be purchased for $65 each, or excluding alcohol $55.The Sustainable Classroom tickets can be purchased separately for $35; Combined Tasting & Classroom ticket, including both events, can be purchased for $90.

We are thrilled to announce our lineup for our Fall 2011 speakers series. Check out our events page for complete details!

Our first speaker is coming right up on September 21! Charles B. Thompson, Jr. will present his recent book "Spirits of Just Men: Mountaineers, Liquor Bosses, and Lawmen in the Moonshine Capital of the World" Spirits of Just Men tells the story of moonshine in 1930s America, as seen through the remarkable location of Franklin County, Virginia, a place that many still refer to as the "moonshine capital of the world."

Charles B. Thompson, Jr is the curriculum and education director at the Center for Documentary Studies and a lecturer of cultural anthropology at Duke University. 

September 21,  7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Flyleaf Books 
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,  
Chapel Hill, NC  (919) 942-7373

Free and open to the public! 
Bring your friends, and a snack to share if you'd like!