Eat Local Sudbury is hosting a fundraising barbecue Saturday as part of the Sudbury Earth Day Festival.
Not only will patrons enjoy a tasty lunch in support of the co-op, but will also get to meet the farmer who provided the food for the event.
The barbecue will feature hot dogs and sausages from Rowantree Farms and farmer Allison Muckle will be on hand to answer questions about her farm and the pigs she raises.
“We raise free-range, heritage breed pigs with great care and respect,” said Muckle, in a press release.
“We do our best to give our pigs a happy life with the ability to do what pigs do best: root in the soil, wallow in the mud, and supplement their diet with fresh forage they find in our fields and forest.”
For vegetarians and vegans, the barbeque will also feature Eat Local Sudbury’s famous “carrot dogs” made with marinated, grilled carrots from Pfenning’s Organic Farm in New Hamburg, Ont.
The barbeque is part of a larger fundraising effort to help the not-for-profit co-operative continue its work to grow the local food system. Eat Local Sudbury announced in April that the co-op is struggling financially and has appealed to its supporters for help.
“This barbeque is a great way for people to support the co-op,” said executive director Amanda LeClair. “Visit us at Memorial Park, eat some delicious local food, meet a local farmer and help out a great cause!”
The barbecue takes place on Saturday, June 4 in Memorial Park downtown from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
