2010 RAFT Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner, Sept. 19

Chefs Collaborative, Seacoast Eat Local, and Slow Food Seacoast invite you to the 2010 Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner, a multicourse meal featuring “at-risk” heirloom vegetables grown by local farmers and prepared by the finest local chefs—all in a historic dairy barn in Stratham, New Hampshire. This fine dining experience celebrating local sustainable food and farming will be held at Meadow’s Mirth/Berry Hill Farm on September 19.

Led by Chef Evan Mallett of Black Trumpet Bistro, the participating Seacoast chefs will each prepare one course highlighting heirloom vegetables grown by participating Seacoast farmers, who will be in attendance and honored at the event. Complete with locally produced beverages and live music emanating from the hayloft, the 2010 Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner will be a night to remember.

Photo: Chefs Collaborative

The 2010 Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner is a fundraising event for the RAFT Heirloom Grow-Out project, which celebrates and raises awareness about agricultural biodiversity and builds community through farmer–chef connections. RAFT is short for the Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) alliance, an effort managed by Slow Food USA to bring together food producers, chefs and consumers to “develop and promote conservation strategies, sustainable food production, and awareness of our country’s unique and ‘at risk’ foods and food traditions.” Tickets are $125 per person, and funds raised from the event will support continued work on the RAFT Heirloom Grow-Out project.

Tickets are available for advance purchase only and will not be sold at the event, so reserve your seat now!

WHAT: 2010 Heirloom Harvest Barn Dinner

WHEN: Sunday, September 19, 2010, at 4 pm (drinks and hors d’œuvres start at 4 pm, dinner at 5 pm)

WHERE: Meadow’s Mirth/Berry Hill Farm, 61 Stratham Heights Rd., Stratham, NH 03885

TICKETS: $125 per person. Purchase your tickets online, email Alida Cantor, or call the Chefs Collaborative at 617-236-5258. *As of Sept. 10, fewer than 20 tickets remain! Get yours now.*

VOLUNTEERS: Your help is needed to put on this fundraising event! Email Erin Ehlers to help prep the barn on Saturday, set up on Sunday, or serve and clean up on Sunday.

FOR MORE INFO: Email Alida Cantor, or call the Chefs Collaborative at 617-236-5258.