Harvesting Support: Grow It Forward's Friends & Farmers Celebration

Harvesting Support: Grow It Forward's Friends and Farmers Celebration is an annual fundraising event to sustain our mission work, to recognize the role agriculture plays in our daily lives, and to support the efforts of those who shape our local food system.

When: Thursday, November 21st, 2019, 6pm - 9pm
Where: St. John's Place/Grow It Forward, 1501 Marshall Street, Manitowoc
Attire: Farmer Chic (Blue jeans, overalls, flannel, tractor branded apparel, boots)

The average American farmer feeds approximately 144 people, and with agriculture being our number one export, agriculture is critically important to sustaining our local, national, and global economies.

Together, with over 144 of our friends, we’ll celebrate and toast to 5 years of Grow It Forward’s impact on the local food movement, and…

• Sample delicious small plates from great local restaurants & caterers
• Win exciting auction items.
• Enjoy complimentary beer and wine samples (Additional Cash bar available)
• Have a barrel of fun with the Ryan Kautzer Polka Band!
  

Our mission to grow, teach, feed, and connect our local food community impacts the lives farmers, growers, and food producers. With your support we can continue to offer the following valuable programming to the community and so much more!!!

• Grow—over 135 families grow food at 8 collective acres of our community gardens
• Teach—each year we provide programming to inspire the young and young-at-heart to grow their own food.
• Feed—our commercial kitchen and local food business incubator has helped launch 3 mobile food businesses, a pickled goods company selling products at 13 businesses regionally, a baker, and caterer.
• Connect—our summer and winter farmers markets connects nearly 28,000 total individuals annually to our local farmers, producers, processors, and mobile food businesses.

Sample, win, enjoy, and have a barrel of fun in celebration with Grow It Forward! We'll see you there!!!