Remember to join us this Saturday, September 12th, for some tasty bites! 

We’re putting the finishing touches on our tomato festival – scouring the state to bring you the tastiest and best varieties of tomatoes to sample!  They’ll all be locally grown – whatever is ripe and available this week is what we’ll have on hand.  This is a free tasting, and we encourage you to take notes of your favorites, so that you’ll remember what you want to grow next year.  As usual, we will have great handouts so you will take home tons of useful information.

Here is a reminder of what we have planned ~

• Free tomato tasting.  We group similar types together, so you can sample them side by side.   Tasting table will be open at 11 AM until 4 PM.
• 11 AM – Chef Dan Brophy cooks up tomato recipes – taste samples!  Chef Dan, from the Oregon Culinary Institute, has been cooking up tomato recipes here since we began our festival, and his concoctions always get rave reviews.  He will also send you home with his recipes.
• 1 PM – Tomato Talk – Want to know which varieties have been the festivals’  favorites over the years?   We will cover the crowd fav’s, as well as how to grow your own, and which are the best varieties for this climate.  A few tricks of the trade, and you will be well on your way to growing tasty tomatoes of your own next year.
• 2 PM – Chef Dan returns for a second cooking segment – more great samples and more recipes!
• Red Ridge Farms local olive oil tasting throughout the day.

We hope you can join us for this fun celebration of  The Tomato!