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Sunday August 9 to Saturday August 15, 2020
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE* (unless otherwise noted),
FAMILY FRIENDLY AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more details, check out our Facebook Page and follow us on Instagram.

 

Sunday

BABY'S FIRST FRUITS AND VEGGIES

Easy, healthy recipes for creating your own baby food 

Hosted with Biggest Little Baby, 2-3pm

Live on Social 

SIMPLE SPROUTS 

Sprout your own sprouts! So easy, so delicious, so healthy. 

Hosted with Urban Roots, 6pm

Live on Social 

*Pick up your free sprouting lid, jar and seeds at Reno Food Systems Park Farm, Farm Stand 3-7pm

Monday

PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS 

Take the pledge to enjoy $10 (or more) of Nevada grown veggies, fruits, honey or flowers.

For an inspirational list, go here!

Hashtag #growingnv #participantpledge to be entered to win awesome, locally grown prizes!!

Tuesday

TOMATO TUESDAY GIVEAWAY

Come to the NevadaGrown Booth for a FREE pound

Nevada grown 'maters.

@The Sparks Farmers Market

9am - 1pm or until they're gone

 

SOCIAL MEDIA SHOUT-OUT

Post a photo of your favorite tomato 

dish, recipe or variety and tag 

#TomatoTuesday & #GrowingNV

for your chance to win a $50 gift card at

The Great Basin Community Food Co-op!

 

Restaurants who participate will be entered to win a

FREE CASE of locally grown tomatoes

delivered right to you via Dayton Valley Aquaponics

Wednesday 

PRESERVING THE HARVEST

How to can your bountiful tomatoes

& make jam with your favorite fruit

Hosted with Jana Vanderhaar, Verdant Connections

Live on Social, 10am

 

Thursday

THIRSTY THURSDAY

Mixologist lessons with locally grown

 Hosted with & Time TBD

Live on Social

Friday

FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY

FREE 'Sinfully Sweet' Nevada melons

Food trucks will showcase Nevada melons on their menus

Hosted by DFI @ Food Truck Friday, Idlewild Park, 4-9pm

* Check out the local melon eating competition down the street at McKinley Arts Center, 5pm

Live on Social

 

Saturday

U-PICK @ PARK FARM

Pick your own veggies 

Hosted with Reno Food Systems @ Park Farm /

Betsy Caughlin Donnelley Park, 5-8pm

CALLING ALL HOME COOKS & CHEFS

NevadaGrown is looking for NEW recipes

for an upcoming Cookbook 

Hosted by NevadaGrown 

@ Carson Farmers Market, 8:30am-1pm

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