A Foxy Fellow Ornament

At Lettuce Link, we’re so privileged to be supported by the wider community. Every year we receive donations of seeds for our farms and seed distributions at food banks, food for events, technical skills and labor for building and repairing structures, and a host of other in-kind donations and financial support (this year it even included a chicken coop).

This December, we’re delighted that City People’s Garden Store has chosen us as the recipient for 100% of the proceeds from their Foxy Fellows ornament.

As City People’s describes the ornament: 

Each 4.5" tall Fox stands or hangs from a jute loop. Snappy sweaters, scarves and caps, little wire glasses, a miniature satchel, and a teensy pipe all add to the charm of these clever foxes. $9.99 each.

Support Lettuce Link and a great local business: stop by City People's Garden Store today to purchase a foxy fellow, and consider shopping there for your garden needs all year long! 

Thank you Hangar Café and Friends!

This past Saturday, the Hangar Café hosted a Beer and Wine garden outside of their normal business hours to raise funds to support Lettuce Link’s work at Marra Farm. It was a lovely summer evening spent on their garden deck and raised $300.

This amount will go far! Every dollar invested in our work at the farm is worth at least twice as much in organic produce for people in need. Plus, it produces many other intangible benefits such as life-long learning, friendships across cultures, a child’s love for vegetables, a home for honey bees and a beautiful piece of biodiversity in an unexpected place.

If you weren't able to stop by, you can still donate funds to Lettuce Link by clicking here and next time you go out for breakfast or lunch, visit the Hangar Café!

The Marra Farm CSA

In June we kicked off our second season of Lettuce Link's CSA at Marra Farm! A CSA, which stands for community supported agriculture, is a way for consumers to purchase produce directly a farmer. Customers pay upfront at the start of the season, when farmers have high expenses, and then receive a share of the harvest weekly. 

We are very excited for this year’s CSA and truly appreciate everyone’s support as we enter our second year of the project. Although our CSA is small (5-8 subscribers per ten-week session), we package each bag with care. We hope that the funds generated from selling a small percentage of our harvest will help support our work and give our program greater financial stability.

With that in mind, we are happy to report that our crops are growing wonderfully. Hopefully the warm temperatures and sunshine that we have been graced with will be staying for the long haul. Last week, middle-schoolers from the VOICE (Volunteer Outreach in Communities Everywhere) program on Mercer Island and Seattle teens from the Student Conservation Association Summer Crew helped with our weekly harvest. With their help we harvested a variety of fresh produce, including carrots, beets, peas, chard, kale and broccoli for both the CSA bags and the local food banks we support.

We are optimistic that with this nice weather the tomatoes will eventually be ready, so stay tuned!

A blog post by Wendy, DukeEngage summer intern. Check out her other blog reflections here.

Cole's Big Gift

Cole carefully counted all $73.87

This month, we’re featuring a particularly special first-time donor. Meet eight-year-old Cole Pawlitschek. Don't be fooled by his small stature - his generosity and insight into giving knocked our socks off.

For two years, Cole reserved a portion of his allowance, chore, and birthday money into a “save” jar. The nickels and dimes grew steadily, and last month Cole decided he had saved enough money to make a difference. Cole came into our office with his mom, Maya, to hand over $62 dollars in cash and $11.87 in loose change.

Cole says he chose Lettuce Link, “because I wanted to help kids that don't have food to get some. Marra Farm grows vegetables and gives them to people for free."

When it comes to vegetables, Cole is especially fond of steamed edamame with salt sprinkled on top. Though we don’t grow edamame (immature soybeans) at Marra Farm, we do grow several items that could be adapted into one of Cole’s favorite recipes – Mr. Egg Face Sandwiches! Radish eyeballs, asparagus mouths, frizzy lettuce hair … sounds like we’ve got a tasty treat to prepare with our garden classes this spring.

Aside from noshing on edamame, Cole can be found playing video games, doing math and reading, and participating in basketball, soccer, and karate. He also makes sure to spend with his kitten, Pluma. Cole says that his mom, dad, and family are the important communities in his life, as well as Poverty Action and all his friends. 

When asked about why he donates part of his money, Cole reminds us that, “some people in tons of places all over the world don't have enough money to buy food or houses or beds or toys.”

These days, Lettuce Link relies more and more on the generosity of individual donors like Cole to sustain our work. His advice for adults who want to make a difference:

“Grown-ups can give money so Marra Farm can grow more stuff and give to people. They can also volunteer at places to help raise money and help them do their work.”

As Cole notes, there is no single way to support our work. We need all types -- those who give time, money, in-kind donations, expertise, and more. Alongside our diverse community of supporters, we'll keep working to make fresh food a right for everyone!


Mr. Egg Face Sandwich
(from Lunch Boxes and Snacks by Annabel Karmel, adapted by Maya Pawlitschek, mother of Cole)

Ingredients (for 4 sandwiches)

• 7 eggs
• ¼ cup mayonnaise or hummus – add more if needed
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 8 slices of bread
• 1 can tuna and/or 1 cup shredded cheese (optional - for extra protein)
• Face decorations, such as: sliced radishes or bell pepper, grated carrot, edamame, olives, salami, gherkins, chives, basil, peas, celery, or grape tomatoes

Directions

1. Hard boil eggs, let cool, and peel
2. Cut two eggs into four slices each for the eyes
3. With a fork, mash the remaining eggs in bowl, adding the tuna, shredded cheese, and mayonnaise
4. Season with salt and pepper
5. Spread egg mixture on four slices of bread 
6. Have kids make faces on bread, using the sliced egg eyes and decoration ideas above
7. Cover with piece of plain bread and enjoy! 

Thank you Cole and all those who support us growing forth into 2012!

Buy Seeds & Support Lettuce Link

Seed catalogs are responsible for more unfulfilled fantasies than Enron and Playboy combined.  

- Michael Perry, Truck: A Love Story

Even though spring feels a long way away, January is the time when gardeners and farmers look ahead to the upcoming growing season. Busting out the seed catalog in January is a time-honored tradition, and we invite you to join us in this annual rite.

This winter we are selling vegetable and flower seed packets as a fundraiser for our program. Consider purchasing seeds for your garden (or the gardener in your life) from Lettuce Link to help support our work. 

We are partnering with High Mowing Organic Seeds, a company that has impressed us with their commitment to sustainability and changing the food system. High Mowing offers many delicious varieties of high-quality, certified organic, non-GMO vegetable and flower seeds.

Sounds great! How do I sign up?

Click the image to enlarge

We are selling 25 different varieties of seeds, pictured and described here (click the image to enlarge). Each seed packet costs $3 (a bargain!) and helps ensure everyone in our community has access to fresh, healthy food.

Download, print and fill out this order form. Enclose your payment (cash or check made out to Lettuce Link), and return your order to:

Lettuce Link, Solid Ground

Scott Behmer

1501 North 45th Street

Seattle, WA 98103

We must receive all orders and payment by Tuesday, January 31. We will e-mail you to confirm receipt of payment, and let you know when the seeds are available for pickup at our office in Wallingford (probably mid-February).

Questions? Contact Scott at scottb@solid-ground.org.

A few Odds and Ends from the Lettuce Link World

Mmm, the perfect sandwich for a September lunch

On the delicious food front:

Our friends at Homegrown just introduced a new seasonal sandwich, and ten percent of the proceeds benefit Lettuce Link!  Get yourself to one of their stores in Fremont, Capitol Hill or Queen Anne and try the Turkey + Red Pepper Relish sandwich.  If you are not a turkey-lover, purchase the seasonal sandwich for that special someone in your life, and then check out their delicious variety of other sandwiches for yourself, including vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.  While at Homegrown, you can also admire (or purchase!) the beautiful photography on the walls, taken by our own dedicated Marra Farm volunteer Steve Tracy.  That bare wall in your kitchen really needs a matted photo of red tomatoes to brighten up the gray days.  

On the pole-picker front:

A volunteer with Lettuce Link's Community Fruit Tree Harvest has an apple-picking adventure.

On the advocacy front: 

Our friends at the Magnuson Children's Garden brought our attention to potential cuts at the Magnuson Community Center.  Their upcoming Fall Harvest Celebration is one of many events and programs put on the center that are now in jeopardy of being cut.  

Governor Gregoire called for a special session of the legislature and more than $2 billion in budget cuts.  It's going to be a long and brutal session - be sure to contact your legislators in the upcoming weeks about the issues most important to you and your community.  

Food Lifeline urges you to contact Senator Patty Murray, one of 12 people on the new Federal Joint Committee charged with creating a plan to reduce the federal deficit, urging her to protect vital programs, including SNAP (also known as food stamps).  

On the Icelandic travel front:

A former Lettuce Link intern was recently awarded a Watson Fellowship to "study how local food systems in Madagascar, Greece, India and Iceland support a sense of geographical and ecological stability, create community ties and place a country in a global context."  We're not completely sure what that entails, but are definitely enjoying reading her blog and learning about Icelandic cuisine as she travels through the country and visits fish processing plants, sheep farmers, dairies and more.

Outdoor Movie Night at Marra Farm 2011

For the 2010 Marra Farm Outdoor Movie, it rained.  And not just a little rain - it was a torrential downpour for the ENTIRE evening.  We had a few intrepid attendees huddle under canopies to watch the film, but everyone was damp and cold by the end of the night.

I, personally, felt that the universe owed us big time after that.  And lo and behold, we could not have asked for a more beautiful evening to host the fourth annual Marra Farm Outdoor Movie.

After a warm day, the air cooled down to a pleasant temperature, and over 80 people joined us under the stars and amid the corn at Marra Farm for the Seattle premier screening of The Greenhorns, a film about a new generation of young farmers.   

We hosted farm tours and ate delicious sandwiches from Homegrown Sustainable Sandwich Shop and goodies baked by Lettuce Link volunteers.  Before the movie, there was Lettuce Link trivia with fresh vegetable for prizes, and an introduction to the film by Becky Warner, a former Marra Farm volunteer and farm intern at the Oxbow Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in Carnation.

Becky shared about her career switch from software developer to farmer and why she feels passionately about growing food.  She also gave us some information about the Young Farmers Coalitions - both nationally and here in Washington.  There's even an annual Mixer coming up in Olympia on October 3rd, open to all - young and beginning farmers, future farmers, mentor farmers, and farmer friends (anyone reading this blog qualifies) from around the state.

And then we watched the film:

Missed the screening?  Never fear!  Central Co-op is sponsoring a screening on October 24th at Northwest Film Forum, and Seattle Tilth will be showing it October 26th at the Good Shepherd Center.

Unfortunately you did miss out on the amazing experience of watching a film about farming on a farm.  But mark your calendars now - the fifth annual Marra Farm Outdoor Movie will most likely be September 8, 2012!  

Special thanks to Wallingford Meaningful Movies for their invaluable help in providing the equipment and technological expertise.  

Annual Garden Party Fundraiser a Huge Success!

On Saturday, August 6, over 40 friends of Lettuce Link gathered at Farmer Sue McGann’s beautiful home and garden to celebrate the program’s successes and demonstrate their support for the continuing importance of growing and giving. The event raised over $3000 from individual and matching donations, and we are incredibly thankful to everyone who generously contributed!

Tania draws the raffle winners

We are also extremely grateful to the local businesses who contributed in-kind donations which helped to make the evening such a success. Brouwer’s Cafe, Cloud City Coffee, Dahlia Spa, Kitchen N Things, The Massage Sanctuary, Seattle Coffee Works, and Tall Grass Bakery all donated items to the raffle.

Food and drinks were provided by The Calf and Kid Artisan Cheese Shop, Central Co-op, Dry Soda, The Essential Baking Company, Homegrown Sustainable Sandwich Shop, Ken’s Market, Molly Moon’s Ice Cream, Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, PCC Natural Markets (Fremont), Tall Grass Bakery, Trader Joe’s (U. District), Wheatless in Seattle and of course fresh produce from Marra Farm. Many thanks to all of these donors for demonstrating their commitment to community here in Seattle!

Stacy and Farmer Sue

Over the course of the evening, Lettuce Link supporters had the opportunity to marvel at Farmer Sue’s bountiful backyard garden and meet other advocates for a just and sustainable local food system, before hearing from Lettuce Link program manager Michelle Bates-Benetua and Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin.

Raffle winners received fabulous prizes, some donors had a chance to take home delicious Marra Farm honey, and we hope that everyone left with full, happy bellies and renewed enthusiasm for what we can achieve as a community working together. We were certainly inspired by the generosity of our local supporters, and are grateful for the reminder that we couldn’t do it without you!


Check out our new friend and supporter Stacy's blog post about the evening and how she's inspired to start a Giving Garden in her yard!  

Saturday 4/30: Belt Buckles for Lettuce Link!

Looking for a special gift? Like to shop local? Want to support local artists and fresh veggies for all?

On April 30th, 11-5pm, Erica Gordon of Steel Toe Studios and Click! Design that Fits in West Seattle are donating 10% of all sales to Lettuce Link in honor of her new line of “Urban Farming” belt buckles.

Erica hammers, welds, and forges steel and other metals into art you can wear on your waist. Her buckles pair with the leather belt straps she cuts and colors with vegetable dyes or the "upcycled" bicycle tube belts made by her friends and neighbors at Alchemy Goods.

The Urban Farming line includes buckles with a carrot, a chicken, and a gardening fork and spade. Other designs range from the abstract (steel pebbles and concentric circles) to several made from bicycle gears, one of which doubles as a bottle opener.  The bottle opener will come in handy during the event: beverages will be provided by Seattle's own DRY Soda Co.

Erica will be on hand all day Saturday to talk about her processes and show samples and photos of her work in progress!



Click! Design That Fits is a contemporary home furnishings, accessories, and gift boutique in the heart of the West Seattle Junction located at 4540 California Ave SW. 

For more information, visit the store's blog or Facebook page.  

Thank you, Homegrown!

When you spend your days advocating for fresh, local, and sustainable food, people tend to (rightfully) hold you to high standards. After all, serving junk food at a Lettuce Link event would be like wearing a fur coat to a PETA meeting! But thanks to a partnership this year with Homegrown Sustainable Sandwich Shop, we can send Lettuce Link supporters home with satisfied taste buds and guilt-free consciences and spend more time growing good food and less seeking wholesome snack and dinner donations.

Homegrown’s menu changes seasonally and they source as many of their ingredients as they can locally and organically. But their commitment to sustainability doesn’t stop there. When they drop off food, we can’t help but admire the reusable wooden sandwich box and minimal packaging, even if we sometimes forget to return the salad tongs right away.  

We also appreciate Homegrown’s other ways of supporting Lettuce Link. We’ve been featured on their blog and they’ve also helped spread the word about voting for the Seattle Community Farm to receive part of a $20,000 grant. 

Yesterday marked the debut of a new menu for Homegrown, but so far some favorite sandwiches have been the farmers market veggie (you can’t beat beets and goat cheese!) and the roast pork. So if all this talk of delicious sandwiches has your taste buds aquiver, you could wait until the Marra Farm movie night in September to try some. Or you can stop by one of Homegrown’s three locations in Fremont, Capitol Hill, or Queen Anne this month and support a community minded business.

Is there a creative way your business could collaborate with Lettuce Link? Let us know by contacting lettucelink@solid-ground.org.

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities, February 2011

Garlic at the Good Shepherd P-Patch

Spring is coming, and we’ve been getting many inquiries from potential volunteers. Here are some ways you can get out of the house and into the garden:

Pruning Party at Marra Farm (9026 4th Ave S)
Saturday, February 19th, 1-4pm 
Want some hands-on pruning practice? Learn from experienced pruners and then practice the skills immediately on the fruit trees at Marra Farm. This is a great chance to learn new skills and practice them immediately, all while contributing to a great community resource. Your help this winter will pay off in fresh fruit for local food banks! Email fruitharvest@solid-ground.org or call 206.694.6751 for more details.

Seed Packing Work Party (Solid Ground, 1501 N 45th St.) - FULL!
Saturday, February 12th, 9am-12pm
Last year, Lettuce Link passed out seeds, starts, and gardening information to over 2000 food bank clients at 24 sites in Seattle. We buy these seeds in bulk and need YOUR help repackaging for them for distribution. If you'd like to help (it's a great way to celebrate Neighbor Appreciation Day!), email mollyw@solid-ground.org or call 206.694.6751. Update: even though this opportunity is full, you can e-mail Molly for updates on future seed packing opportunities.

Friends of Lettuce Link (Solid Ground, 1501 N 45th St.)
Kickoff meeting Tuesday, March 8th, 6:30-8:30
Help build our capacity and keep our program running! We are seeking a committed group of individuals to help us develop and implement creative fundraising strategies to support Lettuce Link, increase awareness about the program and advocate for the program.  For more information, contact lettucelink@solid-ground.org. 

Do you have a truck? We recently received a generous donation from Cedar Grove of compost and two pallets of potting soil, but need to pick it up from their facility. If you’d like to donate a few hours of time and your vehicle, contact Amelia at amelias@solid-ground.org.    

Too busy now, but want to get involved later in the spring? Check out our volunteer page for additional opportunities at Marra Farm, teaching kids, distributing seeds at food banks, and more!

Happy Gardening!

Raise your fork for food justice with Clean Greens!

Come share food and conversation with our friends and Community Food Project partners at Clean Greens!  This faith-based group from the Central district works to improve access to fresh, affordable, and culturally appropriate produce.  During the growing season, they cultivate land in Duvall, and provide produce through markets, a community kitchen, and CSAs.

Dinner begins at 5:30pm on January 29 at the Garfield Community Center. Brahm Ahmadi of West Oakland's People's Grocery will be giving a keynote. You can buy tickets ($35) here or by calling (206) 524-3114.  See you at the table!

A New Shed at Marra Farm

Beds have been turned, cover crop has been sown, and the bees are burrowed deep in their hives. Winter has settled in Seattle, and Marra Farm is fast asleep.

We concluded 2010 with one final project: the installation of an absolutely theft-proof shipping container to house our tools. As many of you know, we've struggled with shed break-ins and tool theft almost every year, so we are thrilled by this addition to Marra Farm.

Thanks to a very generous donation by the Service Girls, who volunteered with us last August, our supplies will be safe until we call them back into action come March.

We inventoried supplies,

hoisted ornery wheelbarrows

and were nearly eaten by carnivorous tarps.

But through these perils, we prevailed.

Now everything is very, very safe.

A huge GRACIAS goes out to the Service Girls and all the other volunteers, clients, students, and donors who have made 2010 such a stand-out year for Marra Farm.

Our first big project for 2011: greenhouse construction! Stay posted for more info on how to help with this hot project.

Giving and growing this holiday season

We are thrilled to announce that we raised $637 from giving fairs at Eastshore Unitarian Church and  Richmond Beach Congregational Church, with more to come from the Greenwood Senior Center!  Many thanks to all our generous donors and hosts. Your support keeps us planting, teaching, harvesting & growing.

@ Eastshore Unitarian Church

If you didn’t get a chance to visit one of these fairs but are still interested in donating to Lettuce Link, don’t despair! Donate online here. If you’re intending this donation as a holiday gift and would like a harvest greeting card for your loved one, please send an e-mail to amelias@solid-ground.org and we'll  send you one in the mail.

But wait, theeeeere’s more! Lettuce Link also has these items available for a suggested donation:

Lettuce Link tote bag, ~$20

Small jar of honey from the Marra Farm hives, ~8

Marra Farm harvest greeting cards ~$30/set of ten (photos by volunteer Steve Tracy)

Please send your name and mailing address to amelias@solid-ground.org if you’re interested in any of these items.  We will inform you of shipping costs and you can include these in your donation.

Marra Farm Outdoor Movie: September 18, The Garden

"From the ashes of the L.A. riots arose a lush, 14-acre community garden, the largest of its kind in the United States. Now bulldozers threaten its future. If everyone told you to give up, would you?" - The Garden.

Join us for Lettuce Link's annual Outdoor Movie at Marra Farm. Refreshments, a tour of the farm, and a challenging movie about people, community, power, and urban farming. Buy tickets and more information.

Presenting: The Garden... "The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country's most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community... read more.

"The Garden has the pulse of verite with the narrative pull of fiction, telling the story of the country's largest urban farm, backroom details, land developers, green politics, money, poverty, power, and racial discord. The film explores and exposes the fault lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us."

Rain or shine we hope to see you and your friends/family there! Bring blankets/lawn chairs.

Vibrant Marra Farm this summer.
The Seattle Community Farm will be breaking ground at Rainier Vista soon!
Keep us growing with your support.

Jack Johnson and Lettuce Link!



We are excited to announce that Lettuce Link is teaming up with Jack Johnson on his 2010 To The Sea Tour and All At Once, a social action network connecting non-profits with people who want to become active in their local and world community. In fact, Lettuce Link will be featured in the Village Green at Jack Johnson's show on October 2 at the Gorge Ampitheatre.

Help us raise funds! Jack Johnson's new charity is matching every dollar contributed to Solid Ground's Lettuce Link and Apple Corps programs between now and October 15. The first five people to give $25 to Lettuce Link will receive two free tickets to Jack Johnson's show at the Gorge Amphitheater on October 2. All contributions up to $2,500 will be doubled by the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation!  

You could be rocking at the Gorge in no time - and supporting Lettuce Link while you do it: Click here to double your support through the Jack Johnson All at Once Match.

  





Blues for Food Fest

Music. Food. Friends. Gardening. Labor Day weekend. They're all available at the Blues for Food Fest!

The fourth annual Blues For Food Fest is an "all-day celebration of good food, good friends and good music". This celebration features local blues bands as a fundraiser for the P-Patch Trust and the Washington Blues Society Musicians Relief Fund.

The event raises awareness about hunger and celebrates the P-Patch giving gardens that donate over 28,000 pounds of organic produce to food banks and meals programs each year.

The festival also features one of our favorite booths - "Beet Hunger", where you can conveniently donate your homegrown produce! After the festival Lettuce Link will deliver donations to a local meals program or food bank.

Blues for Food Fest

Saturday, September 4, 12pm - 7:30pm.

Magnuson Park Amphitheatre and P-Patch, 7400 Sand Point Way NE

photo by Lettuce Link volunteer, Steve Tracey

What else to do at the Blues for Food Fest?
-Enjoy Creole soul food from Where Ya At Matt - Seattle's latest food truck sensation
-Bid on delectable pies and an Art of the Pie cooking class at the homemade pie auction
-Enjoy family fun: worm bin exploration, bug hunts, seed saving, nature art sculptures, and veggie harvests in the P-Patch
-Learn how P-Patch gardeners are educating and inspiring all age groups about the joys of organic gardening

And of course, music!
12:00 - 1:00 Kim Archer
1:30 - 2:30 Red Hot Blues Sisters
3:00 - 4:00 Junkyard Jane
4:30 - 5:30 Randy Oxford Band
6:00 - 7:30 Patty Allen All Star Band

The Blues for Food Fest is organized each year by Deb Rock, stellar Interbay P-Patcher and food bank gardener extraordinaire. Deb and Jude from Interbay P-Patch organize efforts to donate over 5,000 pounds of produce each season.

Buy tickets! $15 in advance at Brown Paper Tickets, $20 at the door. Kids: $8 and $10

The Blues for Food Fest is a collaboration with the Washington Blues Society.

This Tuesday - Bike to Dinner & Raise Money for Lettuce Link!

Don't forget that Spoke and Food is tomorrow!  Where are you biking to dinner?  

Bike with your family and friends on the night of Tuesday, June 29th and help support a healthier community! Bike to any of the following restaurants and they’ll donate 15-20% of their proceeds to Lettuce Link!

Most of the proceeds from the night will go towards supplies (compost, tools, fencing, sheds, etc.) for the new Seattle Community Farm, which is breaking ground next month! 

Participating restaurants include:

Barking Dog Alehouse (Greenwood)
Blue Star Cafe & Pub (Wallingford)
Cantinetta (Wallingford)
Dad Watsons (Fremont) - donating 50% of the proceeds that night!
Fiddler's Inn (Wedgewood)
The Hi-Life (Ballard)
Louisa's Cafe & Bakery (Eastlake)
Montlake Alehouse (Montlake)
Mulleady's Irish Pub (Magnolia)
Naked City Brewery & Taphouse (Greenwood)
Porterhouse (West Seattle)
The Scarlet Tree (Ravenna/Green Lake)
Snoose Junction Pizzeria (Ballard)
The Stepping Stone (Ballard)

For those of you technologically inclined, you can also check out Spoke and Food on Facebook and Twitter.

Happy biking and dining! 

To see previous blog posts about Spoke and Food click here or here or here. 

Bike to Dinner & Raise Money for Lettuce Link!

Attention Bikers and Lovers of Food! Lettuce Link invites you to participate in the premier Spoke and Food Event on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010! This event will combine bicycling and dining into one evening, while also raising fund for our program. This is a great opportunity to give back to the community and have some fun on one of those (hopefully) beautiful Seattle summer nights!

The main goals of Spoke & Food this year are to support Lettuce Link and to motivate members of our local community to use their bicycles as a mode of transportation to and from dinner.

So get out and bike with your family and friends on the night of Tuesday, June 29th and help support a healthier community! Bike to any of the following restaurants and they’ll donate 15-20% of their proceeds to Lettuce Link!

Participating restaurants include:

Barking Dog Alehouse (Greenwood)
Blue Star Cafe & Pub (Wallingford)
Cantinetta (Wallingford)
Dad Watsons (Fremont)
Fiddler's Inn (Wedgewood)
The Hi-Life (Ballard)
Louisa's Cafe & Bakery (Eastlake)
Montlake Alehouse (Montlake)
Mulleady's Irish Pub (Magnolia)
Naked City Brewery & Taphouse (Greenwood)
Porterhouse (West Seattle)
The Scarlet Tree (Ravenna/Green Lake)
Snoose Junction Pizzeria (Ballard)
The Stepping Stone (Ballard) 

If you are interested in volunteering as a restaurant event host, please contact info@spokeandfood.com.

For those of you technologically inclined, you can also check out Spoke and Food on Facebook and Twitter.

Happy biking and dining! 

This post is adapted from a blog post initially written for the Solid Ground blog last month

KBCS Community Radio Supports Lettuce Link

During the KBCS June 4 - June 13 pledge drive, supporters will have the option of dedicating 5% of their KBCS donation to Lettuce Link!

Community supported radio supporting the Lettuce Link community of gardeners, eaters, and volunteers - what could be better?

Read more about KBCS and the drive over at the Solid Ground blog.