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Eat Local Week: Alamo Benefeast

The Alamo BeneFeast featured the movie “Julie & Julia”,and Alamo chefs John Bullington and Trish Eichelberger prepared an exquisite dinner inspired by food featured in the film. All proceeds from the BeneFeast go to Urban Roots, a YouthLaunch program that educates youth about community service and organic farming.

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Eat Local Week: Drink Local Night

Now, I’m sure most of you enjoyed or would have enjoyed attending the Drink Local Night, part of the Eat Local Week put on by Edible Austin. Tonight’s event was hosted by the Tipsy Texans at the Palm Door and catered by Pink Avocado. All of the spirits of Texas were gathered under one roof...

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Edible Austin Eat Local Week: Drink Local Coffee Festival

All week long, the local food guide Edible Austin will be hosting a week long Eat Local Week. This event encourages and educates people about the benefits of enjoying local grocers, producers, organic foods, breweries, and wineries. Every day hosts a new event with many different foods and drinks to enjoy. Today’s Local Coffee Festival...

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Eat Local Week: Urban Farms Bicycle Tour

Many of you already know there’s a huge week long festival in town hosted by Edible Austin known as Eat Local Week. This week of events encourages and educates Austinites on the health, social, economic, and environmental benefits of eating locally grown organic foods and beverages. To kick off Eat Local Week, cyclists were able...

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YouthLaunch: No Kidding

Every now and then, I get the opportunity to work with one of my favorite community organizations, YouthLaunch. This organization has several programs that educate teens about the benefits of community service, avoiding gangs, drugs, and alcohol, as well as prevention of teen pregnancy. “No Kidding” is a program geared towards young girls about educating...

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