Nominate a Local Food Hero for honors at upcoming Eat Local Now!

August 28, 2010 at 10:21 am | In Environment, West Seattle news | Comments Off

Lots of West Seattle folks involved in presenting and sponsoring Eat Local Now! again this year – and it’s just a little more than one month away. Again this year, a Local Food Hero will be honored during the gala, which is set for Sept. 30th at SODO Park (a venue owned by West Seattle-based Herban Feast). Read on to see how to nominate someone for this honor:

Nominate your favorite local food warrior for the Jeff Fairhall Local Food Hero Award. The award will be presented at the 7th Annual Eat Local Now! dinner celebration at Herban Feast in Sodo Park on September 30th. Eat Local Now! encourages participation in local food systems, bolstering the local economy and the development of green jobs.

Eat Local Now! established the Jeff Fairhall Local Food Hero Award in 2008 in honor of Jeff Fairhall, a pioneer in creating organic food that was sold in supermarkets, on airlines and in corporations. Fairhall pushed organic food into the mainstream founding the Essential Sandwich Company and later the Essential Bakery. He passed away in 2007.

Richard Conlin, the current Seattle City Council President, won the award in 2009 for promoting local food, urban farming and other sustainable practices in the City of Seattle. In 2008 Viki Sonntag received the award for her work in local food activism in the Puget Sound Region.

To nominate a Local Food Hero, please download the nomination form and submit it by September 11th.

Find the form at eatlocalnow.org – there’s a link on this page with more info about the award.

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