HOMEMADE FLOUR & SOY MILK

Erika Mitchell recently held a workshop in East Calais to view her gardens and her equipment for simple grain grinding and soy milk making at home. She reports that even a small corn patch yields plenty of cornmeal and buying local wheatberries is an easy way to have fresh wheat flour year-round without worrying about it going rancid. She shared the information she had gathered while purchasing her at-home grinding and milk-making equipment, in the document below. Erika notes that the price ranges given might be high now, as prices have generally come down for this equipment. You can also look for local flour and soy milk for sale in retail outlets.

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Want to know more about soy in Vermont? Visit Vermont Soy

Curious about the future of Vermont flour? Read the recent Times Argus Article 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL KICK OFF COOK OFF

Kick Off Cook Off Menu.doc

Cook Off Sample Recipes.doc

People's Choice - Aaron Millon, Restaurant Phoebe

Most Delicious - Aaron Millon, Restaurant Phoebe

Most Creative -- Matthew Bilodeau, Black Door Restaurant

Best Vermont Character -- Lisa Rubin, Farmhouse Cafe and Catering Co.

Most Exotic Flavor with Local Ingredients -- Kenneth Fredericks, Sodexho at Norwich University

All of our contestants produced wonderful 100% local dishes: Restaurant Phoebe, Black Door Restaurant, Positive Pie II, Ariel's Restaurant, Kismet, Farmhouse Cafe, Butterfly Bakery, VT FoodBank, Sodexho-Norwich University, New England Culinary Institute.

Thank you to our judges: Mayor Mary Hooper; Carolyn Malcoun, Associate Editor at EatingWell Magazine; Suzanne Podhaiser, food writer for Seven Days; Alan LePage, Barre farmer and Tom Bivins, Executive Chef at New England Culinary Institute

Check Back After this Weekend for More Information on the Event (including recipes)

CONGRATULATIONS TO LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE PARTICIPANTS

During the week of July 23rd, many of our state leaders attempted their own Eat Local Challenges. Participants included:

Governor James Douglas

Speaker of the House Gaye Symington

Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin

Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz

State Treasurer Jeb Spaulding

State Auditor Thomas Salmon

Secretary of Agriculture Roger Allbee

Secretary of Transportation Neale Lunderville

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture David Lane

Representative David Zuckerman, Chair House Agriculture Committee

Senator Sara Kittell, Chair Senate Agriculture Committee

Several regional localvore groups also invited (and will invite) their representatives to take part in Eat Local Challenges. Recent participants include: Representative Christopher Bray, Representative Will Stevens, Senator Richard Mazza