July 21: Cooking Local Food with Earthfare. Begins at 5:30pm. Free and open to the public. First come, first serve. Space limited. Contact Earthfare at 706-227-1717 to reserve your space. July 22: Self-Guided Tour of Educational School Gardens. Free and open to the public. The tour features three examples educational gardens found in Athens. The gardens include the community garden at Common Ground (Destination A on the map), the Athens' Urban Food Collective's roof top garden (Destination B), and the school yard garden at Alps Road Elementary (Destination C). A garden representative will be there to tell you the history of the garden and to answer any questions. To get started take a look at the map and get going! Click here for the map of the gardens and route. You can start at any of the three gardens. 5pm-7pm. Make sure and join us for the free movie at the Athens Public Library (Destination D) afterwards, "Hope, Seeds, and Concrete," a film about urban agriculture, at 7:30pm. July 23: Local Tapas Tasting Contest. Taste various tapas and appetizers prepared by the 12 Taste Your Place participating restaurants as well as other culinarily inclined individuals. Tickets are $10/person and can be purchased at Cine at the door. All proceeds benefit PLACE and directly fund PLACE's community projects. 6pm-8pm. Those interested in submitting entrees must contact us by Tuesday, July 22nd. Prizes will be awarded. July 24: Food Canning Class at The Rolling Pin. First come, first serve. Space limited. Call the Rolling Pin at 706.354.8080 to reserve your space. $10/person. 6pm-8pm. July 25: Panel on Healthy Communities, Healthy Economies. Learn how creating a strong local food system in Athens can address persistent food insecurity in Athens while also being a boon for the local economy. Panel will be held at Demosthenian Hall on UGA's North Campus. Free and open to the public. 5pm-7pm. Happy Hour to follow at 283 Bar. July 26: Farm Tour at Spring Valley Eco Farm (1695 Spring Valley Road, Athens, Georgia, 30605). Free and open to the public. Tour begins at 10am. July 26: 2008 Local Food Awards Ceremony and Banquet at Farm 255. Come find out the winners of the First Annual Athens Local Food Awards while enjoying a four-course meal made with ingredients from local farms expertly prepared by the chefs at Farm 255. All proceeds benefit PLACE and directly fund PLACE's community projects. Reservations can be made by contacting
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, Executive Director of PLACE. Tickets are $100/person and can be purchased online through Brown Paper Tickets, the first and only fair-trade ticketing service. | 
