Tickets are up! Buy advance discount tickets:
http://tastytomato2012.eventbrite.com/
Join Columbia’s progressive food community for a family-friendly, midsummer’s evening event with a free heirloom tomato tasting, live music, high quality food + drink vendors, tomato bobbing, tomato potluck, homegrown tomato contest, and old time festival fun!
The Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival
Sunday July 15, 2012
5pm-9pm
$10 advance
$15 gate
$20 “Supporter” ticket & covered dish grants access to special VIP tomato potluck at 4pm.
Kids 12/under free with adult
$5 early advance discount sold out, thank you!
City Roots urban farm
1005 Airport Blvd, Columbia SC 29205
Free parking
Tickets: http://tastytomato2012.eventbrite.com/
The street will be closed in front of farm, with two festival entrances: Airport Blvd. at Jim Hamilton Blvd., and Airport Blvd. at Commerce Blvd. Accessible parking in the Aramark lot. Volunteer check-in at the Commerce Blvd entrance; VIP and band check-in at the Jim Hamilton entrance.
BAND LINEUP
Bring blankets and camp chairs, and some hay bales will be available for seating.
4 to 5pm DJ Scott Padgett and between sets til 8:15
5 to 5:45pm Prettier than Matt
6 to 6:45pm Buck Stanley
7 to 8:00pm Jahson and the Natty Vibez
8:15 to 9:00pm Tom Hall and the Plowboys
FOOD & DRINK:
Tomato Sandwich bar by Rosewood Market & Deli
Bone-In Artisan BBQ on Wheels food truck
Spotted Salamander Catering booth
Pawley’s Front Porch food truck
Carriage Café food truck
Chill-Out Pops
Fresh-squeezed lemonade by Perry’s Peanuts
American Harvest Bloody Mary bar with mix by Spotted Salamander Catering
Good beer & wine
And more!
VIP tomato potluck ticketholders should bring an “outside-the-box” tomato dish to share, featuring at least one sustainable ingredient. Potluck tickets are $20.
EDUCATION: Taste a variety of locally grown heirloom tomato varieties; browse the 3-D city guide to the Midlands sustainable food scene in the Faces of Local Food tent; self-tour City Roots urban sustainable farm; talk with reps from the Carolina Farm Stewards Association; and more.
CRAFTS/VENDORS: Yandle's Market, Mr. B's Sustainable Glass Works, Di Prato's Pimento Cheese, Phoenix Fire Studios, Lil' Blue House, Allison Tierney Studios, Kreative Krafts, Bows Cote, Hand of Artemis, The SC State Fair
Come revel in the insanely superior taste of fat, juicy tomatoes bred for flavor, not long-distance shipping. Why? Cause ‘maters matter!
@SlowFoodCola @SustainableMid #matersmatter #tastytomato
http://www.facebook.com/tastytomatofest
ENTER THE TASTY TOMATO CONTEST
Presented by Sustainable Midlands!
Entries will be collected the Wednesday BEFORE the festival.
Tomato Contest Entries Due:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012
12pm-6pm
At the All-Local Farmers Market
711 Whaley Street, Columbia SC 29201
Categories:
Best Red
Best Yellow
Best Purple
Best Small
Best Unusual
Public Garden (school, church, community)
Grown by a Child
Please view all contest details: www.sustainablemidlands.org
Tasty Tomato Contest Judges: Amanda McNulty, ETV's "Making It Grow;" Jenks Farmer, Plantsman; Jennifer McCormick, Whole Foods; Lee Ann Kornegay, Filmmaker; Emile DeFelice, Owner, All-Local Farmers Market; Kristian Niemi, Chef/Owner Rosso Trattoria; Rodger Winn, Heirloom Tomato Grower; Basil Garzia, Owner, Rosewood Market; Tim Peters, Executive Chef, Motor Supply.
Celebrating Good, Clean and Fair foodways in the Midlands and beyond!
Interested in sponsorship? Contact Vanessa Driscoll at vanessa@thesoutherngreenie.com or 828.301.2328.
Dogs are welcome at the festival if they are leashed and do not have a history of aggression in public. We love to party with our furry friends!
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS!
Thank you to The City of Columbia, SC for its continued support of our mission: to highlight the biodiversity of foods, and to celebrate the restaurants, chefs, farmers, markets, backyard gardeners, green community leaders and citizens who make Columbia, SC a truly, madly, deeply, and famously HOT destination for all things sustainable and delicious.
Thank you to Whole Foods Market, Columbia, for major support!
Thank you to Skirt! Columbia Magazine for sponsoring!
Thank you to Taj Shiben of Studio Taj for partial sponsorship of our 2012 graphic design campaign!
Thank you to the SC USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SCNRCS), Organic Richland, and the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District for sponsoring the Sustainable Midlands "Faces of Local Food" education tent at the festival!
Thank you to American Harvest Organic Spirit for sponsoring our Bloody Mary bar! We're also excited that Spotted Salamander Catering, one of the SC's most sustainable caterers, is making their famous Bloody Mary mix for the festival!
Thank you to the sustainable winery, Fetzer, for sponsoring our wine offerings!
Thank you to the team at Bud Columbia for sponsoring our craft beer selection!
Thank you to Flock and Rally for partial sponsorship of PR, marketing and social media services!
Thank you to Steve Gibson of House of Cards Entertainment for serving as our Entertainment Director for the festival! Check out the cool bands lined up for us by Steve Gibson: http://www.houseofcardsevents.com/hoc1_003.htm
Thank you to Jay Matheson of The Jam Room Recording Studio and the Jam Room Music Festival (October 13, 2012) for doing our audio logistics for the festival!
Thank you to The Copy Shop and Scene SC for supporting the festival!
Thank you to Jasper Magazine for spreading the word in the arts community!
Thank you to Midlands Biz for getting the festival in front of the business community!
Thank you to our Official Festival Photographers for supporting our mission:
Jonathan Sharpe Photography
Forrest Clonts Studio
Thomas Hammond Photography
Molly Harrell Photography
Karla Turner Photography
Thank you to our sustainable chef sponsors for supporting the Tasty Tomato Contest and our VIP tomato potluck! These restaurants, caterers and chefs make a point of buying from local, sustainable farms, and we appreciate it!
Spotted Salamander Catering
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Terra
Motor Supply Co. Bistro
Baan Sawan
Rosso Trattoria
Rosewood Market and Deli
Mr. Friendly's New Southern Cafe
Without community support, great happenings like The Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival just aren't possible. Thank you to everyone who has a hand in this thing! We truly appreciate it.
