Market Garden Cafe & Main Stage
serving great food, organic beers and wines
Rise and Shine with us at the Market Garden Cafe, Organic Coffees & Teas and home baking served from 9am Saturday and Sunday. Lunch served from 12:00 noon. VIP Dinner (reservations only) from 6:30pm.
Designed in a very green fashion by Ds2 Designs Inc.
Ds2 Designs Inc. provides home and cottage interior design services and project management in the Muskoka area. Our interior designers specialize in Sustainable Design, Green Building Practices
Special thanks to Living Green Barrie for working with TD Friends of the Environment to provide funding for our staging and sound requirements.
- Community collaboration at work
- Main Stage Activities in the Market Cafe
Music Technical Production:
Market Cafe
Drop by the Market Cafe all weekend. Grab a burger from the Bar b que. Check out our farmers' Simcoe Fresh Displays - Listen to some music, and hear from our "foodies" . Guest speakers all weekend.
Eat Local – Eat Fresh – Eat Healty!
In the Market Cafe we have:
- Step up and enjoy farm fresh and locally grown fare.
- At the Five will be on the Bar B Que to offer the best in lunch in the outdoor marketplace.
- Listen to some music, watch the kids play, check out our lineup of speakers and performers on the Market Cafe Main Stage.
- Check the Chalk Board for a menu and Calendar of Events!
– Chocolate by Chocosol
Special presentations include:
- Chocolate by Chocosol
- Great Garlic
- Eternity Watch Magazine
- Live Music all day.
Jenny's Workshop
Jenny Berkeley will be hosting a demonstration on how to prepare a raw food meal.
One common objection is that it takes too much time to prepare a raw gourmet meal. You'll see how quickly the meal can be made while preserving all the enzymes, nutrients, and life-force of the food, essential for your body.
Samples will be available for tasting.
Saturday June 11 |
12:00pm
Sunday June 12 |
12:00pm
Jenny Berkeley is a nurse and health educator. Jenny has over 19 years experience in the medical profession.
She is an author, speaker, and blogger. Her twitter following is now over 33,000. She is also the publisher of EternityWatch Magazine. Her website is a wonderful resource for the health minded that covers topics ranging from square-foot gardening to the living foods. Her newest project is an Advanced Detox e-Course available later on via her website.
Market Cafe Presents
Second Annual Trashfusion Design Awards
Saturday June 11 |
8:00pm
Free General Seating
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2nd Annual Trashfusion Design Awards
Featuring designs and creations from some of Ontario's most creative thinkers.
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Prizes as:
1nd prize: $500
2nd prize: $250
Judges to be Announced
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Dinner by the Lake in the Market Cafe
Organic beers and wines being served!
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VIP Preview Tickets
includes Dinner 6:00pm - Reservations Only
Limited Seating: 705 725 9608
Menu presented and served by At the Five.
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Special Eco Couture Fashion Runway
Presentation by Imago & Pie Magazine.
Farming Futures with Mike Schreiner
Mike Schreiner became the Leader of the Green Party of Ontario in November of 2009.
A leading advocate for independent businesses, sustainable communities and local food and farmers, Mike is well known for his leadership in co-founding the award-winning Local Food Plus organization and for his successful small business, WOW Foods.
Sunday June 12 | 12:00pm
He brings a proven track record in business and leadership roles to the GPO. Mike recently served on the steering committee for Green Enterprise Toronto, an association of over 350 small businesses, and on the Board of Directors of FarmStart, a non-profit that assists new farmers in Ontario.
Tapped Out
Presentation by the Georgian College students at Ecofest on their research study. Tapped Out, completed for the Council of Canadians Simcoe Regional Chapter.
Sunday June 12 | 1:00pm
Root of the Idea Exchange
The Root of the Idea Exchange is an opportunity to be heard. Teach, Learn, Explore, Share. A "soapbox" format. New green ideas, new technologies, questions asked in public.
Four pillars of discussion for 2011 are:
- Lake Simcoe Preservation – Responsibilities
- Rural Economics – Energy Farms vs Market Farms
- Alternate Oil
- City of Barrie and Area – Future Planning & Development
Sunday June 12 | 2:00pm
Our panel of experts are on board to discuss new ideas, lead in opinion development and explore new and interesting perspectives with on-site public input.
- Moderator Tony Grace,
Senior Anchor, /A\ News at 6 - Co-host Bailey Thompson,
Green Like a Frog - Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D.
- Gayle Wood,
Chief Administrative Officer of the Lake
Simcoe Region Conservation Authority - Mayor Jeff Lehman
- MP Patrick Brown,
Conservative Party of Canada - Andrew Miller,
Provincial Green Party Candidate for Barrie - Mike Fox,
Founding member Transition Towns Barrie
Silent Art Auction
all weekend
Our stage backdrop and mural will be on silent Auction.
Proceeds to :
Rebecca Coppin
HEART EXPLOSION Art is in your heart.
- Arts and Crafts workshops that unleash the creative soul in you.
- Art work made to your taste and style by Rebecca herself.
- Member of the YMCA Youth Committee
Live Luncheon & VIP Dinner (Lisc. LLBO)
Join us for our special "live preparation" entertainment luncheon, and reserve early for our VIP Dinner featuring Trashfusion Fashion Show & meet Eco Awards Winners.
Dine with us as the culinary experts prepare an unusual fare. VIP dinner tickets include seating at our evening Stage Concert Production.
Live Luncheon
Reserve Now to avoid the line-up!
A full on experiential luncheon presentation.
- Live cooking demonstrations
- Samplings
- Sights, sounds, & colours of local fare.
*Sponsor & Market Spaces Now Available
VIP Dinner
Presented by At the Five
- Organic Wines & Beer
- Live Cooking Demonstrations & Samplings
- Award Presentations
- Trashfusion Design Fashion Show Preview & Press
- VIP Evening Concert Seating
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Proceeds in part to Habitat for Humanity
Organic identifies products made under the authority of the Organic Foods Production Act. Organic production guidelines are established to use organic materials and practices that improve ecological balance. Organic production incorporates agricultural system components to enhance natural biological systems.
Organic Agriculture is an ecological farming system that promotes natural chemical and biological cycles that improve soil fertility and maintains a balanced and productive farming system. Any products introduced to this system for fertility or pest protection are of natural composition.
It eliminates the use of harmful synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, growth stimulants or antibiotics. These essential restrictions can reduce contamination or pollution to our air, water or food supply. Natural Fibersare "certified" organic fibers derived from organic agriculture such as cotton, bamboo and hemp. go-green.com
All materials to be shown at the festival must pass our GREEN INSPECTION and will
be subject to removal without prejudice or harm intended. We are a Green Festival and
we ask that you respect the following:
The following items will not be allowed: Styrofoam, Plastic Water Bottles, Hand distributed flyers (other than those previously approved), plastic bags, plastic utensils. Please do not post any bills or signs outside of your own presentation area.
Smoking is not permitted on the Festival Grounds and there is to be no Idling on Festival property.
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