Date: July 29th 2010

FridayMornings@SELMA invites you to pull up a chair and share your vision for the future of food.

Nick and Olivia Roumel are back.  You are about to read below why Nick stays up nights dreaming of new breakfast possibilities and praying for the beginning of sweet corn season!

·        Breakfast barbeque (no, really!): ribs marinated in a Kern’s Rd. Farm marmalade glaze, corn-bread with a corn-pepper relish, ham ‘n collard greens and Olivia’s peach-blueberry crumble

·        For a vegi version of the above: substitute a fried organic egg for the ribs and sliced hoop-house heirloom tomatoes for the collards and you are hooked up.

Don't forget our fruit seasonal regular breakfast choices: Waffles with strawberries or blueberries and Lisa’s strawberry bread pudding.

The news:

Summer Hoop builds are coming up!

We will again be building hoops with breakfast proceeds this August and September.  We will be building hoops for Jennifer Kangas of Cappela Farm and Shannon Brines (Brines Farm).  We will also be helping out with a build for Fox and Janet Addelman of Portage River Farm (a monster 30’x144 footer).  The exact schedule will be known soon, but for now you can sign up to show your interest here.  Please help us spread the word on this one y’all.

Kris Kaul would like to invite you to: An informal tour of the Edible Avalon gardens on Wednesday, August 4th, from 6-8 p.m, with culmination at the original 2008 garden and refreshments based on current garden harvests.  The tour will start at Avalon's Stimson apartments, located on Stimson Rd. between S State and S Industrial, at 6:00 p.m.  

Sustainable Michigan Slow Money Series continues with:

Sunday, August 8th, 1:00 pm: Presentation: What is “Progress”? - Gautam Kaul, Professor of Finance, UM Business School.  Why do we value growth?  Have we really made progress? What would a sustainable economy look like?

Sunday, August 22nd, 1:00 pm:  Film & discussion: What’s the Economy For?  How do local currencies fit within the existing economic structure? 

Sunday, September 12th, 1:00 pm: Film & discussion: Heat -How will Climate Change and the end of cheap energy change our economy?  A screening of “Heat” (PBS, 60’) and discuss how this changes the picture of a sustainable economy.

Sunday, September 26th, 1:00 pm: Wrap-up: What are our next steps as groups and individuals? - a short film about our personal relationship to money, and discuss and develop action items arising from this series. 

These events  take place at The Gilbert Residence, 203 S. Huron St., Ypsilanti

And, …. Tammy Coxen would like to remind us abut some interesting upcoming eGullet events in early August.

This looks like a fun one!

Announcing Michigan Agritours' first trip of the Fall 2010 Season

A Day in the Vineyard: From Grape to Glass

 Sunday Sept 19^th     9:30 am – 4:30 pm 

• Joel Goldberg, Ann Arbor Chronicle wine columnist & publisher of MichWine.com, joins our visit to 3 unique area grape growers and wine producers:  Glacier's Edge, Sandhill Crane & Chateau Areronautique  • Meet and chat with the growers and winemakers, walk the vineyards, sample the grapes & taste the wine  • Understand what’s required to grow grapes in Michigan  • Learn how locally grown grapes become wines you enjoy  Includes transportation, local foods lunch & fun folks $95   

Holler Fest 2010 is almost here!  Mark your calendars for August 20-22  Over 30 bands this year and more workshops/kid's activities.  Lisa and I will be there, serving up breakfast one day and Lisa will be teaching yoga as well.  Not to be missed.

And finally…

So what the heck is this FM@SELMA thing anyway?

FridayMornings@SELMA is your local-foods breakfast salon.  The suggested donation for breakfast is $12 - $15.  All proceeds go to the farmers and producers of your food and our small farms-small farmers initiative.  FM@SELMA is here for you every week 6:30 to 10:00 am - 722 Soule - check out: Repasts, Present and Future for more information.  Early arrival is suggested for those on the go (we get wait-listed around 8:30).  FM@SELMA is all-volunteer.  We need your help to sustain this local-foods breakfast salon.  Read Lisa’s Repasts blog to get all the dish.  Please reply to this email or click here to let us know what you are thinking, and how you would like to participate.