Date: August 25th 2010

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

Kelly and Bethany are about the two most bubbly supporters of all our activities.  They have been gracing us with their morning smiles and hugs for months and have been scheming to bring you all a delicious breakfast for the last one or two:

• Horneado Migas  - Crushed tortilla chips soaked with seasoned organic huevos, baked with a sprinkle of shredded cheese, and topped with fresh salsa. (Vegetarian)
• Burrito Queso de Soya - Whole wheat tortilla hugging a warm scramble of Rosewood tofu with fresh herbs, heirloom tomatoes and beans. (Vegan)

Homemade Mexican chorizo optional with both

Don't forget our fruit seasonal regular breakfast choices: Waffles with peaches or blueberries and…… Lisa’s peach bread pudding (only a couple of weeks of fresh Michigan peaches left kids).

Lot’s o’ news, with some really fun things to do:

So, there’s this little thing on Michigan Radio today (Thurs.) that you might find interesting, on The Environment Report, about some crazy breakfast and all these volunteers building hoop-houses …..

Yo volunteers!!  --  Speaking of hoops! - Summer Hoop builds are here!

We are building hoops with breakfast proceeds this August and September.  We will be building hoops for:

·        This is the one we need you to sign up for next --- August 28^th – Yes – Saturday! Jennifer Kangas of Capella Farm on Scio Church Rd.  A standard 30x96 midwall.  The Volunteer sign up is waiting for y ou.  We will be partying heartily after the build to celebrate all of our volunteers and you can be one of the freshest.  You don’t want to miss this one.

·        September 25^th - Shannon Brines (Brines Farm) in Dexter – the sign up sheet is now open.

Donald from the AAFF would like you to know about a 5 week sustainability film series that continues this coming Wednesday Living Downstream - a feature-length documentary that charts the life and work of biologist, author and cancer survivor, Sandra Steingraber. Director Chanda Chevannes will be on hand for a discussion of the film.

HomeGrown Festival is getting close y’all.  September 11, 2010.  The shirts and buttons are amazing.  Now check out a little video of me blathering on about it in our driveway, a picture of Lisa’s piehole toss from last year and so much more in Corinna Borden’s piece in the dot com (that used to be our newspaper).

Growing Hope would like you to know:

• They be hiring!   VISTA and other positions are posted and soon to be posted.  Some positions have deadlines upcoming, so don’t delay!
• Hope's Harvest (Sunday Sept. 19^th) tickets are available-- get yours today if you want to support the work of Growing Hope in a delicious way!  Featuring local chefs, local food & drinks, an amazing silent auction-- all enjoyed while strolling the organization's urban farm-under-development in Ypsilanti.

Be sure to check out the Real Time Farms page on Selma Café to get all the latest on our upcoming menu and where the food comes from.

Oh, have I mentioned that our swag is in?  Lisa “L’il Teapot” Gottlieb and Susan “Aces and a Jack kicker” Cybulski came up with a great little logo.  You best be sportin’ if you want to be hip in Tree Town.  Shirts, bags, aprons and stickers so far.

And please consider attending our upcoming fundraiser: Sunday September 26^th form 5 – 8pm.  We will be launching the Farmer Fund (a way for folks in the community to be able to co-lend on all of our hoop-building projects) at this fundraiser event at Grange Kitchen and Bar.  You can register here. (sure would love to see a few of your names start to trickle in!)

$50 – Brandon’s finest finger food and Michigan bubbly.

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.