Ah, Swallowtail, how I love thee :)

This year I participated in Swallowtail Farm's Spring Festival as a volunteer for the farm and a volunteer for Citizens Co-op.  Despite some pretty serious wind and rain, it turned out to be a really wonderful day full of meeting new people and sharing new experiences!  I was fortunate enough to help out with the farm-to-table dinner this year, which was amazing.  Due to the weather, the Nesbits were gracious enough to host the dinner for 65 at their home.  The dinner was cooked by chefs from some favorite local restaurants, Leonardo's 706 (shittake stuffed cabbage), The Top (red and golden beet salad with goat cheese), The Jones (pork or veggie tamales), and Volta (beet-fennel-strawberry-vanilla-cream tartlets).  All in all, it was pretty incredible.  After the dinner, the festivities continued well into the night.  I left close to 11pm.

I've got some lovely pictures of some fantastic produce from the farm if you want to see 'em. :)

Spread the love! If you think this is neat, share it on the Facebooks!

I organized this shoot for some of my favorite local businesses.  It was great to get to know the folks behind these businesses and give them some lovely photos for free.  :)

Check them out and show our local businesses some love!

Thanks to:

Citizens Coop (fresh produce and location)

Gift Horse (clothing and shoes)

The Jones (desserts and quiche)

Lemon Aid (the lemonade van)

Rusting Farms Carving (wooden platters and bowls)

Salon La Di Da (hair and makeup)

Sandy's Flower Petals (floral arrangements)

Courtney Lane (model)

Heather Jones (model)

Jason Sanders (model)

Jennifer Dompe (model)

Kirill Korytov (model)