RED FIRE FARM TOMATO FESTIVAL 2009

WAS EXCELLENT :)

Tomato Trot 5K Race Results 2009
A great trail race through the fields! Check out lots of photos at locallyrun.com.

Save the date for this year's Festival :
Saturday, August 22, 2009.
Rain or Shine!

    Every year, we have an unbelievable selection of amazing and often award-winning tomatoes for you to taste. It's a great day at the farm, with everything from a 5K Tomato Trot field race to hay rides to cooking demonstrations to live music to crafters and a smorgasbord of local fare from area producers. Come and visit!

Click for a little video
of what the Festival is like!

2009 5K Trot Registration OPEN now!
Tomato Trot 2009 Registration Info. Download this sign up form and mail it to us with a check to register for the race through our farm fields!

2009 SCHEDULE
Main Festival opens at 12 and goes to 5pm.

10:30 am - Tomato Trot 5K Starts
12 pm - Main festival opens
Drew Hickum and the Colonels - on the Stage
Brian Aussant - in the Chef Tent
12:30 pm - Seth Travins from Hawthorne Valley Farm teaches how to make lactofermented sauerkraut - in the Barn
1 pm - Janet Fletcher - in the Chef Tent
The Can Kickers - on the Stage
2 pm - Christina Pirello - in the Chef Tent
2:15 pm - Henry Lappen juggling - on the Stage
3 pm - Mary Nelen, locavore columnist for the Advocate, teaches how to can tomatoes - in the Barn
3:30 pm - Rusty Belle - on the Stage

Live Music All Afternoon
Rusty Belle
plays the kind of backyard hootinany
that could take on the big city any day.
The Cankickers
Old Time with a Kick.
Drew Hickum and the Colonels
Rockin acoustic americana.

Guest Juggler
Henry Lappen

The Famous Tomato Tasting
Delicious heirlooms, field-tested hybrid varieties, a rainbow of cherry tomatoes. This year we have over 100 varieties of tomatoes growing in the field, so there should be about 90-100 or so in the tasting tent!

All Afternoon
Pick your own cherry and saucing tomatoes
Hayrides to the tomato fields
Local vendors with samples
Fresh organic produce at the Farm Stand

Guest Chefs Cooking
Christina Pirello:
Host of the PBS show "Christina Cooks Naturally," a program that focuses on the flavors and health benefits of whole foods.
Janet Fletcher:
Author of cookbooks with seasonal recipes, including a forthcoming book on CSAs in which Red Fire will be featured.
Brian Aussant:
Chef at the Springfield restaurant Bottega Cucina with a personal specialty in raw foods.

Food at the Festival
Black Sheep Deli
Serving up a wide variety of dishes with fresh farm ingredients.
Grilled Pizza
Sandwiches
Salads
Coffee
Iced Drinks

Sidehill Farm
Fresh Smoothies

Fresh Grilled Corn by Red Fire Farm

Local Foods for Sale and Sample
Real Pickles
Sidehill Farm Yogurt
Deborah’s Kitchen
Good 4 You Herbal Teas
Tuckaway Farm Olive Oil
Tom's Wildflower Honey
B-Side Fruits
Hedgies Salsa

Crafters and Artisans
Good Dirt Pottery
Songline Emu Farm
Lill's Soaps
Maria Rodriguez's Jewelry
Recycleze
And more!

Matt McCourt's Chair Massage - all day

Kids Activities
Straw Fort Building
Planting Seeds
Haystack Search
Tug of War
Vegetable Identification