FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Celebration of Food Festival 2015
Taste, explore and experience real food Sunday, May 17th.
LYNNWOOD, WA (May 12, 2015) - We are excited to invite you to the Celebration of Food Festival, Sunday, May 17, 2015 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM at the Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.
The festival is a free family event that innovatively highlights sustainable, local, organic and wholesome (SLOW) food. “In our fourth year, we are still running a very unique event. We bring people together from Snohomish County and beyond to showcase delicious, local, wholesome food,” said festival organizer Chris Hudyma. “Our intent is to foster a community that is passionate about real food. It’s a journey for people to rediscover that they can grow and cook their own food and that it can taste so much better than the processed food we so often eat in this country.”
Highlights of the festival include: educational presentations; cooking demonstrations; children’s story tent and book giveaways; hands-on kids’ cooking and kitchen skills station; and vendors consisting of local farms and businesses.
- The Celebration of Food Festival promotes the following long-range goals:
- Increase community health and wellness by promoting access and utilization of SLOW food.
- Enhance our county’s ability to connect people and businesses that bring SLOW food to our tables.
- Support farmers, farmers’ markets, businesses, non-profits and government in making Snohomish County a sustainable and economically viable place to live and work by providing Festival sponsors, vendors and presenters opportunities to promote their food-related endeavors.
- Educate and raise community awareness of our rich agricultural heritage.
- Promote and demonstrate benefits of sustainable agriculture, locally grown and naturally prepared food.
- Further establish Snohomish County as a hub for regional food and foster tourism and economic vitality.
The Celebration of Food Festival is brought to you by Edmonds Community College and the City of Lynnwood with support by: Cedar Grove Compost, Central Market, Edmonds CC Campus Green Fund. Grow Northwest, PCC Natural Markets, Swedish Edmonds, Verdant Health Commission, and Whole Foods Market Lynnwood.
For more information about the Food Festival, visit www.edcc.edu/foodfest.
About Lynnwood Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts
Our
mission is to create a healthy community through people, parks,
programs and partnerships. Lynnwood’s state-of-the-art Recreation Center
attracts visitors from the greater Puget Sound region and is the hub of
the department’s operations. Our parks system includes 17 parks, over
100 acres of open space, 14 miles of trails, a Senior Center and an
18-hole public golf course. To learn more, visit www.PlayLynnwood.com.
About City of Lynnwood
Incorporated
in 1959, Lynnwood is the economic hub of South Snohomish County.
Situated at the convergence of interstates I- 5 and I-405, Lynnwood’s
accessibility, variety of housing and employment options, colleges and
outstanding park system attract a wide variety of businesses and
residents. For its diverse population of more than 36,000, Lynnwood is a
great place to live, work and play. Lynnwood Moving Forward: Our
Community Vision – the City will be a regional model for a sustainable,
vibrant community with engaged citizens and accountable government.
Lynnwood is…a great deal more!
Contact:
Marielle Harrington, Healthy Communities Coordinator
mharrington@ci.lynnwood.wa.us
425-670-5532
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