The 100 Gardens Homegrown Tomato Festival is BACK and we’re going virtual, allowing our event to include speakers and guests from around the USA!
Ticket Types
Registration Open
PART 2
After Those Maters’ Are Harvested
Saturday, July 17th
General Admission- $25 (includes access to the event, a tomato sandwich and tasty tomato samples from local growers)
VIP Experience- $45 (includes access to the event, a tomato sandwich, tasty tomato samples from local growers, access to the local chefs and mixologist tastings)
Festival
schedule
1st Session
17 july
12:00
pm
Homegrown Tomato Festival waiting room opens
Tomato Festival Team
1:00
pm
Homegrown Tomato Festival Beginsw/ introductions by 100 Gardens Executive Director, Sam Fleming and the founder of Green Bronx Machine, Stephen Ritz.
Sam Fleming, Stephen Ritz
1:12
pm
Growing Back Greener
Stephen Ritz
1:24
pm
Backyard Aquaponics Farming Fresh Fish & Vegetables
Virtual Tour of the Berkshire County House of Corrections Aquaponics Lab
Captain Robin McGraw
2:07pm
10 -min Break
2nd Session
17 july
2:17
pm
Comedy
Tara Brown
2:27
pm
Vegan Cooking Demonstration, “Mama’s Black & White Greens”
Chef Joya
2:37
pm
Cocktail Demonstration, “Farmstead Sour”
Vincent Chirico
2:46
pm
Cooking Demonstration
Alice Waters
2:58
pm
Gardening
Joe Lamp’l
3:10
pm
Re-imagining Education through Aquaponics
Sam Fleming
3:17
pm
Homegrown Tomato Festival Closing Comments
Sam Fleming
3:22
pm
Homegrown Tomato Festival Ends
About 100 Gardens
The Homegrown Tomato Festival is an annual fundraising event benefiting 100 Gardens, a Charlotte, NC based non-profit that implements aquaponics farming in schools, institutions and communities of need to provide hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), with additional emphasis on nutrition and business. All proceeds from the Homegrown Tomato Festival go directly to support the mission and work of 100 Gardens, a registered 501(c)3 non-profit.
Your support makes these programs possible.
Berkshire Sheriff’s Department and House of Corrections (Pittsfield, MA)
