Wood Stone Provides Cooking Equipment for Community Fund Raiser

Photos by Michele M. Waite

Wood Stone Corporation was given the opportunity to participate in Fourth Corner Slow Foods 5^th Annual Harvest Dinner on September 12, 2004. Wood Stone provided a wood-fired oven to aid in the preparation of menu items for over 300 guests that gathered to celebrate and thank family farmers.

The harvest dinner was an open-air feast on the Village Green in Fairhaven and was a sell out success. Some of the menu items included; artisan bread, pizzette, organic chickens, Puget Sound grilled king salmon and fresh apple and mixed berry cobblers.

Slow food U.S.A. is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting and celebrating the food traditions of North America. They oversee the Slow Food activities in North America, including the support and promotion of the activities of hundreds of local chapters, each called a 'convivium'. Bellingham, WA hosts its own The Fourth Corner Slow Food convivium.

"...we would like to thank Wood Stone for helping us make the 5^th annual harvest dinner the best ever by providing the 'hearth' around which our community gathered. Your generosity was appreciated by more than three hundred members of our community including fifty Whatcom County farmers.'- Fourth Corner Slow Food, Bellingham, WA.

Many people came together for this event and donated items to make it a success. All ticket proceeds went to support Whatcom Farm Friends and Fourth Corner Slow Food. It was a great opportunity for Whatcom County to thank farmers and supporters of slow food who focus on farming, food, and culture.