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Breakfast with Beth Dooley

9am - 10:30am



​Farm Fest & Market

11am to 3pm


at Doubting Thomas Farms

(20 minutes north of Moorhead MN)

Beth Dooley

Chef and Food Writer 

Based out of Minneapolis, we are pleased to welcome James Beard Award-winning chef and food writer Beth Dooley to Doubting Thomas Farms. Join us for this relaxed, on-farm moring experience where Beth will share a favorite recipe from her cookbook Perennial Kitchen: Simple Ingredients for a Heathy Future and talk about honoring the origins of our food, regenerative efforts to heal the soil, and ways we can utilize thoughtfully grown & raised ingredients as a way to nurture our selves, and the planet. 

Book signing to follow.
(Bring your own copy, purchase on-farm, or pre-order your copy of Perennial Kitchen with your ticket.)

Find out more about her Bare Bones Cooking Class, chef collaborations, and a beautifully curated collection of recipes featuring local ingredients at Beth Dooley's Kitchen.
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Candace Stock

Chef at BernBaums, Downtown Fargo, ND

Join local Chef Candace Stock as she creates a tasty & nutritious meal from ingredients foraged on the farm! Her expertise in the field and the kitchen are sure to impress - and leave you with practical + delicious tips for you to nurture your family & friends at the dinner table.
Ticket includes all activities as well as a
Farm-to-Table Meal created by Chef Joe Swegarden
 from Heart-n-Soul Community Café.


The Harvest Meal features locally-sourced ingredients,
​featuring the aundance of the harvest season.
(V, V+, GF & DF options available on request) 

Fun for the Whole Family on 6th Generation Farm

Chef Demonstrations with Samples

Let's Talk Farm-to-School

Panel on Sourcing Local Ingredients

Building Soil Health - Mulching Demo

Farmers Market with Local Vendors

Tour of Certified Organic Farm

Self-guided Nature Walk with Foraging Tips
and USDA Perennial Flax & Sunflower Research Plot

and Interactive Play for Kids of All Ages, including:
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* Sandpit Search * Coloring Station * Door Prizes * Nap Under a Tree * Photo Booth * Kazoo Band * Collective Art Canvas * Barrel Train Rides * and More!

Join in the Fun at Our Local Plate Farm Fest & Market!
Our Local Plate - Schedule of Events
Sept 14th, 2024 - 9 am to 3 pm

Breakfast with Beth
9:00 - 10:30 am w/ book signing starting at 10:45am
Chef & Food Writer, Beth DooleyCooking Demo & Talk featuring her cookbook, Perennial Kitchen: Simple Recipes for a Healthy Future.  Breakfast featuring local products/producers & restaurants utilizing local ingredients. Book Signing to follow.

Farm Fest and Market - Welcome!
​Opens at 11:00 am
Heart-n-Soul Community Cafe meal starting around 12:30 pm

11:20 am - Foraged Foods Cooking Demo w/ Candace Stock: Join local Indigenous Chef Candace Stock as she creates a tasty & nutritious meal from ingredients foraged on the farm! Her expertise in the field and the kitchen are sure to impress - and leave you with practical + delicious tips for you to nurture your family & friends at the dinner table.

12:50 pm - Farm-2-School: Sharing & Sampling: F-2-S champion Shannon Nowak and Director of School Nutrition for Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Public Schools offers insight into working with local producers and staff to source local ingredients for the D-G-F school lunch program. 

1:30 pm - Sourcing Locally Panel: Bjorn Solberg of Hugh’s Gardens hosts a discussion on the opportunities for local schools, chefs, and farmers to work together to strengthen our local food economy. 

2:15 pm - Mulching Demo: Lonnie and Sandy Deitz of Whitewater Gardens Farms are certified organic farmers, utilizing regenerative methods of growing and stewardship of the land, encouraging “life in the soil to grow healthy, nutritious veggies for our community.”  

All - Day Activities
Farmer’s Market (get your groceries for the week as well as other locally made treats and gifts)

Guided kids activities with Aimee & Bill
​(12 pm - 2:30pm)

Nature Walk to Sunflower Research Plot

Collective art project, Photo booth, RDO barrel train, bubbles & chalk, flax swim pools, scavenger hunt, art-making, and more!

Noreen Thomas
​Doubting Thomas Farms

Noreen Thomas lives north of Moorhead on the 6th generation farm, growing grains, soybeans, and hay. Thomas' experience comes from her education in Food & Nutrition, Microbiology & Chemistry as well as USDA research, product development for Celestial Seasonings in Boulder, Colorado, to her work with native tribes preserving rare Indigenous seed. Thomas has worked with NASA looking at satellite imagery and currently working with USDA researcher Brent Hulke on their farm as he is researching the development of perennial sunflowers and flax. ​She is a fellow from the Bush Foundation ​​
​and is a current Initiator fellow. 

Melany Thomas
​Doubting Thomas Farms
Melany raises certified organic small grains and row crops in northwestern Minnesota near the town of Felton. She is an amazing mom to their young daughter and a beginning farmer, now in her fifth year. Melany is a member of Minnesota Farmers Union and serves in several leadership roles, including Secretary and Treasurer of Clay County Farmers Union, and Vice Chair of the Member Advisory Committee. She is also a graduate of MFU’s New Leadership Academy. She served on the MFU Policy Committee in 2021 and NFU Policy Committee in 2022, and returned in 2023 to chair the committee. 

Volunteer with Us! 

Spend the day on the farm 
1-hour shifts available for multiple tasks
Fill out the FORM below
(choose as many shifts / tasks as you'd like)
Join in the fun & receive a free ticket for the day! 

Interested in Becoming a Vendor?

We are looking for Local Food Farmers, Ranchers and Makers
for the on-farm event Sept 14th!

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