FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Kim Kostes

(302) 444-8074

Katy O’Connell

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
(302) 831-1355

Food Bank of Delaware and University of Delaware to
Celebrate Harvest with Evening in the Garden

Newark, Del. (July 11, 2012) – The Food Bank of Delaware and University of Delaware’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) will celebrate the bounty of the Garden for the Community with their fourth annual Evening in the Garden event on Thursday, August 9 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The evening will feature wine and beer tastings from local wineries and breweries.

In addition, the evening’s menu includes garden-fresh foods straight from the Garden for the Community. The Food Bank of Delaware’s culinary team will serve roasted vegetable salad, Asian coleslaw, potato and goat cheese salad, Caesar salad with shrimp, salmon with tomatillo sauce, chicken chimichurri with onion rings and assorted desserts. The UDairy Creamery will also serve ice cream.

“We’re proud of our collaboration with the University of Delaware,” said Food Bank of Delaware President and CEO Patricia Beebe. “Last year’s event sold out with more than 200 attendees. Guests toured the garden, tasted local wines and beers and enjoyed a garden-fresh menu. We hope to sell out again this year. One-hundred percent of proceeds from this event help us to provide emergency food to Delawareans who are struggling to put meals on the table.”

“The College of Agriculture & Natural Resources is very happy to continue our wonderful partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware,” said Tom Sims CANR Deputy Dean. “The Garden for the Community has been a rewarding experience for our students, faculty, and many in the local community who help produce literally tons of fresh vegetables for the Food Bank each year. In 2012, we’ll expand our partnership University-wide as we work with the College of Health Sciences to lead the first Unified Food Drive for UD this fall collecting food for the Thanksgiving holiday.”

Tickets for the event are $40/person or $15/student (must show student ID). The price includes dinner, wine, beer and entertainment. Ticket prices increase by $10 on August 2. To purchase tickets, please contact Kim Kostes at (302) 444-8074 or . Online registration is also available at http://www.fbd.org/an-evening-in-the-garden/. To learn more about the Garden for the Community, please visit http://ag.udel.edu/communitygarden/.

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The Food Bank of Delaware distributes between seven and 10 million pounds of food and grocery products each year its network of 475 hunger-relief program partners throughout the state and also provides thousands of meals a month for children through the After-School Feeding Program, the Summer Food Service Program and the Backpack Program. The Food Bank’s hunger-relief programs directly provide for 241,600 Delawareans at risk of going without meals each year. For more information about the Food Bank of Delaware, visit www.fbd.org or call (302) 292-1305.