Help us find the Best Eateries in Minnesota!!!! Many of us need to stop and refuel while birding Minnesota's great=20 outdoors, be it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. For example, just=20 this morning I was out birding at Crosby Farm, where I heard my first=20 Killdeer and Northern Flicker of the year. Often after a morning=20 birding in St. Paul, I head over to Trotter's Cafe on Cleveland Ave to=20=
have a mid-morning snack. Trotter's is a restaurant known for=20 supporting local sustainable farms, not to mention just wonderful=20 home-made food! We want to know about your favorite restaurant, cafe, bed & breakfast, or other public eatery that serves up great, home-made food. We especially want to know about places that serve locally-grown food, whose menus may include meat from a local rancher, cream and butter from a nearby dairy, fruits and veggies grown by area farmers, jams and relishes those farmers put up, honey from the neighborhood apiary, delicious Minnesota wines, or anything else that makes a wonderfully short journey from "farm to table." Please send us the name of the eatery, the town it's located in, any contact information you may have (phone, address, e-mail) and, if you know it, the name(s) of the owner(s) and/or chef(s). All information can be sent to Derric Pennington at [email protected] (please do not=20 reply to [email protected]). Over the next couple of months we will be gathering your suggestions and will be selecting a number of these establishments to be featured in a book and on a website to promote "eating locally." This project has been made possible by a grant from the North Central Regional Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program, and is being carried out by a number of organizations throughout the state. For more information, contact Renewing the Countryside at 1-866-378-0587. Please let me know if you have any questions. Happy Spring Birding!!! =A0 Derric Pennington Conservation Biology Graduate program Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology College of Natural Resources University of Minnesota 200 Hodson Hall 1980 Folwell Ave St. Paul, MN 55108 ph: 612-624-4796
