Fruit Fest!

Free Admission! Join us to celebrate Fruit, Foraging, Food Maps, and the 15-year anniversary of Edible Ohio Valley Magazine.

Where: Urban Artifact, The Reliquary
When: Friday, August 15th, 4 - 8 pm
Event Details:

4pm, Panel discussion with native fruit experts, facilitated by Alan Wight, featuring:

• Sara Bir, Author, The Fruit Foragers Companion

• Briana Mazzolini-Blanchard, ED, Urban Native Collective

• Bryan Specht - Foraging Enthusiast and the Black Cap Campaign Contributor

• Mel Melvin - Common Orchard Project, Permabuds, and Tikun Farm

5 - 8 pm, Eat and drink with friends while exploring a special exhibition, showcasing 10+ food and fruit foraging maps, including the release of 3 new ones, and a Black Raspberry Zine, tabling by Green Umbrella, Common Orchard, and Edible Ohio Valley Magazine.

Food and Drink for purchase:
Jenn’s Hot Tamales Food Truck
Beverages by Urban Artifact & Fruitblood
Two special Freshie Fruit Tarts, showcasing the flavors of locally grown Goumi Berry, Red and Black Raspberry, Gooseberry, Jostaberry, and Blackberry.

Meet the Authors! Signed books by local authors available at the event:
Cincinnati’s Foodshed: An Art Atlas, by Alan Wight
The Fruit Forager's Companion  by Sara Bir
Tasting Ohio  by Sara Bir
The Pocket Pawpaw Cookbook, by Sara Bir

Hosted by Urban Artifact, this inaugural event is a collaboration with Edible Ohio Valley Magazine, Cincinnati’s Foodshed: An Art Atlas, and Green Umbrella.