Food Under Fire Ep. 19 – Tracy Singleton & Gary Wertish: Is Farm-to-Table in Danger?
Tracy Singleton (owner of Birchwood Cafe) and Gary Wertish (president of the Minnesota Farmers Union) have been faced with an especially large challenge this year. These two have a famous collaboration at the annual Minnesota State Fair, but with the fair gone, they lost what was normally a huge revenue stream for both organizations. So… now what? Well, these are the type of people that think on their feet, so they prepared a pop-up installation (called F + B) in downtown Minneapolis’ Mill District as a way to keep serving out fair favorites while still deriving some sort of profit from the situation.
However, despite this whole ordeal, I wanted to talk to them about a singular topic that I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this whole pandemic: How has the relationship between farmers and restaurants been affected?
If you’d like to support F + B and Birchwood Cafe during these difficult times, I’m going to copy and paste the instructions from their website below. If you’re nearby and have the money to do so, please support them!
For downtown F+B Pop Up hours, menu + ordering CLICK HERE
"When you arrive you can either call us at 612.436.8877 and we’ll bring your order out to you, or you can enter the building, shop our Grab + Go market and pick up your order at the counter. Masks are required."
For Birchwood Cafe hours, menu and ordering CLICK HERE
"When you arrive for curbside pickup please do not enter the cafe. Give us a call from your car at 612.722.4474, pop your trunk and we will bring your order out to you! If you are walking or biking, please wear a mask while you wait, and observe social distancing with our employees + other guests."
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