The North Texas Corporate Recycling Association's seventh annual Eco-bus tour. This year's theme: "LEED, Lights, & Lager." Stops include Pat Lobb Toyota and Franconia Brewing in McKinney with presentation by Perfectly Green. Close-toed flat shoes are required for the tour. Optional networking lunch at 11 a.m. at Hedary’s Mediterranean Grill. $15-$35/tour. Additional $19/lunch.
Terri Lynne Cornell, certified herbalist, will explain basic concepts in herbal preparations & medicinal aspects of culinary herbs. She will also cover:
1. Considerations when buying herbs
2. Questions to ask your supplier to ensure highest quality
3. Role of tastes in herbs, relating to their properties
4. Difference between infusions & decoctions
Free.
The second Wednesday meetup for dinner at Veggie Garden continue at this all-vegetarian restaurant.
Local artists, farmers and food artisans. Cakewalk, raffles and music.
UPDATE: The market date was changed to Dec. 14 due to inclement weather.
Philosopher Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for out Treatment of Animals, speaks on the Ethics of What We Eat. Info: Magdalena Grohman, 972-883-4940 or values@utdallas.edu.
Student group promotes vegan/vegetarian lifestyle and animal welfare. Info: alexandria.kaye@yahoo.com
Enjoy an exquisite meal, showcaaing fare from local farms and prepared by the garden's guest chefs, Graham Dodds from Hibiscus and Mark Wootton from Garden Cafe.
Silent auction to benefit IMAGINE, the new Promise of Peace Community Garden in Casa Linda Estates. Live music by Doug Fairweather, acoustic guitarist from East Dallas. Photo booth countesy of Alison McClean.
Tickets must be purchased in advance. $60.
Children, parents and grandparents are invited. Children must be five years or older and must be accompanied by a parent or grandparent. $8 per family (up to four family members). Pre-registration required. Info: Billie Hammack, blhammack@ag.tamu.edu or 817-884-1296.
Susybelle Gosslee, Advocacy Chair for the Dallas League of Women Voters, will be hosting a party at her home in North Dallas. Special appearance by Dallas' longest-serving City Council Member, Sandy Greyson, and a "Recycling Wish List" that guests will create to send in a letter to the North Pole. Come eat, drink and be merry! $25 minimum. Tickets include food from Celebration Restaurant and drinks from Salt Lick Cellars, Peticolas Brewery and Tito's Vodka. All proceeds will benefit Texas Campaign for the Environment!
In celebration of Food Day, the DFW Health Coaches are hosting a screening of the documentary Hungry For Change.
The documentary exposes shocking secrets the diet, weight-loss and food industry don’t want you to know about; deceptive strategies designed to keep you coming back for more. Find out what’s keeping you from having the body and health you deserve and how to escape the diet trap forever.
Seating is limited. RSVP: events@DFWHealthCoaches.com