Third Thursday Debuts
The Heartland Food Network’s Third Thursday debuts on January 18th, 2007, and continues on the 3rd Thursday of every month at Heartland participating restaurants.
Each Third Thursday is a day to dine out and celebrate local flavors at restaurants that offer the best foods from our regional producers. Throughout that day, the chefs at Heartland member restaurants will prepare special recipes that showcase local ingredients. Dining out on a Third Thursday allows us the opportunity to thank our local chefs, farmers, producers, and distributors for their diligent work and to show our support for their commitments to local food. And, it’s a delicious way to watch the seasons change through the specials the chefs create each month!
So mark your calendars and eat out every Third Thursday at one of the Heartland member restaurants. To locate restaurant members and for more information on the Heartland Food Network visit www.heartlandfoodnetwork.org and click on Third Thursday or call the Heartland Food Network hotline at 651.645.6159 x 111!
Note: Restaurants who are members of the Heartland Food Network purchase local foods and commit to increase the quantity of local ingredients they purchase each year.
Agriculture & Water
The Minnesota Project works to ensure that fair farm systems reward family farmers for growing diverse crops while protecting soil and water resources. We do this by bringing together agricultural and environmental interests at the state and national level to create policies that benefit family farms and rural communities.
Local Food
The Minnesota Project has convened a broad dialogue process to unite efforts to increase the availability of sustainably produced local foods, that has culminated in The Heartland Food Network. The Heartland Food Network is an organized network of local food supporters who demonstrate their support by purchasing verifiable amounts of local and/or sustainably certified products. Read more about it.
Renewable Energy
We work to greatly expand development of Minnesota’s renewable energy resources — wind, biomass, and solar. We also promote policy and practices that result in efficient use of energy. We bring together rural development, agricultural and environmental interests to advance the knowledge, capacity and policies needed for a thriving clean energy industry in the Midwest.
