What: Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture's Fall Harvest Dinner

When: October 6th, 2005

Where: Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, PA

Cost: Ticket prices for the dinner begin at $45 and include a selection of fine Pennsylvania wines, beers, ciders and fruit shrub sparklers.

Reservations: A complete invitation and menu are available at www.pasafarming.org or call the PASA office to make a reservation: (412) 697-0411.

Executive Chef Rob Coyne has designed a spectacular menu showcasing the array of food products grown and raised locally, including whole hog: spit-roasted, Cuban-style.

Everything from Apples (Heirloom Apple Crisp) to Zucchini (Carrot-Zucchini Cake with Goat Cheese Icing) will come from farms within miles of the W&J kitchens, not to mention bushels of just-picked eggplants, tomatoes, corn, peppers, herbs, potatoes and greens for the Vegetarian Moussaka, Grilled Vegetable Salad and Tortellini Primavera.

What a feast! What a celebration! What a good cause! Don’t miss it.

PASA is a member-based, not-for-profit organization working to improve the economic prosperity of Pennsylvania farmers, while educating consumers to "Buy Fresh Buy Local."

This event is made possible by the generous support of: Eat’n Park Hospitality, a company known for its commitment to the "buy local" initiative, Washington & Jefferson College, where the chef’s philosophy includes not just cooking with local products, but educating the students on the benefits of buying and eating local foods and McGinnis Sisters Special Food Stores, providing local products to its customers since 1946.

Local businesses providing products include (as of September 1): The Coffee Tree Roasters, Firefly Farms, Friendship Farms, Harvest Valley Farms, Jamison Farm, Keystone Farmers Cooperative Association, Sally’s Cider Press, Spring House Dairy, Tait Farm Foods, Townline Farm Poultry Reserve, Wil-Den Family Farms