Bounty Farm-to-Fork dinner to benefit Food Bank of Delaware Aug. 22

Kent County Farm Bureau and Delaware Farm Bureau Foundation will host Kent County’s Bounty Farm-to-Fork Dinner Saturday, Aug. 22. It will be an evening of fresh, local Kent County-grown food and drink to support the Food Bank of Delaware.

The first Farm-To-Fork Dinner will take place on a family-owned and -operated dairy farm owned by the Knutsen family. A gourmet meal including beer and wine will be prepared by Abbott's Grill in Milford as well as the food bank's own culinary instructor Chef Tim Hunter and his culinary students.

Attendees will meet Delaware farmers and learn what it takes to get food from the farms to diners' forks, while supporting an organization partnering with shelters, food closets and soup kitchens that served 900,000 visitors in 2014. There are 120,000 food insecure families in Delaware. The Kent County Farm Bureau members are hoping to help significantly lessen that number this year.

The night will begin with hors d’oeuvres and a cocktail hour featuring local beer and wine near the milking parlor on the farm. A full-service dinner featuring Kent County locally raised meats and in-season produce will be served by Kent County farmers and Farm Bureau members. Farm owners Gregg and Stephanie Knutsen will be on hand for tours and to speak about their operation.

Cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvers will begin promptly at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $100 each with net proceeds to benefit the Food Bank of Delaware. The deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday, Aug. 12, and only a limited number will be sold. To purchase tickets, go to www.delawarefarmbureau.eventbrite.com. For more information including sponsoring details, contact Caroline.Foltz@defb.org or call 302-697-3183.