Julien's Journal September 2016 (Volume 41, Number 9) | Page 41

SEPTEMBER 2016

feature a four-course meal sourced from
local farms and prepared by top area chefs.
Proceeds from the Farm-to-Table Dinner
will support community food projects at the
Dubuque Rescue Mission, Four Mounds, and
Dubuque County ISU Extension & Outreach.
Tickets to the Farm-to-Table Dinner are
limited and available on a first-come firstserved basis at www.DriftlessFarmCrawl.
com. All proceeds go to support community food education at the three partnering
organizations.

Alternative Learning Center (ALC) students preparing starter plants. Contributed by ALC.

most vulnerable community members, and
facilitate educational programs to promote
a sustainable food culture.”

The Rescue Mission garden grows more
than 2,000 pounds of food each season to
supply their free meal program. In addition
to growing a variety of vegetables and fruit
for their own use, Rescue Mission residents
and volunteers raise a crop of micro-greens,
which are sold at Dubuque’s weekly Farmers’ Market.
“When people visit us on the Crawl, they
can expect to meet our chickens, taste some

tomato-themed samples, learn about and
help inoculate logs with mushrooms, make
wild flower seed pellets, and check out our
1,200-square-foot greenhouse