From Soil to Stomach - a children’s event celebrating the International Year of the Potato

Gary Thomas, a leading member of the Spud Brigade, has developed an event for A Taste of Slow at Federation Square on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th February 2007.

Here's the planning at the moment:

Garden beds to be assembled some with growing potato plants and alternate beds with hidden potatoes that children can retrieve. There is the possibility of having a farmer’s truck onsite to profile crates of different varieties, shapes and size potatoes.

Groups of children would participate in the event in sessions. They would dig for the potatoes and then spend some time with a slow food producer to explain different varieties, nutritional value and how the humble potato could be used in cooking.

There would be an opportunity for a representative from Burnley to add value to this with growing and gardening information.