2024 Eat, Drink and Be Local Farm Feast

Hello, Eat, Drink, and Be Local is a week long food festival that has been a celebration of local food in Catawba County since 2015, offering farm tours, workshops, cooking demonstrations and the Farm Feast as the finale. Each year we have seen the Farm Feast grow from a small gathering of 100 guests to over 300 with Brandon and Jennifer Berry of Raising Roots Farm as passionate supporters and hosts and local Chef Ben Sullivan as head chef. This year the Feast will have 6 unique food stations, each with a chef/farmer team. The Farm Feast has always been a very popular event with tickets selling out weeks in advance. With your support, we hope to continue to bring awareness to local farmers and chefs and help people deepen their connection to local food. Sincerely, April Vigardt, Local Foods Agent N.C. Cooperative Extension/Catawba CenterFor more information please contact, April Vigardt alvigard@ncsu.edu 828-465-8240

Harvester

$1500 large logo on T-shirt large logo in program website listing and link social media shoutouts table and menu logo 1 year prime banner placement 4 tickets

Cultivator

$750 small logo on T-shirt small logo in program website listing and link social media shoutouts 1 year banner placement 2 tickets

Seed Sower

$350 name on T-shirt name in program website listing and link

Butchery Barbecue & Brew

In February, 2024 we opened "The Old Spot", our new farm-to-table food service and event space right here on the farm. We grew from 6 beer taps to 22 taps and our indoor seating capacity from 20 to 75. Furthermore, we are expanding our "people pasture" to provide an additional 80 outdoor picnic seats solidifying our role as Catawba Counties largest year round agritourism destination. Cultivator & Harvester sponsors will receive a full year of exposure to thousands of on-site visitors. We passionately support our local vendors and our brand is known to our customers for our high quality standards and community involvement. We grew 62% in 2023. Q1 this year (historically our slowest season) we are pacing 64% growth over this time last year. Our growth has been fueled entirely by word-of-mouth marketing. We appreciate your support and sponsorship!