5th Annual Chestnut Roast
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center
New Franklin, Mo.
Activities in the Entertainment Tent:
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Ironweed Bluegrass Band |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Agroforesty DVD |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | Ironweed Bluegrass Band |
| 12:45 - 1:30 | MU Raptor Rehabilitation Project presentation |
| 1:30 - 2:30 | Ironweed Bluegrass Band |
| 2:30 - 3:15 | Wayne Lovelace, Forrest Keeling Nursery, "Caring for Your New Chestnut and Other Trees" |
Cooking with Chestnuts Demonstrations
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Executive Chef Eric Cartwright of the MU Dining Services - Plaza 900 Chef Cartwright and staff prepared four unique chestnut dishes on the stage. Free tasting samples were distributed to audience during the demonstration. |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Executive Chef Craig Cyr of The Wine Cellar and Bistro in Columbia Chef Cyr and staff prepared four unique chestnut dishes on the stage. Free tasting samples were distributed to audience during the demonstration. |
The 1819 Thomas Hickman House:
The house was closed this year at the event due to the restoration project.
Guided Bus Tours of the Farm:
Tour guides Mike Gold, Dusty Walter, Mark Coggeshall, MU Center for Agroforestry, and Jerry Van Sambeek, US Forest Service gave bus tours of the farm throughout the day.
Producers and Exhibitors for the 2007 Missouri Chestnut Roast
Free tasting samples and products for sale in most of the booths
Baer’s Pure Scents |
Barnicle Farms |
Cedar Mikes |
Chestnut Charlie’s |
Columbia Master Gardeners |
Ernest Hilderbrand |
Forrest Keeling Nursery |
Furstenau Elk Farm |
Gibbons Bee Farm |
Gift Baskets Unique |
Goatsbeard Farm |
Goods from the Woods |
Grand Valley Farms |
Hammons Products Company |
Ironweed Bluegrass Band |
Les Bourgeois Vineyards |
MU Center for Agroforestry |
Lime Green Bean Accessories by Jean |
Missouri Consulting Foresters Missouri Walnut Council |
Missouri Farmers Union |
MO Northern Pecan Producers |
Missouri Wildflowers Nursery |
Mount Pleasant Winery |
MU Buck’s Ice Cream |
MU Campus Dining Services |
MU Center for Agroforestry |
MU College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources |
MU Raptor Rehabilitation Project |
Native Plant Society |
New Franklin High School Boosters Club |
Papa Shrubs and Sni-Valley Seed Co. |
Pine straw mulch exhibit |
Sara Ann Denson |
Southeast Iowa Nut Growers Cooperative |
The Root Cellar |
The Saint Louis Brewery, Inc. |
The Wine Cellar and Bistro |
Wilby’s Fire House Foods, LLC |
Wilson Pecan Farms |
Wyldewood Cellars |
