Thursday September 1st:

2nd Annual Fairfield Business Pitch Competition – 3 – 5:30 – Orpheum Theater
Local Foods Investment Showcase and Roundtable – 6- 9pm – (Includes Dinner for $15. Cash Bar – Sponsored by the SE Iowa Food Hub 6 – 7pm.)- Orpheum Theater
Purchase Dinner Ticket $15

Friday September 2nd

Future of Food Summit – 2:00 – 4:30 – Requires Fairfest ticket to enter – Sponsored by the SE Iowa Food Hub – Fairfield Arts & Convention Center Expo Hall.

Saturday September 3rd

Local Food Celebration, Showcase & Exhibition Hall with Local Vendors – Meet the Farmers – 10 – 4:30 pm + Local Foods Luncheon for $12 – Sponsored by the SE Iowa Food Hub 12:30 – 1:30pm. Requires Fairfest Ticket to enter. – Fairfield Arts & Convention Center Expo Hall.
  • Get to Know Your Farmers & Your Local Food & Regenerative Farm Advocates Panel – 10:30 – 12:30.
  • Local Foods Luncheon & Awards Celebration – 12:30 – 1:30pm
  • Keynote Speaker: Raj Patel “The World That Food Made” – 2-4:00pm (Sondheim Stage)

Purchase Luncheon Tickets - $12

Sunday September 4th

Local Food Celebration, Showcase & Exhibition Hall with Local Vendors – 10 – 4:30 pm – Requires Fairfest Ticket to enter. – Fairfield Arts & Convention Center Expo Hall

Saturday’s Local Food Luncheon

Sept. 3rd – $12:00

Main Course: Homemade-Locally Grown and Milled Whole Wheat Sourdough Stuffed Pita (Vegan, Vegetarian and Chicken options available).

Sides: Red potato salad with vegan mayo, mustard, celery and dill and three bean salad on the side.

Drink: Cucumber-Lime-Chocolate Mint beverage, sweetened with local maple syrup.

Desert: Pear Tartlet

95% of all ingredients sourced locally (within 100 miles).