Tilth fundraiser is Saturday

Published 3:15 pm Tuesday, May 26, 2015

SnoValley Tilth’s annual Friends of the Fields benefit dinner and auction will be 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday, May 30, at the Cascade Club on Redmond Ridge.

The event includes live and silent auctions, music, local wines and beer and dinner prepared by award-winning chef Mark Bodinet of Copperleaf Restaurant at Cedarbrook Lodge. Tickets are available at www.charityauctionorganizer.com/auction/SVT.

SnoValley Tilth is a non-profit that has supported local, sustainable farming for more than 12 years.

In addition to the Experience Farming Project (EFP), which is a farmer mentorship and incubation program, Tilth runs the Carnation Farmers Market, monthly educational and community-building opportunities open to the public and advocate for public policy that supports sustainable agriculture.