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Tuesday, March 19
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Mother Hubbard's Cupboard to host Pie Fest this Saturday

By Lily Ross

Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, along with the Bloomington Community Orchard and the Bloomington Food Policy Council, will be hosting its first Pie Fest on ?Saturday.

The festival will take place from 2 to 4:30 p.m at Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard on 1100 W. Allen St.

Stephanie Solomon, director of education and outreach at Mother Hubbard’s, said the festival will include pie baking and fruit tree planting demonstrations, a food summit to discuss local food issues and a pie potluck.

Mother Hubbard’s focuses on building access to healthy foods and educating the community about sustainable and local food and farming, Solomon said.

“We talk a lot about nutrition and cooking from scratch and how being healthy doesn’t mean you don’t get to eat comfort foods and tasty treats,” Solomon said.

In addition to serving pie, there will also be organic hot apple cider. Solomon said she is expecting between 30 to 40 people but is hoping to have anywhere between 50 to 60.

Pie Fest is a celebration of National Food Day , a day dedicated to promoting access to healthy whole foods and raising awareness about food access issues. This is the second community program Mother Hubbard’s has done in honor of National ?Food Day.

All the ingredients used for the pie baking demonstration will be organic, whole foods. The apples that will be used to make the pie have been donated by a local ?orchard.

Solomon said she hopes, if all goes well, that Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard will host Pie Fest again next year.

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