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The Arkansas Farm Community Alliance will host a celebration of Arkansas 
foods on June 2nd at 6:30 p.m. at the Little Rock River Market Tower Plaza. 
The celebration will feature Kathy Webb of Lilly’s Dim Sum and Then Some who 
will be cooking an all Arkansas fried rice for the main dish. Farmers from 
around the state will prepare the side dishes for the meal with products 
raised on their farms. The celebration will also feature live Music and a 
short talk by Robert Waldrop of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative, an 
organization that connects Oklahoma customers with local farmers.

The proceeds from the event will go to the Arkansas Regional Food Network and 
the Arkansas Rice Depot. The Arkansas Regional Food Network, which will be 
launched in August, will be a network through which local customers can buy 
their food directly from Arkansas farms. The Arkansas Regional Food Network 
seeks to connect food with place, farms with tables, and customers with 
producers. Through these connections the network hopes to foster a 
sustainable local economy that will benefit all who participate.

To learn more about the Arkansas Regional Food Network and the Arkansas Food 
Celebration go to http://www.farmtable.org. Tickets for the Arkansas Food 
Celebration are $15 and are available at Boulevard Bread Company located at 
1920 N. Grant Street in Little Rock or on Saturdays at the Little Rock 
Farmers Market at the Petit Jean Honey stand. Tickets can also be purchased 
over the phone at 1-888-633-1204.