“Farm to table” – that phrase has lately become quite common. Now area foodies can investigate its first component at the end of this month, when the O’Fallon Parks & Recreation Department sponsors a tour of a pair of Missouri farms prominent in the locavore movement.
The tour, scheduled for June 29, focuses on Overlook Farm and Vesterbrook Farm, both in Clarksville, a 90-minute drive northwest of St. Louis. Over time, those two Pike County spreads have devoted themselves to organic and sustainable practices, thanks to their proprietors, Overlook’s Nathalie Pettus and Vesterbrook’s Mike and Carol Brabo.
The Tuesday tour, which is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., doesn’t involve just a visit to the two farms, by the way. Participating foodies can also look forward to lunch at Overlook’s Clarksville Station Restaurant, a visit to Clarksville proper and a wine tasting at Crown Valley Port House.
The tour costs $70 for O’Fallon residents and $75 for others. The deadline to register for it falls this Sunday, June 13. Potential participants should go to the department’s Web site, visit either the department’s offices at 400 Civic Park Drive or O’Fallon’s Renaud Spirit Center at 2650 Tri Sports Circle, or call 636.474.2732.
For more information on the tour, e-mail pcreech@ofallon.mo.us or call 636.474.8121.
This article appears in Jun 1-30, 2010.