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Northeast Georgia has an amazing teaching kitchen offering everything from food preservation , farm-to-table wine dinners , and a variety of healthy eating classes for kids .”
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Lake Rabun Hotel lakerabunhotel . com , features a similar presentation known as Featured Farmer Thursdays during the growing season . A visit to The Farmhouse at Waterfall Club vincesfarmhouse . com , offers the passionate renderings of Chef Vincent Scafitti .
Visitors interested in cooking classes have varied choices . Beechwood Inn Bed and Breakfast beechwoodinn . ws , in Clayton , Georgia , offers custom hands-on classes tailored to the participants . The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia foodbanknega . org , has an amazing teaching kitchen offering everything from food preservation , farm-to-table wine dinners , and a variety of healthy eating classes for kids .
Foodies will love the Grow Cook Eat farm-to-table tours offered once a month from April through October by the Tourism Development Authority explorerabun . com . Participants will be shuttled to farms , restaurants , vineyards or distilleries , and an agri-tourism business . Schedules are posted on the website .
If you have ever considered moving to the country and trying your hand at growing your own produce , or actually producing on a larger scale , try out a weekend educational Camp at Timpson Creek Farms . Timpson Creek Farm is a Certified Organic vegetable , fruit , herb , and flower operation . Director Darby Weaver will whet your appetite with handson planting and growing , help you decide your best potential for your situation , and encourage you to gather with other wannabe independent growers while feeding you a feast of the freshest organic produce you can imagine , timpsoncreekfarm . com .
With so many facets for approaching fresh farm-to-table delights , it is no wonder Rabun County is “ The Farm-to-Table Capital of Georgia .”
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