GO HEALTHY GO HEALTHY GREEN & LOCALGREEN & LOCAL

Want To Raise The Bar Want To Raise The Bar At Your Community Event?At Your Community Event?

Make Your Make Your Culinary Attractions Culinary Attractions

Truly Healthy And Appealing!Truly Healthy And Appealing!

Understand Your AudienceUnderstand Your Audience

Take Surveys at Take Surveys at each event to each event to discoverdiscover PREFERENCESPREFERENCES:: Traditional/comfort foodsTraditional/comfort foods Something new & differentSomething new & different EXPECTATIONSEXPECTATIONS based based

onon

- how event is promoted - how event is promoted and perceivedand perceived

DemographicsDemographics Visitors?Visitors? Local?Local? Background:Background:

- ethnic- ethnic- socio-economicsocio-economic- educationeducation

How to make it healthy & still How to make it healthy & still Ono-licious!Ono-licious!

Offer traditional Offer traditional foods made with foods made with healthier ingredients:healthier ingredients: Organic or “local Organic or “local

transitional”transitional” Use natural flavorings Use natural flavorings

vs. artificial flavor vs. artificial flavor enhancers enhancers

USE LOCALLY GROWN FRESH PRODUCEUSE LOCALLY GROWN FRESH PRODUCE

SOYBEANSSOYBEANS (organic- non (organic- non GMO) w/garlic & Hawaiian GMO) w/garlic & Hawaiian sea saltsea salt

AVOCADO SANDWICHAVOCADO SANDWICH w/lettuce, tomato & fresh w/lettuce, tomato & fresh baked whole grain breadbaked whole grain bread

SALADSALAD w/baby greens &/or w/baby greens &/or romaine, Japanese romaine, Japanese cucumbers, cherry tomatoes cucumbers, cherry tomatoes & yellow bell peppers& yellow bell peppers

DRESSINGDRESSING – – lemon juice, lemon juice, olive oil, fresh herbs, sea saltolive oil, fresh herbs, sea salt

CRUDITESCRUDITES w/ yogurt ranch w/ yogurt ranch or basil pesto dipor basil pesto dip

HawaiianHawaiian KALUA TURKEY – less KALUA TURKEY – less

fatfat BROWN RICE (or hapa BROWN RICE (or hapa

rice)rice) VEGGIE LAU LAU w/ VEGGIE LAU LAU w/

TAROTARO TARO POKETARO POKE HAUPIA TAPIOCAHAUPIA TAPIOCA TARO CHIPSTARO CHIPS

HEALTHY SNACKSHEALTHY SNACKS

ORGANIC POPCORN w/ olive oil, sesame saltORGANIC POPCORN w/ olive oil, sesame salt-nutritional yeast or roasted seaweed-nutritional yeast or roasted seaweed

KA’U ORANGE WEDGESKA’U ORANGE WEDGES APPLE BANANAS & PINAPPLE dipped in APPLE BANANAS & PINAPPLE dipped in

chocolate sauce chocolate sauce KAHUKU WATERMELONKAHUKU WATERMELON

BEVERAGESBEVERAGES

MAMAKI TEA & MAMAKI TEA & MINT TEA w/ local MINT TEA w/ local honey honey

LEMONADE w/ local LEMONADE w/ local lemons and honeylemons and honey

ICED GINGER TEA ICED GINGER TEA w/local lime & honeyw/local lime & honey

SMOOTHIES w/ SMOOTHIES w/ papaya, banana, papaya, banana, pineapple, etc. pineapple, etc.

DESSERTS & SWEETSDESSERTS & SWEETS

RAW FRUIT PIES w/ RAW FRUIT PIES w/ nut/raisin crustnut/raisin crust

KABOKA PUMPKIN KABOKA PUMPKIN PIE w/ whole grain PIE w/ whole grain crustcrust

PURPLE SWEET PURPLE SWEET POTATOE PIE w/ POTATOE PIE w/ haupia saucehaupia sauce

RAW CHOCOLATE RAW CHOCOLATE BROWNIESBROWNIES

How to get the best value How to get the best value without compromising quality:without compromising quality: FOOD VENDORSFOOD VENDORS Find new businesses Find new businesses

who need the exposurewho need the exposure- cooking demo- cooking demo

Find sponsors who Find sponsors who want the exposurewant the exposure

NEGOTIATE to create NEGOTIATE to create a win/win situation for a win/win situation for everyoneeveryone

““DO-IT-YOURSELF”DO-IT-YOURSELF”-certified kitchen-certified kitchen-culinary students-culinary students-volunteers to assist-volunteers to assist-create your own -create your own menusmenus

MORE CONTROLMORE CONTROL-COST-COST-QUALITY-QUALITY

CONCLUSION: Why go that CONCLUSION: Why go that extra mile?extra mile?

Because your audience will remember having an Because your audience will remember having an extraordinary experience which will bring them extraordinary experience which will bring them back again and again.back again and again.

There is a rapidly growing trend toward There is a rapidly growing trend toward becoming healthier. Show them how easy and becoming healthier. Show them how easy and tasty it can be to eat healthy.tasty it can be to eat healthy.-broadens attendance-broadens attendance-important to support local “organic” and “transitional” -important to support local “organic” and “transitional”

growersgrowers-also gives them a sense of being connected to -also gives them a sense of being connected to

community and Nature.community and Nature.