You have just 4 days left to vote for your favorite local food heroes! If you want to see your picks get the credit they’re due, please cast your votes! Click here to vote for your favorite Monterey Bay-area farm/farmer, chef/restaurant, food retailer, food artisan, beverage artisan and nonprofit organization. Our winners will be announced at the annual Edible Communities awards dinner held in conjunction with the Edible Institute in March and will be featured in the Spring 2013 issue of Edible Monterey Bay! Last year, our winners were: Best Chef/Restaurant, Tony Baker of Montrio Bistro; Best Farm/Farmer, tie between Jamie Collins, Serendipity Farms and Phil Foster, Pinnacle Organics; Best Nonprofit, tie between Everyone’s Harvest, GMO-Free Santa Cruz and MEarth; and Best Food Artisan and Best Food Retailer, Baker’s Bacon. To qualify for an award, potential winners need only be based in Monterey, San Benito or Santa Cruz County.
About the author
Deborah Luhrman is publisher and editor of Edible Monterey Bay. A lifelong journalist, she has reported from around the globe, but now prefers covering our flourishing local food scene and growing her own vegetables in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
