Hello friends of the Muddy Boot Festival!
Tickets on sale now!Tickets are on sale now for the sixth annual Muddy Boot Festival! This year's festival will kick off Friday, Sept. 9 with a keynote address from Joel Makower and continue through the weekend with music, food and beverage, workshops, panel discussions, kids' activities and an outdoor marketplace featuring local vendors and exhibitors. This year's theme is "Health + Happiness: Sustaining Vibrant Communities," from healthy eating to the health of our economy and everything in between. Buy tickets now! |
2011 Keynote: Joel Makower
Joel Makower's keynote address will open the festival at 7:00pm on Friday, Sept. 9. Reception to follow keynote.
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For more than 20 years, Joel Makower has been a well-respected voice on business, the environment, and the bottom line. As a writer, speaker, and strategist on corporate environmental practices, clean technology, and green marketing, he has helped a wide range of companies align environmental responsibility with core strategy and business success. |
Tickets to the keynote event cost $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Buy tickets before we sell out!
Great activities the whole family can enjoy!
Kids' and Family Activities- Apple Pressing & Foam Archery by Trackers NW
- Animal Track Casting by Cascadia Wild
- Eco-friendly Face Painting by Create Plenty
- Family Square Dance by Caroline and Maggie
- Art Project by 100th Monkey Studio
- Veggie Derby Car Racing by St. Philip Neri
- Goat keeping by Naomi’s Farm Supply
- St. Philip Neri Campus Tour by St. Philip Neri
- Fall tasks in the edible garden by Independence Gardens
- Using veggie oil for fuel by Enviofuel
- Kombucha Brewing by LionHeart Kombucha
- Summer Salve: How to make healing herbal salve by Chiyu Confections
- Urban Chicken Keeping 101 by Concentrates NW
- Maintaining Soil Health in the Garden by Concentrates NW
- Laughter Yoga by Andrea Crisp
- Family Square Dance by Caroline and Maggie
- Accessing Holistic Medicine (Saturday)
- Dr. Gregory Eckel, Nature Cures Clinic
- Dr. Jeremy Mikolai, National College Natural Medicine
- Leela Longson, Acupuncturist at Confluence Clinic
- Elaine DeLuca (Moderator)
- Environmental Impacts of Our Food Choices (Sunday)
- Marc Boucher-Colbert, Urban Agriculture Solutions, LLC (Moderator)
- Kat West, Director of Sustainability, Multnomah County
- Allison Hensey, Healthy Food and Farms, Oregon Environmental Council
- Peter Spendelow, Northwest VEG
- Chicamarimba
- Freak Mountain Ramblers
- Colleen Raney
- Brethren Thread
- Keep Your Fork, There's Pie
- TapWater
- Sugarcane
- Tree Top Tribe
- Conjugal Visitors
- Casey Neill & The Norway Rats
Click to view the full schedule!
Call for Volunteers!
Are you interested in helping organize the Muddy Boot Festival or volunteering over the festival weekend? Contact volunteers@muddyboot.org.
Thanks for visiting. We'll see you soon!





