Julie Hutchison and Mike Gill share a passion for locally grown produce and community supported agriculture (CSA), where you buy a share every week and you pick up a mixed bag of produce from farms in the 75-mile area around Cleveland. You never know what you'll get, and that's half the fun, plus the fact that their group, Lakewood Earth & Food Community (LEAF) meets in front of Lakewood Public Library each Wednesday to distribute the shares, along with musicians, vendors and a generally pleasant vibe.

But it doesn't stop there. Julie, who owns Lakewood Phoenix Coffee Shop, and Mike, who is the arts editor for Cleveland Scene, decided to take it to the next level and bring together this disparate community for an evening of fun, music and sharing, called Rutabaga Nights, on Sat 5/2 from 7PM to midnight, at the Screw Factory Building, across the street from where this video interview was shot, next to one of the community gardens that LEAF has established for residents to grow their own produce. All 120 community garden plots are spoken for, as are all the LEAF shares, with waiting lists for both. Get your tickets for Rutabaga Nights soon. If this keeps up, the party will sell out as well. http://www.LeafCommunity.org

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