Chef Groody and an on-farm dinner

Check out chef Tim Groody at farmer Sammy Koenigsberg's Inn at New Town Farms on Oct. 17: It's a farm-to-farmtable Fall Season dinner "with foodmiles measured in feet," as Koenigsberg puts it.

On the menu: organic vegetables, French Red Bro chicken, Ossabaw pork and organic wines from Neal Rosenthal Selections, paired by the Wine Shop at Foxcroft. Fifty seats are available at $100 each, and there's a shuttle from Charlotte available on request -- the farm is at 4512 New Town Road in Waxhaw. Reserve by email to newtownfarms@windstream.net.