(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Berkshire Grown’s perennially popular Harvest Supper celebrating local food and farms will take place on Monday, September 16, 2013, from 6 to 8pm at Ski Butternut in Great Barrington. In past years the crowded event has been held at Eastover in Lenox; the new location is intended to afford more space for guests, including seating areas.

More than two dozen Berkshire Grown member chefs, several participating for the first-time and local beverage producers will be on hand for the 15th annual event, which features dishes prepared using fresh ingredients from local farms. The evening also includes a silent auction and a drawing for food shopping sprees and gift certificates to Berkshire Grown restaurants and shops.

“Berkshire Grown links farmers with the community, all of us ‘eaters,’ to support our local farmers,” says executive director Barbara Zheutlin. “At the Harvest Supper, chefs prepare tastes of the bountiful harvest grown by our local farmers, showing us concretely why it’s important to keep our farmers farming. Berkshire Grown is a pioneer in the food movement, connecting farmers, chefs, retailers and the community.”

Restaurants and Berkshire Grown members featured this year include: Allium Restaurant + Bar, Baba Louie’s, Bell & Anchor, Café Reva, Canyon Ranch, Castle Street Café, Cranwell Resort, Firefly Restaurant and Catering, Gala Steakhouse & Bistro at Orchards Hotel, Guido’s Fresh Marketplace, Haven Café and Bakery, HR Zeppelin Fine Handmade Chocolates, John Andrews: A Farmhouse Restaurant, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Marketplace Kitchen, Martin’s Restaurant, The Meat Market, The Old Inn on the Green, The Red Lion Inn, Riverbend Café, Route 7 Grill, Savory Harvest Catering, Stagecoach Tavern, Table Six Restaurant, Wheatleigh, and Williams College Dining. Beverages will be provided by Barrington Brewery, Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Big Elm Brewing and MS Walker.

The dinner is by reservation only. Tickets are $70 for Berkshire Grown members and $80 for non-members. Tickets regularly sell out; call 413.528.0041 for reservations. All proceeds benefit Berkshire Grown, supporting its Buy Local campaign as well as its Share the Bounty project, which buys shares in local farms and distributes the fresh food to low-income people throughout the region.

“The Harvest Supper celebrates our local farms and reminds us all – in a delicious way – why it’s important to support the farmers who grow and raise our local food,” adds Zheutlin. Berkshire Grown supports and promotes local agriculture as a vital part of the Berkshire community, economy and landscape; the organization is a nonprofit that relies on members for support, as well as on support from guests attending events.

A silent auction will offer the chance to bid on and win a variety of prizes including dinner at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, dinner at Blantyre, a raised bed garden box from Nature Works, an overnight stay at Stonover Farm Bed & Breakfast, or a load of Holiday Brook Farm’s famous “black gold” compost.