Pawpaw Festival
pawpaw festival ohio pawpaw festival annual festival dedicated pawpaw fruit asimina triloba indigenous eastern southern midwestern united state cultivated various place athens county ohio also various pawpaw festival place pawpaw grow although grand scale one athens athens pawpaw festival sponsored ohio pawpaw grower association various local organization take place near lake snowden albany ohio midseptember generally peak fruit harvest various pawpawbased treat including brew moreorless pawpawrelated activity offered first athens pawpaw festival took place october chris chmiel founded integration acre organization began promoting pawpaw chmiel along integration acre created first annual pawpaw festival chris worked albany riding club bring another festival september time festival gained popularity festival moved lake snowden present day location festival moreover birth ohio pawpaw grower association took place pawpaw festival saw great change sponsor snowville creamery memorable event included pawpaw green woman logo fifteen keg pawpaw beer sponsor festival ohio hill country heritage area program included live musical band performance audio cd pawpaw festival made accessible assistance office sustainability offering shuttle service college student wanted attend festival increased attendance thanks appearance various official pawpaw became official state native fruit ohio year eighteen keg pawpaw beer consumed becoming consumed date brought longer festival wherein previous one twoday festival period increased three day instead recently th annual pawpaw festival continues run threedaylong event also th annual festival sponsored ohio hill country heritage area program initially pawpaw festival thing starting gained enough popularity surrounding region therefore festival needed find way could increase presence within area one method would attendance official validate success festival first festival brought individual better home garden along washington post athens county convention visitor bureau following year judge festival included sue dawson food editor columbus dispatch pattern continued judge attend participate festivity director ohio department agriculture suzanne martinson attended also attendance food writer cleveland pittsburgh postgazette special guest appearance ohio state house representative jimmy stewart sponsor bill make pawpaw official state fruit ohio finally big name official like ohio representative debbie phillips ohio senator jimmy stewart attended order present chris chmiel award designating pawpaw official state native fruit ohio within festival various pawpawrelated activity one get involved including competition best pawpaw best pawpawrelated work art pawpaw cookoff pawpaweating contest one also partake entertainment option kid central various handson activity variety activity focus upon pawpaw growing cooking genetics medical use topic related sustainability pawpaw environment year pawpaw festival host wide variety local regional musical act music begin festival friday afternoon run midnight followed music day saturday afternoon sunday pawpaw festival introduced beer stage secondary stage located near beer tent host smaller act shorter set according athens news pawpaw festival good place experience music offered athens county region addition music also variety cultural historical demonstration east river shawnee tribe share traditional culture atlatl competition well frontier camp local food cottage good vendor set wide variety stand create vibrant marketplace pawpaw retrieved ohio pawpaw festival retrieved post retrieved