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Eating Local: a year-long series
Eating Local: a year-long series
A partnership between the Stowe Free Library, area farmers, and the Lamoille County Natural Resources Conservation District
Saturday, May 24, 10am to 2:30pm
Visit the Kaiser Family Farm
Join the District and the Stowe Free Library on a farm tour to include milking goats, sheep, pigs and chickens. This tour does require pre-registration at 253-6145. Space is limited.
Tuesday, June 10, 7 to 8:30pm
Environmental impacts - farming and water quality
Join the Lamoille County Natural Resources Conservation District to explore ways in which farmers seek to protect our environment and our water while providing access to local products.
week of June 15
Stowe Culinary Classic
Week of June 22
Also join us for a program on the health benefits of eating local, featuring recipes, at the Green Goddess Cafe in Stowe's Lower Village
mid-September
Join us for
Visit the Kaiser Family Farm
Join the District and the Stowe Free Library on a farm tour to include milking goats, sheep, pigs and chickens. This tour does require pre-registration at 253-6145. Space is limited. Tuesday, June 10, 7 to 8:30pm
Environmental impacts - farming and water quality
Join the Lamoille County Natural Resources Conservation District to explore ways in which farmers seek to protect our environment and our water while providing access to local products.week of June 15
Stowe Culinary Classic
Chocolate tasting with Lake Champlain Chocolates, fillm showings with Salvation Farms, story sessions for children with Sally Dain of the Tiny Acorn in Waterbury, and more! See the schedule at http://www.vermontculinaryclassic.com/.
Week of June 22
Celebrate National Pollinator Week
June 24, 6 to 7:30pm
Ross Conrad, author of Natural Beekeeping, discusses the plight of bees and his work as a beekeeper
June 25, 2 to 3pm
Get the Buzz on Bees, for ages 4+, with Carrie Riker of the Lamoille County Natural Resource Conservation District & Nature Center
Ross Conrad, author of Natural Beekeeping, discusses the plight of bees and his work as a beekeeper
June 25, 2 to 3pm
Get the Buzz on Bees, for ages 4+, with Carrie Riker of the Lamoille County Natural Resource Conservation District & Nature Center
July 15, 6:30 to 8pm
August 19, 7 to 8:30pm
Rural Vermont Ice Cream Social
Eating local is also very tasty! For this ice cream social with Rural Vermont, try out raw milk ice cream, along with local syrup or honey, and ocal toppings too (berries, sauces, etc.).August 19, 7 to 8:30pm
Nutritional benefits of grass-fed and local meat with John Clark from Applecheek Farm
Also join us for a program on the health benefits of eating local, featuring recipes, at the Green Goddess Cafe in Stowe's Lower Village
mid-September
Join us for
Field Days with High Mowing Seeds
with information on seed saving and heirloom varietiesand a series hands-on programs on canning your harvest at the Morrisville Farmer's Artisan Market, every Wednesday in September
Previous Events in our series
January
Book Discussion: Animal, vegetable, miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
February
The social and political benefits of eating local, with Abbie Nelson of NOFA-VT and Vermont FEED
March
CSA & Farmer Showcase
CSA & Farmer Showcase
Be sure to visit our participating organizations, farmers, and CSA providers:
- Applecheek Farms, Hyde Park, 888.4482
- Foote Brook Farm,Johnson, 635.1775
- High Mowing Seeds, Wolcott, 472.6174
- Honey Do Farm/Walker Famiy Farm, Morrisville, 888.3242
- Lamoille County Food Share, 888.6550
- Lamoille County Natural Resources Conservation District,888.9218
- Maple Wind Farm, Richmond, 434.7257
- Riverside Farm, E. Hardwick, 472.6169
- Rooney Family Farm, Morrisville, 888.8440
- Rural Vermont, 223.7222
- Salvation Farms, 505.1689
- Sandiwood Farm, Wolcott, 888.2881
- Valley Dream Farm, Cambridge, 644.6598
- Winding Brook Farm, Morrisville, 888.5922
- Windy Willows Farm, Johnson, 635.7300
April
Other resources
The Farmer's Artisan Market, weekly on Wednesdays from 3 to 7pm, at RiverArts on Pleasant Street in Morrisville
Vermont's Mad River Valley has an excellent, established Localvore group. Check their site, http://www.vermontlocalvore.org/, for tips and events.
Jesse Roman of The Stowe Reporter profiled the Farmer's Artisan Market and our Eating Local series in the March 27, 2008 issue. Read the excellent article, Localvores go retail, at the Reporter's web site.