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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
August 19, 5 to 7pm
What's for Dinner?
Join us for a program on the health benefits of eating local, featuring recipes for those Farmer's Market veggies with registered dietician Laura Biron and a discussion of the benefits of grass-fed meat with John Clark of Applecheek Farm, at the Green Goddess Cafe in Stowe's Lower VillageSeptember 17, 3 to 5pm
Join us for
Field Days with High Mowing Seeds
with a workshop on seed saving, information on heirloom varieties, and a chance to see the grounds of High Mowing SeedsAlso in September: every Wednesday from 6 to 8pm, the Stowe Free Library is supporting a series of hands-on workshops on canning and preserving your harvest at the Morrisville Farmer's Artisan Market
Coming later in the year
In November: a Vermont wine tasting in partnership with Edible Green Mountains
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
Planning a vegetable garden with Salvation Farms and High Mowing Seeds
May
June
Part of the Stowe Culinary Classic: a chocolate tasting with Lake Champlain Chocolates, fillm showings with
Salvation Farms, story sessions for children with Sally Dain of the
Tiny Acorn in Waterbury, a visit with Marialisa Calta, and more! See the schedule at http://www.vermontculinaryclassic.com/.
As part of National Pollinator Week, we learned about bees and beekeeping with Ross Conrad, author of Natural Beekeeping, and explored bees with children with Carrie Riker and the Lamoille County Nature Center.
July
Rural Vermont Ice Cream Social
July
Rural Vermont Ice Cream Social
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.
