January 28, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

If you weren’t among the lucky to attend the January 24th workshop held at McIntosh culinary school, organized by Wendy Berry of Lasting Legacy Farm and other local farmers, here are two blogs that do a great job sharing and summarizing:

Living the Local Life

What Did She Do Today?

Virginia of Living the Local Life also linked to the blog Save McIntosh. We are about to lose a really valuable part of our community, just when it seems that we are turning the tide in changing our food system to a more sustainable, self-sufficient, local one. McIntosh culinary school has played a very valuable part in educating students in a way that exposes them to these ideas and connections - they aren’t just learning to cook with halfway processed food.

I believe the writer of the Save McIntosh blog has the right idea - McIntosh could and should be part of our community college system. As an educator in the public school system for the last 8 years, I know that students need diverse, local, and financially reasonable options. Community colleges are a great place for students of all ages to reasonably get great educations and make the kind of investments in themselves that will have value for the long term.

Save McIntosh suggests that we write letters to our representatives and media outlets, and I agree. But I also urge all that care about this issue to write our state community college system.

Letters are more effective than email:

Chancellor - Dr. Richard Gustafson

26 College Drive, Concord NH 03301

But if email is all you have time for, the emails of the assistant chancellor, etc. are listed on their website >

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January 28, 2009 by Sara Zoe.

If you live a little further north in Maine, MOFGA, Slow Food Portland, and the Maine Council of Churches are hosting a series of CSA Fairs, where you can meet area farmers and figure out which CSA option will work best for you, on February 8th.
More information >

Closer to home, Slow Food Seacoast is hosting a CSA Fair on February 14th, from 10am-1pm at the Portsmouth Public Library.

Come to learn about CSAs, talk to farmers, discover your options, and make a small but sound investment in the health of your family and community.

more information >

The following farms have contacted Seacoast Eat Local and let us know they currently have shares available for the 2009 season:

Back River Farm

Heron Pond Farm

Meadow’s Mirth Farm

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