Seacoast Eat Local

I remember the first Earth Day, and this week’s Earth Day event at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire was the perfect way to celebrate it’s fortieth anniversary. Seacoast Eat Local brought feathers from Yellow House Farm to touch, and locally grown heirloom beans to take home and plant. We were joined by wriggly Red Worms for a Green Earth, Cabot Creamery provided cheese snacks, and our friends from Wentworth Greenhouses soon had a virtual garden of marigolds lining the counter, all potted by participants enjoying some constructive playing in dirt.

Thank-you to the Children’s Museum for letting us participate — it was terrific fun and inspiring to meet a new generation coming out for Earth Day!

There are some local food-related events coming up at the Dover Friends Meeting as part of their Create a Peaceful World by Sustaining Our Future series. All events are at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays at 141 Central Avenue in Dover.

April 28, The Big River movie screening. A documentary by Ian and Curt of King Korn who follow the events of their acre of corn from the heartland to the Gulf of Mexico.

May 5, Food, Inc. movie screening. This documentary exposes us to our nation’s food supply, which is controlled by a handful of corporations.

May 12, John Carroll, of UNH Department of Natural Resources, will speak on ”Sustaining Local Food Security.”

June 2, Kevin Vernon, of York, Maine, will speak on “Permaculture & Production.”

Click here for the Quaker meeting events flyer. Visit their website at http://doverfriendsnh.org/.