August 5, 2010 by Debra.

Chefs Collaborative, as part of their  RAFT Grow-out, is hosting a series of Chef & Restaurant Field Days. Though geared towards restaurant professionals, the public is also welcome!

Chef & Restaurant Field Days: 

Applegard Farm

Monday, August 9, 11 am

24 Beech Ridge Rd, North Berwick, ME

*RSVP to Alida at alida@chefscollaborative.org

Please join us for one of our upcoming Chef & Restaurant Field Day at  Applegard Farm. The Field Day is geared towards chefs, restaurant owners, cooks and servers who work with local farms or are interested in learning more about farming and local food. It is also a chance for anyone from the public to learn what local farms and restaurants are doing to help restore heirloom vegetable varieties through the RAFT Grow-Out project.

The Field Day is part of the RAFT (Renewing America’s Food Traditions) Heirloom Grow-Out, a project of the Chefs Collaborative. The tour will be a fantastic chance to meet the people who bring you the fresh, high-quality ingredients you love and to learn more about where your food comes from.

To learn more about the RAFT Grow-Out project, which serves to celebrate and raise awareness of agricultural biodiversity, promote markets for local heirloom produce, and build farmer-chef connections, please visit our website at http://chefscollaborative.org/programs/raft-grow-out/.

If you will be attending, please RSVP to Alida Cantor at alida@chefscollaborative.org.

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August 5, 2010 by Heather.

On August 14, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Portland Maine Permaculture will be presenting the Cumberland County Backyard Locavore Tour 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a rain date of August 15th. The price for this event is $15 per adult, $12 per senior, and kids under 12 free. You can learn more about this exciting event on the Portland Maine Permaculture website or the University of Maine Cooperative Extension website. Here is a description of the event courtesy of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension:

This event is to raise funds for a future home of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension at Tidewater Farm.  The tour is an educational, edible garden tour provided by University of Maine Cooperative Extension trained volunteer Master Gardeners, Master Food Preservers, and 4-H families.

Gardens are located in Brunswick, Falmouth, Cumberland, Gray, Standish, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, and Portland. This is a self guided auto tour, participants are encouraged to mix and match the gardens they choose to visit to their likes and dislikes. The ticket comes with maps to all the gardens and a link that lets you customize your own itinerary.

This event will showcase successful backyard “do-it-yourself” strategies for growing, raising, harvesting, and preserving foods to become more self-reliant in meeting your own food needs. Topics featured through demonstrations, tours, talks, and food samples include:

Please RSVP and purchase a ticket from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension at 207.780.4205.

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August 5, 2010 by Debra.

Holistic health counselor Tracey Miller has teamed up with Willow Pond Farm to offer an upcoming class on food preservation:  

If your refrigerator is overflowing, learn some ways to preserve your food and don’t let it go to waste. Join us at a “food preservation” class to support Willow Pond Farm on August 19th in Brentwood.

Food Preservation: How to preserve the summer and fall harvest — A Cooking & Wellness Class supporting Willow Pond Farm

Date & Time: August 19, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: 8 Wendell Drive, Brentwood, NH

Fee: $25 (all proceeds go to Willow Pond Farm)

With Tracey Miller, health coach and cooking instructor, Joanie Pratt, Apple Annie, Leslie Haslam, Director, Exeter Adult Education, and Sheryl Rome, Willow Pond Willow Pond Volunteer Coordinator.

For more  information or to register, contact Tracey Miller at tracey@traceymillerwellness.com or 603-380-1080.

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August 5, 2010 by Debra.

New Hampshire Magazine has just published their annual Best of NH, with Brookford Farm winning the most votes for their farm-fresh milk — congratulations!

Got (the best) Milk?: The Mahoneys produce clean, healthy raw milk and cream on their certified organic Brookford Farm in Rollingsford (70 Sligo Rd., brookfordfarm.com). Raw milk is not homogenized or pasteurized with high heat. Their small herd of happy, healthy Jersey cows is pastured on 280 acres. They never receive antibiotics or growth hormones. You can purchase milk and meet the girls at the farm or find it (without the girls) at select health food stores and farmers markets.

And if you’re planning to stop by the farm this Saturday, here’s the chance to tour Brookford’s pastures, barns, creamery and farm store, complete with hayride:

Bring your friends and family out to the farm on Saturday, August 7th at 4 pm for a hayride and farm tour. Kiss the cows, pet the chickens, and walk the rows of cucumbers and corn. RSVP at brookfordfarminfo[at]gmail.com.

 

This event is free and open to the public. Additional information may be found through their website, and at their blog. 

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