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REGIONAL FOOD CENTERS: FROM TALK TO ACTION. Important community meetings to take place this fall! THE FOUR RIVERS FOOD CENTER PROJECT is a coalition of groups in southern Orange and northern Windsor counties, working to make local food networks a reality. We need your help! Regional Food Centers are working combinations of people and facilities. Their function is to [...] Trek to Taste on the Trails of Woodstock, VT Come Celebrate National Trails Day! June 4, 2011; 10 am to 3 pm At the Forest Center all day -Upper Valley Farm to School students will display their researchg and provide tasting from local farms they have visited this year. Under the Tent all day: -Get to know local food and trail [...] There are three FTS related workshops at the annual Wellborn Ecology Conference on Wednesday, June 22nd at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, NH. This all-day conference—originally scheduled for April 1 but postponed due to the April Fool’s Day storm—features workshops, displays, networking and fun! Steve Curwood, host of NPR’s “Living on Earth” will be our [...] Peacham Farmers market opens May 26th. Summer is on its way! In celebration, the Peacham Farmers Market will open for the 2011 season on Thursday, May 26 at 3 pm. The market is sited on the historic Academy Green, in the heart of the village of Peacham, Vermont. This year’s Market will be as much a weekly [...] You are invited to join in a discussion on the Great Falls Food Hub and what it means for Cheshire County, New Hampshire. The discussion will take place on Monday June 13, 2011 at 6:30pm at Stonewall Farm in Keene. This community conversation will explore – · What would the food hub mean to you? · What interests you about [...] MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Back by popular demand, the Second Annual 2011 Windham Farm Chef Workshop is set for Thursday, August 25 from 9am to 1:30pm. Farmers invited for lunch (12-1:30) More than 20 food services directors and kitchen managers from schools and hospitals in the Windham County area will gather to connect with network farmers and to [...] Sustainability means Slowing Down: The first Slow Living Summit Downtown Brattleboro, VT June 1-3 A gathering of diverse movements toward local and regional sustainability from New England and beyond, the Slow Living Summit will be an intensive two-and-a-half day exploration of ways to build healthy, thriving local economies while encouraging, mentoring and supporting a new generation of activists, [...] The last few months were busy for the Nutrition Connections program. I visited fi ve grades in eight classrooms at three different schools, in addition to the REALIZING RURAL FOOD JUSTICE: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND UVM Extension’s Center for Sustainable Agriculture presents Jesse McEntee of McEntee Research and Consulting, who will speak on “Realizing rural food justice: Building a sustainable food system in Northern New England,” at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2011 at the Unitarian Universalist [...] Thursday, May 5th 8:30 to 4:00 SIT Graduate Institute, Brattleboro, VT Join: Farm to School Practitioners from Southern Vermont and New Hampshire as we share, gather ideas and resources, support one another, and network to strengthen sustainable Farm to School programs in our communities. Who Should Attend? - Educators and administrators - Farmers and school gardeners - Farm to School coordinators - School food service staff - [...] |
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