WOODBRIDGE - Massaro Community Farm, 41 Ford Road, has announced the following schedule of summer activities:
Helping honey bees survive workshop
July 13
6-7:30 p.m.
Do you want to know more about how bees help in our overall food culture and how you can help them thrive?
This workshop, presented by Bill Hesbach, author, teacher, and Master Beekeeper, will cover the origin of honey bees in North America and how they serve as a vital part of our food-chain and ecology.
We will also cover some of the threats to honey bees and how each of us can help provide some forage and habitat for their survival.
Wild plant and fungi foraging for the summer
The summer months are a bounty of ripe berries, nectar-laden edible flowers, amazing edible plants along the seashore, and edible mushrooms can carpet the forest floor after warm, rainy days.
Learn how to identify, sustainably harvest, and prepare the wild foods of summer, from beach plums to invasive wineberries, including some of the choice summer fungi like chanterelles and the myriad of pored Boletes.
Join The 3 Foragers as they teach the edible plants and fungi of summer with their original photos and recipe ideas featured in an educational slideshow, and finish with a walk outside to put some of those newly learned skills to the test.
This workshop, presented by Bill Hesbach, author, teacher, and Master Beekeeper, will cover the origin of honey bees in North America and how they serve as a vital part of our food-chain and ecology.
We will also cover some of the threats to honey bees and how each of us can help provide some forage and habitat for their survival.
Wild plant and fungi foraging for the summer
July 22
10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Learn how to identify, sustainably harvest, and prepare the wild foods of summer, from beach plums to invasive wineberries, including some of the choice summer fungi like chanterelles and the myriad of pored Boletes.
Join The 3 Foragers as they teach the edible plants and fungi of summer with their original photos and recipe ideas featured in an educational slideshow, and finish with a walk outside to put some of those newly learned skills to the test.
Fermenting at the farm
Aug. 24
6-7:30 p.m.
Come and learn healthy ways to store and use up your abundance of local veggies from the farm!
Expert fermenter, Sara Servin, will be taking a sample of veggies from the farm and teaching attendees how to preserve them using salt and yeast fermentation methods.
Learn all about how you can preserve your fresh food to use later in the year, and at the same time, improve your health by creating natural probiotic cultures that encourage digestive health.
There is a suggested donation of $10/person and each individual will bring home something to ferment from the class.
Learn all about how you can preserve your fresh food to use later in the year, and at the same time, improve your health by creating natural probiotic cultures that encourage digestive health.
There is a suggested donation of $10/person and each individual will bring home something to ferment from the class.
2017 Massaro's Dinner on the Farm
Massaro Community Farm will host its Annual Dinner on the Farm from 4:30-9 p.m. Sept. 3. This celebration features an all-inclusive, all-local meal prepared by award winning Chef Denise Appel, incorporating meat, cheese, breads, brews, and, of course, farm vegetables. Guests dine amid the fields and flowers of historic Massaro Farm, a former family dairy farm.
Admittance includes a farm tour with Farmer Steve Munno, open bar, hors d'ouevres interactive exhibits, and silent auction. Proceeds support the farm's commitment to farm-based education and the thousands of pounds of produce we donate each season to those in need. $150 per person.
We look forward to seeing you at the farm! buy tickets HERE.
This is a press release from Massaro Farm.
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