A slideshow and talk by nurseryman, educator and permaculture specialist, on native, perennial, and unusual food crops for Downeast Maine. No RSVP required, but if you want to RSVP via email to [email protected], Aaron will email you materials. Presented by the Eat Downeast! Campaign. This talk takes place as part . . .
Greenhorns and Smithereen Farm partner to offer educational seaweed harvest events. This is our seventh year of offering Low Low Tides Seaweed Programming. These events are multi-day educational and social experiences; at dawn we teach you to harvest responsibly and process wild algae for culinary use. In the afternoon we . . .
Greenhorns and Smithereen Farm present, as part of our Low Low Tides Seaweed Harvest programming: A conversation about fisher-advocacy, values-based seafood, and defending the ocean commons. For those who are new to the “ocean space,” it’s not always clear that there are many civil society organizations working to represent the . . .
Greenhorns and Smithereen Farm present a talk by artist Amy Franceschini of Future Farmers.This is a virtual talk, stay tuned for link.Amy Franceschini is an artist and designer whose work facilitates encounter, exchange and tactile forms of inquiry by calling into question the “certainties” of a given time or place . . .
In 2022, Georgie Kendall started the Rhubarb Festival. Now celebrated annually on the first Saturday in June, the festival offers demos on planting and caring for rhubarb and explores rhubarb’s versatility in food and drink. Local vendors, music, kids’ games, a rhubarb tasting table, crust making, and all things “rhubarb” . . .
The Margaretta Days Festival is held annually commemorating the Battle of the Margaretta as the first Naval Battle of the American Revolution in which the Machias Patriots successfully resisted British aggression by capturing the British vessel the HMS Margaretta. The Festival also celebrates the Battle of Machias (the Rim) in . . .
Hosted by MOFGADetails: https://www.mofga.org/trainings/annual-events/farmandhomesteadday/Farm & Homestead Day at MOFGA is a free day of hands-on learning and fun. From its beginnings in 2012 it has been presented by volunteers who delight in sharing their expertise in skills for rural and sustainable living. There are activities for all ages.Learning to mow with . . .
Greenhorns and Smithereen Farm partner to offer educational seaweed harvest events. This is our seventh year of offering Low Low Tides Seaweed Programming. These events are multi-day educational and social experiences; at dawn we teach you to harvest responsibly and process wild algae for culinary use. In the afternoon we . . .
Join Hannah Webber, Director of Marine Ecology at Acadia National Park's Schoodic Institute for an early morning, low low tide walk in the intertidal zone. Exact location TBD (Pembroke adjacent)Registration link coming soon!This event is part of the Midsummer Seaweed Symposium, within the Low Low Tide Seaweed Program Series, co-presented by . . .
Greenhorns and Smithereen Farm present a talk by journalist Bridget Huber, of the Food and Environment Reporting Network, on Seaweed and Climate Change.Followed by an artist talk from Josie Iselin, and a farm dinner by chef Cortney Burns (register separately!)This event is part of the Midsummer Seaweed Symposium, part of . . .
