Wednesday (Oct 10)
Sun to Cheese Tours
Cheese lovers get an inside look at dairy farming and cheese production.
2–4pm. Shelburne Farms. Shelburne. $15 includes a block of cheese.
Swede Midge Workshop
Swede midge is an invasive insect pest that has been found in Vermont since 2006, but is recently expanding its range. The midge attacks the growing tips of brassica plants. This workshop discusses what is known about the midge, how to monitor for the midge, typical damage signs, and the current best practices for controlling the midge in organic systems.
3-5pm. Intervale Community Farm. Burlington. Contact Yolanda Chen with questions at yolanda.chen@uvm.edu.
The Great Vermont Corn Maze
If the sun is shining, maze lovers get to try their hand at this massive field full of twists and turns.
10am. 1404 Wheelock Rd. Danville. $9-12; free for ages 4 and under.
Thursday (Oct 11)
Bacon Thursdays
Attendees get platters of bacon that they can dip in a variety of sauces. Yum. Oh yes — there’s music and chatting too. Partial proceeds benefit NOFA-Vermont.
7–10pm. Nutty Steph’s. Middlesex. Cost of food; cash bar.
ECHO After Dark
Investigate the flavors of Vermont in this terroir-based tasting of European wine and chocolate from Lake Champlain Chocolates’ new Blue Bandana Chocolate Maker line.
7–9pm. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. Burlington. $15-20; for ages 21 and up. Please preregister here.
The Blind Café
Diners get to eat a vegetarian dinner … in the dark. This “sensory tasting experience” supports a local organization dedicated to improving the lives of the blind community in Burlington. Food is local, and a concert pulls the evening together.
7:30pm. BCA Center. Burlington. $45. Continues through Saturday. Purchase tickets here.
Hug Your Farmer Benefit Concert
An All-Star Tribute To 50 Years Of The Rolling Stones earns money for The New Farmer Project, an initiative of UVM Extension. The all-star lineup includes Bob Wagner, Joshua Panda, Jon Fishman (Phish), and many others.
8pm. Higher Ground. South Burlington. Purchase tickets here.
Friday (Oct 12)
Social-Media Marketing for Agribusiness
Attendees get the scoop on using social media to achieve their agribusiness goals.
1–2:30pm. Langevin House. Vermont Technical College. Randolph Center. Free.
Das Bierhaus Oktoberfest
This Oktoberfest has plenty of German brews with themed games and a beard & mustache contest to boot. Aren’t you already curious which mustache will take the prize?
5–10pm. Blue Ribbon Pavilion. Champlain Valley Exposition. Essex Junction. $8; $10 for all three days. Continues through Sunday. Purchase tickets here.
Vermont Tech Dairy Processing & Commercial Kitchen Project Introduction
This talk introduces plans to develop a dairy-centric community kitchen at the Vermont Tech Enterprise Center.
2:45–4pm. Langevin House. Vermont Technical College. Randolph Center. Free. More information here.
Evening Fall Wagon Ride
Horse drawn wagons take fall lovers on a tour of the Shelburne Farm grounds. Rides leave at 6 pm, 6:35 pm and 7:10 pm.
6pm. Shelburne Farms. Shelburne. $7-15; free for kids under 3.
Sustainable Energy Field Day Series: Farming Off-Grid
Erika and Mauricio Medina will give us a tour of their small off-grid permaculture farm. The farm provides vegetables, eggs, raw honey, turkeys, chickens and wool from a small flock of Finn sheep. If you are interested in low-input, off-grid farming and homesteading, this tour is for you! Refreshments will be provided.
10am-12pm. One Earth Farm. 266 Blackman Hill Rd. Brooktondale. NY. Free. Please preregister here.
Saturday (Oct 13)
Burlington Food Tours
Food lovers get a guided food tour as they are led through tastings from local restaurants and food producers. Tours start at East Shore Vineyards Tasting Room.
12:30–3pm. Church Street Marketplace. Burlington. $45. Purchase tickets here.
Southern Vermont Hike for Hunger
Support Hunger Free Vermont and get your hike on at this event that raises awareness of hunger and malnutrition. Check-in, 10 am; 1.5- and 3-mile loops, 11 am; community celebration with food follows.
10am. Grafton Ponds. Grafton. $25. Please preregister here.
‘The Leaf Peepin’, Cider Sippin’ Revue’
The ladies LeMay entertain the Three Needs crowd with music, skits, videos and election spoofs.
7pm, 9pm, 11pm. Three Needs. Burlington. $10.
Cabot Apple Pie Festival
Pies duel for the top prizes, and if you need a bit of a pie break, there will be a silent auction and a craft show to distract (but only for a moment, who are we kidding?) Proceeds benefit the Cabot Historical Society.
9am–3pm. Gymnasium. Cabot School. Cabot. Free.
Harvest Festival
Music by Tammy Fletcher & Trio accompany a wide array of samples form local restaurants.
10am–2pm. Community Education Center. Green Mountain Technology & Career Center. Hyde Park. Free.
‘The Summer of Walter Hacks’
Waterbury Center dairy farmer George Woodard’s film captures Vermont in the 1950s. Benefits the Intervale Center.
7pm. Film House. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center. Burlington. $5-10 suggested donation.
Apple Tasting Extravaganza & Fruit-Growing Workshop
Attendees can munch on over 100 kinds of apples and find out how to harvest at home.
11am–4pm. Walden Heights Nursery & Orchard in Walden. Free.
Ciderfest 2012
Ciderfest 2012 will showcase the high quality sweet and hard ciders and apple wines produced in the region. If you make your own hard cider or apple wine, please enter our Stellar Cellar contest! Savor the tastes of Vermont while enjoying live music by Run Mountain and picking apples.
3–7pm. Champlain Orchards. Shoreham. $18/person. Purchase tickets here.
Permaculture for Home & Garden
In this workshop, students will learn Permaculture principles as applied in temperate homes and gardens. We will discuss organic gardening, building with local natural materials, ecological lawn, meadow, stream and wetland care, orchards, composting, off-the-grid water systems, and domestic and wild animal management. Bring questions.
All day 10/13-14. Yestermorrow Design/Build School. 7865 Main Street. Waitsfield. $320. Competency Level: All Levels. Please preregister here.
Sunday (Oct 14)
Northfield CROP Hunger Walk
Walkers stroll to benefit CERV, which supports a local food shelf, clothing store and emergency-relief services, as well as the Church World Service.
2pm. Plumley Armory. Norwich University. Northfield. Donations accepted.
Doughnut Sunday
The orchard’s 45th anniversary and the making of it’s 1 millionth cider doughnut are celebrated. Benefits the Champlain Adaptive Mounted Program.
10am–4pm. Hackett’s Orchard. South Hero. $5.
Onion River Apple Grinder
This 33-mile dirt-road ride celebrates the season great cycling weather. Hot cider, applesauce and a bring-your-own barbecue party follow.
9:30am. Onion River Sports. Montpelier. Free. More information here.
Mushroom Walk & Talk
Join Robert Resnik and Stephanie Miner for a fun-filled walk and talk in the Hort. Farm woods followed by a lively discussion of your “finds”. Bring a basket or a paper bag, no plastic please.
10am – 1pm. UVM Horticulture Farm. South Burlington. Email info@friendsofthehortfarm.org to preregister (required).
Backyard Biodynamics – Canning and Preserving
Learn an array of canning and preserving techniques that will enable you to enjoy your Fall harvest throughout the winter months.
9am-4pm. The Learning Center. Hawthorne Valley Farm. 327 Route 21C. Ghent, NY. $45-$65 on a sliding-scale, lunch included. Please preregister here.
Monday (Oct 15)
Gastronomy Book Discussion
Readers discuss Paper Fish by Tina de Rosa as their food-centric book of the week.
6:30pm. Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Montpelier. Free.
Tuesday (Oct 16)
A Mosaic of Flavors
Goat meat Nepalese style is the focus of this cooking class led by Durga Bista.
6–7:30pm. Sustainability Academy, Lawrence Barnes School. Burlington. $5-10. Please preregister here.
Science & Stories: Pumpkins
Kids learn about the lifecycle of these festive fall squash.
11am. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. Burlington. Regular admission, $9.50-12.50; free for kids 2 and under.
Natural Resources Conservation Service Panel Discussion
Join Valley Food and Farm, a program of Vital Communities, to learn about USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in a panel discussion with NRCS Staff and local farmers. Stay for a mixer and refreshments after the panel!
6-8pm. Cobb Hill Common House. Linden Road. Hartland. Free. Arrive at 5pm for an optional tour of Cobb Hill Cohousing. Contact Valley Food and Farm for questions at (802) 291-9100 or maggie@vitalcommunities.org.
Growing Health 2012: Cultivating Farms, Food & Health
We are excited to announce our fourth Growing Health. On October 16, we will debut a statewide meeting entitled “NYS Healthy Farms, Healthy People” to consider how agriculture in NY and the Northeast can improve the health of NY residents. The day of learning and discussion will be crowned by the well-known evening tasting event featuring locally grown and produced food and beverages. On October 17, there will be a conference for interdisciplinary learning and dialogue.
All day 10/16-17. Riverwalk Hotel and Conference Center. Binghamton. NY. Please preregister and find more information here.
Wednesday (Oct 17)
No events known. If you have food events for this newsletter, please send them to haylley.johnson@uvm.edu.
