Workshop

Glean Team Update This season, Millstone's volunteer Glean Team harvested approximately 1,000lbs of excess crops, including kale, tomatoes, and summer/winter squash, from our own fields and at The Hickories in neighboring Ridgefield. After each gleaning, our bounty is picked up by food runners from local nonprofit,Community Plates, and distributed to those in need. Millstone Farm is a 75-acre working farm in Wilton, CT. We are helping rebuild our food community through small scale agriculture, educational activities, and events. We raise pastured heirloom breed sheep, pigs, and poultry, and grow vegetables for our CSA, local chefs, and family owned markets. Upcoming Workshops  Pickling & Preserves Sunday, October 21: 1pm - 4pm Cost: $30; RSVP to katie@millstonefarm.org or call (203) 834-2605 Millstone's resident farmer, Annie Farrell, and our good friend and CSA member, Tracy Castelli, will demonstrate several techniques for preserving the harvest. Refrigerator pickles, spicy pickled beans, and sweet berry compote are just some of the recipes we'll prepare and sample. This will be a hands-on learning experience right here in our kitchen, so be ready to get a little pickle juice on your hands!   Nutrient Dense Gardening (2 day workshop) Saturday, October 27: 9:30am - 4:30pm andSaturday, March 16, 2013: 9:30am - 4:30pm Cost: $150; Register at bionutrient.org Presented by Dan Kittredge, Executive Director of the Bionutrient Food Association and the Real Food Campaign, the workshop will help participants grasp and apply Dan's innovative and reliable principles and practices for producing healthy crops, higher yields, and more nutritious fruits and vegetables. The workshop is suitable for farmers, growers, and gardeners of all types.   For a detailed description of the workshop, and to register, visit www.bionutrient.org. Substantial financial assistance is available to farmers and others who wish to attend. Contact the course administrator, Gary Neves, for more information. Thanksgiving Turkeys... Going Fast! Due to an enthusiatic response to our August newsletter, Millstone Farm's pasture-raised Thanksgiving turkeys are almost sold out! Email your order asap to katie@millstonefarm.org and make sure a Millstone bird is the centerpiece of your holiday spread.  forward this email to a friend  Copyright © 2012 Millstone Farm, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you requested information on Millstone Farm's workshops and/or pasture-raised meats. Our mailing address is: Millstone Farm 180 Millstone Road Wilton, CT 06897 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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