Passing along from Applecrest Farm:

Applecrest Farm is a 100+ acre diversified fruit and veggie farm located in Hampton Falls, NH.  They’re seeking out-going folks with a passion for agriculture and food to represent Applecrest both at their home farm C.S.A. and at numerous Seacoast Area farmers markets. Running May thru October, these are retail oriented, full-time seasonal positions paying up to $12 pr/hr. For more info, email info@applecrest.com (please include “Market & CSA jobs” in the subject line)

Field & Spoon, a series of dinners at local farms, is being held to benefit ReRootEd, a program of Seacoast Local. The first dinner will be at Tuckaway Farm in Lee, NH, on Sunday, June 3rd, at 4:30 p.m. Mark Segal, the executive chef at The One Hundred Club in Portsmouth, will be joined by guest chefs Lydia Shire and Alex Pineda. Reserve early and save $20 off ticket prices!

Field & Spoon Local Farm Dinner: Tuckaway Farm
Tuckaway Farm, Lee, NH
Seacoast Local – ReRootEd
Sunday, June 3, 2012
4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $110 per person ($20 early bird discount; additional discount for tables of

Join us for a cocktail hour, farm tour, and gourmet dinner at Tuckaway Farm in Lee, N.H., featuring Mark Segal, executive chef at The One Hundred Club in Portsmouth. Guest chefs include Lydia Shire Boston, M.A. and Alex Pineda, Waterhouse restaurant, Peterborough N.H. Cocktail hour and farm tours begin at 4:30 p.m., dinner is served at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $110, all inclusive, including tax and gratuity. Event held rain or shine. The farm dinner serves as a fundraiser for ReRootEd, the Seacoast Local program that expands the role of food in building our local economy. Reservations required.

Additional dinners in the series include:

July 29—Osprey Cove, Madbury, NH—Chef/Owner, Ken Young, Young’s Restaurant, Durham NH
August 5—Coppal House Farm, Lee, NH—Chef/Owner Christopher Lund, Christopher’s Third Street Grill, Dover NH
August 12—New Roots Farm, Newmarket, NH—Chef Jake Smith, The Black Birch, Kittery ME
August 25—Hurd Farm, Hampton, NH—Chef Ben Hasty, When Pigs Fly, Kittery ME

For more information or to purchase tickets to this or other dinners in the series, click here.

For more information: www.seacoastlocal.org

Read about Field & Spoon and ReRootEd at SeacoastOnline >

The Kittery Land Trust is celebrating their 25th year with an Anniversary Gala on Sunday, June 3rd, at The Dance Hall in Kittery.  To kick-off fundraising efforts for their Johnson Farm conservation project, this community event features a vacation auction led by Susan Poulin as “Ida the Auctioneer” — come bid and help protect 300 acres of farmland!

Toast the Nature of Kittery: Eat, Laugh, Bid
Kittery Land Trust
The Dance Hall, 7 Walker Street, Kittey, ME
Sunday, June 3, 2012
6 – 8:30 p.m.

Be sure to make your reservation now for the 25th Anniversary Gala, in support of the Johnson Farm project, at The Dance Hall in Kittery!

Enjoy the scrumptious food of our fine local restaurants: Anneke Jans, AJ Wood Fired Pizza, Beach Pea Baking Co., Loco Cocos, The Black Birch, and Tulsi.

Be entertained by famous local actor/humorist, Susan Poulin as “Ida the Auctioneer.”

And bid on week-long vacations (links highlighted): an African safari package (for 2), a tropical St. John’s home get-away (for 6), an idyllic Maine island cottage retreat (Isle Au Haut), and a San Miguel de Allende, Mexico contemporary condo escape. Bids will also be encouraged to kick-off fundraising efforts for the Johnson Farm conservation project.

Tickets are $60/person. For reservations, contact Rebecca Dawson Webb, rdwklt@gmail.com.

For more information: www.kitterylandtrust.org

Taste of the Nation Portsmouth
Share Our Strength Portsmouth
The Strawbery Banke Museum, Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
General Admission 6:30 – 10:00 PM
VIP Admission 5:30 – 10:00 PM

The weather is warming, and that magical time of year is fast approaching. For the past 18 years sell out crowds have welcomed the arrival of summer by gathering for the most highly anticipated food event of the year— the Taste of the Nation Portsmouth. So mark your calendar now for Wednesday June 27th. The Taste of the Nation Portsmouth will once again be held under magnificent tents on the gorgeous grounds of The Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH. Tickets are on sale on now, and as always, 100% of the price of your ticket will go to fight childhood hunger here in New Hampshire, and beyond.

For more information: http://ce.strength.org/events/taste-nation-portsmouth

Backyard Chicken Workshop
Joseph Marquette, Yellow House Farm
Rye Public Library, 581 Washington Rd, Rye, NH
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
6:30 p.m.

Everything you ever wanted to know about raising chickens and gathering eggs in your own backyard!

Free and open to the public. Contact tritzo@comcast.net for more details.

For more information: www.ryeturninggreen.org

And mark your calendar for Rye’s Chicken Coop Tour, Sunday, June 10th!

Wild Miller Gardens at Tuckaway Farm is holding an Open Farm Day on Sunday, May 20th, with hay rides from 1 to 4 p.m.:

Open Farm Day
Wild Miller Gardens at Tuckaway Farm
11 Randall Rd, Lee, NH
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Hay rides 1–4 p.m.

Gather at the Well House and give yourself a walking tour and see the animals or join a hay ride to get a tour of the farm and hear about our plans for the coming season!

For more information: www.wildmillergardens.com

Visit the Seacoast Eat Local Calendar for more weekend events, including Kittery Land Trust’s screening of Meet Your Farmer and Rustlewood, and listings of farmers’ markets now open for the season!

Join Slow Food Seacoast and the Black Trumpet Bistro in getting children from Vivian E. Hussey Elementary School out of the classroom and into the field at Riverside Farm in North Berwick.  Children will do some spring planting and receive seeds to plant at home. The students will then return  to school to have a local meal in the cafeteria.

We are in need of people to help with the following:

• Friday May 18,  8:30 – 11:30: Assist with logistics of children arriving and departing from Riverside farm on buses and guiding groups where they need to go.

• Friday May 18, 10:30 – 1:30: Help Black Trumpet Chef Evan Mallett plate and serve a Taco Salad made from local ingredients in the cafeteria at Vivian E. Hussey School in North Berwick.

Please email slowfoodseacoast@gmail.com  or call Evan at  207-752-1389 to volunteer. It is going to be a great day and a wonderful opportunity to give children a hands-on learning experience!

A free screening of Meet Your Farmer and Rustlewood, two documentaries about farming in Maine, is being hosted by the Kittery Land Trust on Sunday, May 20th at 4 p.m. at the Dance Hall in Kittery, ME. These event is part of KLT’s Lecture/Film Series celebrating their 25th Anniversary, and is free and open to the public:

Film Screening: “Meet Your Farmer” and “Rustlewood”
Kittery Land Trust Lecture/Film Series
The Dance Hall, 7 Walker St, Kittery, ME
Sunday, May 20, 2012, beginning  at 4 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Join us for the fourth of Kittery Land Trust’s 2012 monthly lecture/film series. Two short films — Meet Your Farmer produced by Maine Farmland Trust and Rustlewood by Peter Randall on the Johnson Farm of Kittery — present nine authentic portrayals of the enduring vibrancy of Maine farming from Aroostook to York County.  Meet Your Farmer  and Peter Randall’s new documentary featuring Kittery’s own Johnson Dairy Farm, reveal the beauty and hard work behind producing food locally. Total run time: 62 minutes.

This series, celebrating KLT’s 25th Anniversary, is free and open to the public, no reservations required.

For more information: www.kitterylandtrust.org

Ben Hewitt, author of Making Supper Safe, is next in Food and Health Forum’s dinner and seminar series, Food for Thought. Hewitt will be speaking on “Good Germs, Bad Germs: Exploring the Relationship Between Humans, Bacteria & Food” on Monday, May 21st, at 6:30 p.m. at Blue Moon Evolution:

Food and Health Forum: Ben Hewitt
Blue Moon Evolution, 8 Clifford St, Exeter, NH
Monday, May 21, 2012
6:30 – 9 p.m.

Join us for dinner on May 21st to hear Ben Hewitt as he teaches us about the United States food industry and how it impacts our health. Ben has investigated both the “vulnerabilities” of industrialized food processing and the “possibilities” of regionalized food systems and will share his stories over a locally sourced dinner at the Blue Moon Evolution restaurant in Exeter, NH.

Here are some of the questions that Ben investigates in his book, Making Supper Safe:

• What power do the USDA and the FDA have to protect our food?
• Is it really in our best interests to have a handful of corporations presiding over our food?
• What’s the cause of antibiotic resistance in the U.S. and why do 18,000 Americans die from it?
• How does the food we consume affects the microbiota of our gut?
• How much does our “interior terrain” have to do with how we react to germs that we encounter every day?
• Why does the consumption of processed foods cause havoc on our intestinal flora?

Ben is the author of two books about regional food systems and economies: The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food, and Making Supper Safe: One Man’s Quest to Learn the Truth About Food Safety. Be part of this important community discussion as Ben looks at the “ever expanding distance between people and their sources of nourishment.”

The seminar goes from 6:30 – 9:00 pm. The cost for the dinner and seminar is $70. For information or to register go to www.foodandhealthforum.com or register at the Blue Moon Evolution located at 8 Clifford Street, Exeter, New Hampshire. For more information call 603-380-1080.  Special rates are offered for farmers ($35) and non-profits ($55).

For more information: www.foodandhealthforum.com

Are Pests, Disease, and Weeds the bane of your beautiful garden? Learn how to better identify and control the vermin that feast on your garden’s bounty at this hands-on workshop — enthusiastic Gardeners and Gardening Families Welcome!

Individual workshops are $15 per family or $40 for all four remaining sessions. To register, contact Ron Christie, UNH Cooperative Extension Rockingham County office, at 603-679-5616 orron.christie@unh.edu. Because of limited space, registration is required.

Workshops through September: Tuesday, May 15: Weeds, Pests, and Disease; Crop Rotation; Companion Plants and Allies; Tuesday, May 29: Permaculture; Composting; Cover Crops and Green Manures; Tuesday, Sept. 11: Extend Your Growing Season; Tuesday, Sept. 25: Closing YourGarden, Assessing Your Success, Planning for Next Year

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