Events Calendar
May 2010
Spring Open House
Sunday, May 23, 4pm-6pm
Join us for our annual Spring pot luck (bring a dish for 8-10 to pass, along with tableware and a blanket). We're planning on live music for the kids, an art table for the kids to make a quilt piece for our commemorative quilt, a photo show by Shane Folkertsma, as well as farm orientation tours and Welcome packets for our new members. We encourage all returning members to join us in celebrating our 10th year together, and in welcoming our new members. Share your food journey stories, CSA stress-reduction tips, or anything else you've learned during your time with us!
June 2010
CSA pickups start!
Tuesday, June 8, Fulton Farmer's Market: 4-7pm
Thursday, June 10, Farm: 2-6:30pm
Pickup site food demo
Tuesday, June 15 & Thursday, June 17
This year the amazing home cook and CSA member, Cindy Young, will be conducting all the food demos out at the farm. Amy Sherman and Mindy Hamstra, both 10-year members of the farm, & Anja will be doing the demos in town. We will be conducting two hour demos every other week through the season for new members in particular, stressing prep techniques, pantry basics, cooking equipment, and two simple recipes each session. These demos are a great opportunity for new members to visually learn the basic building blocks for Cooking 101.
"Weed & Feed" at the Farm
Wednesday, June 16, 4pm-8pm, with potluck dinner at 5:50pm
We're switching our Saturday "Weed & Feed" events to Wednesday this year. Summer evenings are long and the lights are on until 10pm, so come out early at 4pm and stay as long as you'd like, or come for dinner and do a little weeding afterwards. This is a fun time for families to get to know each other, and for kids to spend some time in the dirt. We'll always provide the drinks and salads (our farm speciality!)--feel free to bring whatever you'd like to share!
"Ten-Year Celebration Party!"
Saturday, June 19, 6-9pm
We're hosting a dinner (created by Amy Sherman and Anja) in thanks for those CSA members who have been with us the longest. Anyone who started with us our first year in 2001, and who participated in growing the farm through 2002, 2003 and 2004, is invited to come for a sit down evening dinner on the farm. We hope you can share some of your stories with us, so that in turn we can share them in our weekly newsletters through the season.
Please rsvp Anja at trilliumhaven@earthlink.net. Please feel free to BYO beer/wine for the BYO on-site bar.
"Greens 101" cooking class with Amy Sherman
Saturday, June 26, 10am-1pm and includes lunch
Master greens recipes, cooking basics, including the differences amongst kale/swiss chard/spinach/arugula/collards/etc; everything you need to know for successful greens cooking! $25 per person. New Members have first priority.
*All cooking classes need to be prepaid at that week's Tuesday/Thursday pickup site.
"Weed & Feed" at the Farm
Wednesday, June 30, 4pm-8pm, with potluck dinner at 5:30pm
Come out and continue the endless weeding!
Pickup site demo
Tuesday, June 29
July 2010
PIckup site demo
Thursday July 1 with Cindy Young
Pickup site demo
Tuesday, July 13 & Thursday, July 15
"Weed & Feed" at the Farm
Wednesday, July 14, 4pm-8pm, with potluck dinner at 5:30pm
Come out early at 4pm and stay as long as you'd like, or come for dinner and do a little weeding afterwards. This is a fun time for families to get to know each other, and for kids to spend some time in the dirt. We'll always provide the drinks/salads--feel free to bring whatever you'd like to share!
"Ethnic Spices 101" cooking class with Cindy Young and Anja Mast
Saturday, July 17, 10am-1pm and includes lunch
Simple dishes like beans & rice, or beans & greens are eaten all over the world--the differences in flavor come from the spices. Learn what you need for a basic spice pantry so that you can make simple dishes from Thailand, India, China, and Brazil, all through spices, not complicated cooking techniques! $25 per person.
*All cooking classes need to be prepaid at that week's Tuesday/Thursday pickup site.
Pickup site demo
Tuesday, July 27 & Thursday, July 29
"Weed & Feed" at the Farm
Wednesday, July 28, 4pm-8pm, with potluck dinner at 5:30pm
Last chance to get those weeds out of the fields!
August 2010
Pickup site demo
Tuesday, August 10 & Thursday, August 12
"Easy Indian Cooking" with Ann Matchinsky and Anja Mast
Saturday, August 21, 10am-1pm and includes lunch
Spice mixes made easy, local Indian sources, veggi & meat curries and more. We LOVE Indian food and want to share what we've learning over the years. This is not a class for a beginner cook; experience in the kitchen, a love of spices, and a desire to recreate favorite restaurant dishes in your own home a must! $25 per person.
Pickup site food demo
Tuesday, August 24 & Thursday, August 26
"Canning 101" Heirloom tomato canning class with Mindy Hamstra
August 28
Morning class: 10am--1pm with lunch
Afternoon class: 2pm--5pm with dinner
Salsa, tomato jam and simple heirloom tomato sauce will be cooked and canned. This year we're focussing on new members--if you've never canned before, then this is the class for you! The result of trying out all the steps in the canning process will be the ability to do this yourself at home!
Mindy and I are making a whole day of it, with two classes - the lunch and dinner will highlight canned tomato recipes, with some extra fruit/veggie chutneys and canned fruit sauces to try.
$25 per person, and everyone will have a few jars to take home.
*Please prepay for the canning class at that week's Tuesday/Thursday pickup site.
September 2010
Pickup site demo
Tuesday, September 7 & Thursday, September 9
"Soup Basics 101" Soup-making cooking class with Amy Sherman and Anja Mast
Date TBD?
Soup-making basics: stocks, broths, aromatics etc. Everything you ever wanted to know to make successful soup. Class runs from 10am--1pm and includes lunch. $25 per person.
*All cooking classes need to be prepaid at that week's Tuesday/Thursday pickup site.
Potato Harvest!
Saturday, September 25, 9am--12pm with a lunch featuring potato recipes!
Yay! The kids' FAVORITE dirty event of the year! Come out with the family to harvest potatoes with the rest of the community! Very fun event (your kids will ask it they can do it again the next week, we promise!) Our soil is a dream to work with; parents pull out the potato plants, and kids come through collecting the potatoes. Please RSVP so I know how many to plan for lunch.
October 2010
Fall Festival! Our most anticipated event of the year!
Saturday, October 2, 5pm-9pm, $10 per adult, kids are free
Hay rides, picking pumpkins in the pumpkin patch & jack-o-lantern carving, apple-cider making, bonfire & marshmallows, and The BlueWater Ramblers bluegrass band playing through the evening, and ending with some super-fun square dancing! There is something for everyone.
Potluck dinner (bring your own tableware). Sign up for food stations (main dishes/dessert/soup/salads) the week before at the pickup sites.
Pickup site food demo
Tuesday, October 5 & Thursday, October 7
Last week of pickup
Tuesday, October 26 & Thursday, October 28
November 2010
Winter Farmer's Market at Trillium during November/December:
For the past few years Michael and the interns have been testing different types and varieties of storage crops and practicing methods of winter greenhouse growing. Our goal is to eventually offer a winter CSA share to those members who wish to continue their seasonal eating experience with us.
We have come realize, however, that offering and running a winter CSA may just be beyond the limits of our own capacity as farmers. We are exhausted after a long summer season, and traveling and visiting organic farms on the east coast is an important part of our winter down time. With our new "Farmer's in Training" program, we will be looking for young farmers to co-create and co-operate a winter CSA at Trillium.
In the meantime, the extra test crops we store, and grow in the greenhouses, need a market. We would like to continue to offer "farmer's market" days on our farm during November and early December to sell that produce. Please check your yahoo group emails from us as to upcoming days/time when you can come to the farm to buy produce. Your friends and neighbors are very welcome as well!