Boo!

The Portsmouth Halloween Parade is a great, high-spirited community event - and completely grassroots. This year, you have a chance to eat and drink at some great local places to support this fun evening. The Parade will be the charity featured at Community Night on Tuesday, Oct. 28, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Flatbread Co., 138 Congress St., Portsmouth. Don't forget to ask for locally grown pizza toppings! And after the pizza, stroll over to the Portsmouth Brewery for Community Pint Nights. On Tuesdays, for each beer you buy, The >Portsmouth Brewery< will donate 25¢ to the non-profit of your choice. Now's your chance to raise a mug to the Portsmouth Halloween Parade.

Serve Your Country...Food!

Slow Food Seacoast member Deb K. sent word of a new website created by Severine von Tscharmer Fleming, filmmaker of The Greenhorns, a documentary about young farmers. The site, Serve Your Country Food, is an interactive map and catalogue of farmers under 40 across the U.S. The creator says:

"This map is a way for us to feel our own numbers, and connect with nearby farmers as well as nearby markets/media. It helps to visualize the force, the surge, the irresistible fleet of citizen farmers- the merry coalition of constructive kismet. The website allows young farmers to fill out relevant details about their farming operation, their history farming, their future farming vision. Its a chance for us to raise our voices on behalf of American agriculture. Journalists from national and local media will be able to access profiles of young farmers and get in contact with these rock star farmers. The survey questions will generate useable demographic information about the obstacles for young farmers, the feasibility of various land-tenure options, and the potential rural economic development impact of a surge in new farmers."

So please take a look...and enter information to nominate a local young farmer!

Nutritious Family Cooking Class at Stonewall Kitchen

Slow Food member Eileen Behan will be teaching at the new Stonewall Kitchen Cooking School on November 1. "Nutritious Family Cooking" is a cooking class for parents based on the premise that the best place to teach nutrition is right at home in the first two years of life. Enjoy delicious food designed for the family feeding young children. Learn wholesome recipes that minimize salt, and maximize flavor so family meals can be puréed, mashed, or chopped, and served to all children. Best of all, there will be a Q&A period for you to ask all the questions you've always wanted to know the answers to with a trained nutritionist. The class runs 10 AM - noon and coss $40. Sign up at the Stonewall kitchen website.

100-Mile Thanksgiving Returns Nov. 14!

In what is become an annual tradition, Slow Food Seacoast invites the public to a potluck Thanksgiving feast to share the best of the harvest from local farms, gardens, and kitchens.

On Friday evening, November 14th, 2008, Slow Food invites the public to a 100-Mile Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner at the Portsmouth Pearl, 45 Pearl Street, Portsmouth, NH, from 6:00-9:30 PM. Slow Food Seacoast will serve up locally raised roasted turkeys from Kellie Brook Farm in Greenland, NH and present a fun program featuring speakers, music, and information from organizations working toward a sustainable, healthy and affordable regional food supply for everyone.

In this "learn by eating" event, participants are invited to bring potluck dishes featuring at least one ingredient grown or raised within 100 miles of home. Guest speakers from farmers to food writers will give short talks on the history and lore of the familiar Turkey Day dinner, and share hints, sources and methods for planning your own hometown harvest celebration. How did the classics - turkey, cranberries, pumpkin pie - end up with a permanent place on our Thanksgiving menus? Why is Thanksgiving a perfect time to celebrate New England agriculture? Where can a home cook find the makings of a local Thanksgiving meal? We'll explore all these topics and more to provide new inspiration for your holiday table. Seacoast Eat Local will be present to share information about their upcoming Holiday Farmer's Markets, timed just right to stock up on fresh, locally grown foods for special dinners.

"Historically, the majority of our food came from within 100 miles of our kitchens," says John Forti, co-leader of Slow Food Seacoast and Curator of Historic Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum. "Today, less than 6% of our agricultural products come from NH -- some might say a dangerously low percentage. This Slow Food Seacoast event offers us a chance to meet the pleasant and worthwhile challenge of cooking from fresh ingredients sourced locally. Truly something to be thankful for!"

And the sharing of the bounty won't stop at the table. Money raised from admission donations will help the UNH Cornucopia Food Pantry distribute "Baskets of Hope," holiday baskets featuring delicious produce fresh from local farms. Funds from 100-Mile Thanksgiving will purchase food directly at local holiday farmer's markets. UNH students will assemble baskets on the spot and deliver them in time for needy residents' holiday meals.

The 100-Mile Thanksgiving was originally inspired by the writings of Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon, a Canadian couple who challenged themselves to spend a year living on just the ingredients available from within 100 miles of their home in Vancouver, BC. Through chronicles on their website The 100-Mile Diet, they struck a deeper chord than anyone could have predicted, nspiring thousands of individuals and even whole communities to try their own local eating challenges. Here in the Portsmouth area, Seacoast Eat Local took up the charge by promoting Eat Local Challenges in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Slow Food Seacoast adopted the idea for its first large public event, holding its inaugural 100-Mile Thanksgiving in November, 2006.

Since then, the event has become a highlight of the Slow Food Seacoast year. "100-Mile Thanksgiving is a great convergence of so many things we value," says Rachel Forrest, food and dining editor for the Seacoast Media Group and Slow Food member."Sharing delicious dishes that come from our own traditions, sharing our stories about that wonderful homemade food, taking the time to honor the people who grow and make our food here on the Seacoast by creating a meal from local ingredients...all of that. More importantly, it's about gathering and breaking bread with friends -- and strangers who become friends. It's really one of the best experiences of community I have all year--and what a feast!'

Since no feast is complete without a way of "working off" all the great food, the event will end with a centuries-old New England entertainment -- live music and contra dancing with Stone Soup.

All ages are welcome to join in the feast. Each guest is asked to contribute a potluck dish to serve at least 10 portions, and to bring their own place settings and beverages for this BYOB event. In lieu of an admission fee, Slow Food Seacoast will be accepting a suggested donation of $5 per person. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the UNH Cornucopia Food Pantry's "Baskets of Hope" program.

Partners in the Feast:

The Portsmouth Pearl (http://portsmouthpearl.com/) is a restored 1868 curch with a distinguished history as the earliest African-American church structure in New Hampshire. The Pearl's legacy of positive social change provides an ideal venue for friends to meet, eat, and discuss ways to find and grow good, clean, and fair food right here at home.

Slow Food Seacoast (http://slowfoodseacoast.blogspot.com/) is the local chapter of Slow Food USA (http://www.slowfoodusa.org/), whose 200 chapters celebrate the amazing bounty of food that is available locally and work to strengthen the connection between the food on our plates and the health of our planet. Members work to raise public awareness, improve access to affordable fresh food, and encourage the sincere enjoyment of foods that are local, seasonal, and sustainably grown with respect for the land, the livestock, and the labor that produces them. We believe in good, clean, and fair food for all, and in the pleasures of the common table.

Seacoast Eat Local ( http://www.seacoasteatlocal.org/about.html) is a grassroots group working to connect consumers with sources of locally grown and locally made foods. They advocate eating locally for ecological, social, cultural, and environmental reasons. In addition to the annual Eat Local Challenge, Seacoast Eat Local hosts winter farmer's markets, co-produces an annual Local Foods Resource Guide with Slow Food Seacoast, and gathers and shares sources of local food via its website. Seacoast Eat Local will host its first 2008 Holiday Potluck on November 22 at McIntosh Atlantic Culinary Academy in Dover.

The UNH Cornucopia Food Pantry (http://www.cornucopia.unh.edu/food_pantry.html) provides food and other support to UNH students, staff, faculty and their families. Cornucopia runs food basket drives every Thanksgiving and Winter Holiday season, along with another in the spring. Last year, they provided approximately 370 food gift baskets to families and served about 250 people on a weekly and emergency basis. Cornucopia is a partnership of the UNH Chaplains Association, the United Campus Ministry to UNH, the UNH Office of Community Service and Learning, The UNH Department of Residential Life, and the UNH Department of Housing.

*Additional photos available upon request.

Fall Fun at Lasting Legacy Farm

Lasting Legacy Farm in Barrington is hosting a "Fall Fun" day, and everyone's invited!
Enjoy a maple soft serve ice cream and other maple treats from Sugar Mama’s Maple,
Winner of the Commissioner's award for excellence in Agricultural Promotion~ Sandwich Fair 2008. Also try a hot apple cider doughnut from Pat’s Cider Doughnuts, made right before your taste buds!! Lunches from Atlantic Culinary Fresco Club to warm up the toes -- all while you come see us finish the barn that is being preserved from the 1800’s. Come tour the farm and see the animals!Reserve your holiday turkey! Take a walk on the trails! Press some apple cider from an old hand crank press to take home and enjoy!

Where & When: 148 Second Crown Point Road
Barrington, NH 03825
Sunday October 26, 2008
10 am ~ 4pm

Taste of the District! Or, Why You SHOULD Talk Politics Over a Meal...

Join us at Yellow House Farm in Barrington on October 19th to help raise money for the Cilley for Senate re-election campaign.

Sample gourmet soups and other goodies, all made with delicious foods grown on the local farms of Senate District 6. (District 6 includes Rochester, Somersworth, Barrington, Nottingham, and Madbury.)

We'll have live music courtesy of Lunch at the Dump, and a petting zoo and face painting for the kids (and the young at heart)!

Senator Jackie Cilley will address the concerns of small farms, eating local, and other environmental issues. Senator Cilley has been working with Yellow House
and some other local farms on issues relating to opening up markets for
local/small farms and eliminating some to the bureacracy that has been set
up to favor large agribusiness.

The cost of admission is a donation to the local food bank.

We hope to see you there!

Event Details

A Taste of District 6
Yellow House Farm
541 Route 202
Barrington, NH 03825

October 19, 2008
12pm-4pm

Featuring:
Senator Jackie Cilley
Lunch at the Dump
Local foods
Petting zoo
Face painting

For more information contact lori@cilleyforsenate.com or call 603.833.5458.

Cooking With Tastes of New England

Tastes of New England, a retailer, distributor and promoter of New England-made products and The Inn at Spruce Wood, a premier senior living community, today announced an entire day dedicated to cooking, eating and shopping just in time for the holidays. Cooking with Tastes of New England will take place on Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Inn at Spruce Wood in Durham. Renowned chef, Mary Ann Esposito, host of PBS’s Ciao Italia and author of the new book Ciao Italia: Slow & Easy, will headline the event.

Attendees of Cooking with Tastes of New England will be treated to a cooking demonstration and tasting featuring recipes for everything from holiday hors d’ oeuvres to tailgate parties. In addition, they will learn Esposito’s secrets to success and she will sign copies of her new book. Individuals will also be able to sample and purchase hundreds of New England-made food products.

“This holiday season people want to eat local and buy local,” said Mary Reed, owner of Tastes of New England. “This event is a way for people to create inventive holiday food and give unique gifts, most of which cannot be found anywhere else. In the coming year, we plan to host cooking events all over the Northeast so that we may share the goodness that New England has to offer.”

Seats are limited and tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets are $10 and include a gift bag full of free products, discounts and more. Copies of Mary Ann’s books will be available for purchase, courtesy of RiverRun Bookstore however, attendees are welcome to bring their own for signing.

Cooking with Tastes of New England will be held on Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Inn at Spruce Wood, located two miles behind UNH at 25 Worthen Road in Durham. To purchase tickets call Tastes of New England at (603) 868-1202 or visit their retail store at 7 Jenkins Court in Durham (next to Wings Your Way). Cash, Visa and Mastercard is accepted. For directions to the event, call The Inn at Spruce Wood at (603) 659-1100.

Harvest Dinner Fundraiser for Willow Pond Community Farm

Come out for an autumn Harvest Dinner on Friday October 17th, 7:00 p.m., at Apple Annie, 66 Rowell Road , Brentwood , NH. The feast will be prepared by Chef Ted McCormack of Flag Hill Winery & Distillery.

The meal’s key ingredients will be provided by Willow Pond Community Farm,
Apple Annie, Kellie Brook Farm, Yellow House Farm, and other local farms. This special dining opportunity is limited to twenty people. Celebrate the harvest, support local agriculture, and enjoy a fabulous autumn feast!

Harvest Dinner Tickets: $65 per person. To reserve tickets, please call 340-0571 or email willowpondfarmer@yahoo.com

Funds raised will support the CSA Program at Willow Pond Community Farm.

MENU:

Apple and Duck Dumplings insage and corn brown butter

Root Vegetable Carpaccio Salad - thinly sliced carrots, beets and turnips in cider and honey vinaigrette

Kellie Brook Farm Roast Pork with Kale and Apples
Or
Vegetarian Mini Pumpkin stuffed with curried brown rice, apples and chick peas

Maple Pumpkin Brulée and gingersnap cookie.

More Good Food Classes From Kittery Adult Education

Deb K. sends news of these heritage poultry classes, taught by Slow Food friends Susan Tuveson of Cacao Chocolates and Joe Marquette and Rob Gibson of Yellow House Farm.

Preserving the Harvest: Heritage Poultry Haute Cuisine
Two Nights of Heritage Poultry in the Flavors of Old Europe.

ow does one
cook heritage fowl? What are some of the traditional preparations that Europeans have been enjoying for generations? What does one serve beside a French hen or a roast goose? What comes after Duck a l’orange?

Heritage poultry farmer, Joe Marquette of Yellow House Farm in Barrington will team up with Susan Tuveson, owner of Cacao Chocolates, cook extraordinaire, and past host of the Portsmouth radio show, “Wine Me, Dine Me” for these special evenings. Classes will be held at Cacao Chocolates at 64 Government St. in Kittery. Register early, space is limited.

Heritage Chicken, Roasting the Fowl of Medieval France and Ancient Rome
Tues., Oct. 28th, 6-9 p.m.
Resident Fee: $50, $55 Nonresident
(includes cost of “heritage chicken” and other ingredients)
Heritage Duck and Goose, European delicacies
Wed., Oct. 29th, 6-9 p.m.
Resident Fee: $55, $60 Nonresident
(includes cost of “heritage duck/goose” and other ingredients)


Practical Heritage Poultry: Getting the Most Out of Your Poultry!
Thurs., Oct. 30th, 6-9 p.m.
Joe Marquette and Rob Gibson of Yellow House Farm will show ways you can get the most out of heritage poultry through the preparation of a roast chicken and duck. There will be a demonstration of how to roast, prepare stock, use condiments to enhance the flavors, and creative suggestions for use of leftovers. Plenty of opportunity for sampling.
Resident Fee: $25, Nonresident Fee: $30
(includes cost of “heritage chicken” and other ingredients)

To register, contact Kittery Adult Education!

Believing in Sustainability

Slow Food will participate in the Piscataqua Region
Interfaith Sustainability Weekend, October 17 - 19, 2008: "Sustaining Food and Spirit Through the Winter Ahead." All are welcome and there is no charge for the many program events. Please join us!

Friday Evening, 10/17 at 7:00pm:
The Slow Food Movement: International and Local Perspectives
at the Dover Friends Meeting House, 141 Central Avenue, Dover, NH,
with John Jemison, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and
representatives of Slow Food Seacoast and Seacoast Eat Local

Saturday Morning, 10/18, 8am-1pm: Attend the Portsmouth Farmer's
Market at City Hall parking lot

Saturday Afternoon from 1 –4pm at the Portsmouth Library: Putting
Food By: Workshops on Preserving Food, Root Cellars, Extended Season
Gardens, and Slow Food

Sunday October 19 at 10am at South Church: Sustainability and Faith -
a joint service presented by Rev. Roberta Finkelstein and Rabbi David Mark. For information www.southchurch-uu.org

The Interfaith Sustainability Weekend has been organized by the
Interfaith Sustainability Team of the Piscataqua Region (IST).

Back to School Lunch!

Amy W.'s latest post on her work with the Dover Schools Dining Facilities Committee is up at the Seacoast Eat Local site. They've made some tanglible progress in one school system - building solutions for waste control and healthy options in the cafeteria, and getting locally grown fruit to kids. Looks like the committee has developed some great initiatives and recommendations !

"Harvesting the Fall" and Vegetarian Cooking Classes at Chez Boucher

Chez Boucher has sent an annoucement of new classes in its fall lineup. For more information or to register, visit the Chez Boucher website. or email info@chezboucher.com.

Native Indian Harvest Cuisine: 3-Week Mini Workshop Series

Under Chef Myles Underwood, we'll be exploring Native Indian Cuisine Harvest where we're celebrating the fruits of our fall harvests, the food of Earth, the balancing health and harmony in traditional Native cuisine.

EVENING CLASSES:
October 8, October 15, October 22, 2008
Class Times: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost: $225.00 - for all three weeks

Week One - October 8th
Humbolt Fog Goat Cheese and Beet Salad with Roasted Fennel & Shallots
Roasted Chestnut Soup with Crème Fraiche
Maple Leaf Steamed Pike with a Maple Glaze and Fiddle Head Ferns
Sweet Molasses Bread Pudding

Week Two - October 15th
Spinach Salad with Local Apples and Mission Figs
Zuni Corn and Venison Soup
Maple Vinegar Marinated Pork Loin with Mohegan Succotash and Skillet Cornbread
Navajo Harvest Peach Crisp

Week Three - October 22nd
Harvest Salad with Caramelized Pears, Walnuts and Gorgonzola
Butternut Squash Bisque with Spiced Squash Seeds
Pueblo BBQ Roast Rack of Venison with Navajo Stuffed Sweet Peppers
Pumpkin Fry Bread with Local Honey Ice Cream

Vegetarian Cuisine: 3-Week Mini Workshop Series
So many of you have requested it, now it's here! Chef Myles Underwood has created a
three-week vegetarian class. With an emphasis on the fall, we will bring together a
gourmet yet hearty side to all things vegetarian.

WEEKEND CLASSES:
October 11, October 18, October 25, 2008
Class Times: 10:00 am - 29:00 pm
Cost: $225.00 - for all three weeks

Week One - October 11th - Autumnal Harvest
Roasted Fennel and Caramelized Apple Salad with a Lemon Shallot Dressing
Wild Mushroom Bisque with Fin Herbs and Grilled Garlic Crostini
Harvest Squash Baked Ziti with Cashew Ricotta, Caramelized Onions and a Sage Crumb
Warm Ginger Bread with Pumpkin ice cream

Week Two - October 18th - Pacific Rim
Corn Fritters over Greens with a Sweet and Spicy Chili Sauce
Thai Coconut Soup with Crispy Tofu and Braised Shitake Mushrooms
Curried Udon Noodle Stir-Fry with Baby Bok Choy
Coconut Custard with Sweet Mango and Mint

Week Three - October 25th - All About Grains
Pineapple, Cashew and Quinoa Stir-Fry
Israeli Couscous with Pistachios and Apricots
Asparagus and Lemongrass Risotto
Curried Apple Couscous
Balsamic Roasted Squash with Farro
Barley Salad with Grilled Portabellas

Halloween Fun-Couple's Night Out Class
Please join Chef Ron for a truly unique, fun and delicious night !
Haunted Halloween Cuisine & Costume Party
October 24, 2008
Class Times: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Cost: $150.00 per couple

Menu:
Corn Fritters with Warm Maple Syrup
Crab Cake Bites with Roasted Chipotle Aioli
Fried Chicken Lollipops with Cilantro Pepper Jelly Glaze
Herb Polenta Rounds with Marinated Portabellas and Chives
Smoked Salmon Mousse with Lemon Caper Crème Fraiche And Cucumbers
Stilton Tarts with Cranberry Chutney
Spiced Pumpkin Seeds
Lichee Nuts Soaked in Chambord
To Reserve Your Spot: http://www.chezboucher.com/products/item37.cfm

RAFT Heirloom Fruit Tasting at Old Sturbridge Village

Dear Fruit Growers, Chefs, Food Historians and Heirloom Fruit Enthusiasts,

You are invited to attend a workshop on rediscovering forgotten heirloom fruits and restoring historic orchards in Massachusetts. The workshop will take place on November 1, 2008 beginning at 9:00 am at Old Sturbridge Village, with a visit to a local orchard in the afternoon, followed by an heirloom apple tasting event. Co-sponsored by the Renewing America's Food Traditions (RAFT) Alliance and hosted by Old Sturbridge Village, it will feature two heirloom fruit conservationists from Arizona, Kanin Routson and Gary Nabhan, in addition to local experts.

The goal of RAFT is to safeguard foods currently at risk in the landscape, and bring a greater diversity of these back to our tables. In the morning, the workshop will highlight the historic loss of fruit diversity; reasons for still maintaining heirlooms; how to begin to identify "unnamed" varieties found in abandoned orchards; historic orchard restoration; and establishing a regional directory of sources of historic scion wood. After lunch, we will journey to an abandoned orchard in Rutland, returning to Old Sturbridge Village for an heirloom apple tasting event. A $25 fee per person includes the costs of materials and lunch. Reservations may be made by contacting Old Sturbridge Village at and must be made by October 22, 2008. We look forward to your involvement; please call Gary Nabhan at 928-225-0293 or email him at gpnabhan@email.arizona.edu if you have questions.

Thank you,
Gary, Suzanne, Christie, Jenny and Leigh

Gary Nabhan, RAFT Founder/Facilitator

Suzanne Nelson, Native Seeds/SEARCH

Christie Higginbottom, Old Sturbridge Village

Jenny Trotter, Slow Food, USA

Leigh Belanger, Chefs Collaborative

Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) Alliance
Managed by Slow Food USA, RAFT is an alliance of food, farming, environmental and culinary advocates who have joined together to identify, restore and celebrate America’s biologically and culturally diverse food traditions through conservation, education, promotion and regional networking.Founding RAFT partners: American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University, Chefs Collaborative, The Cultural Conservancy, Native Seeds/SEARCH, Seed Savers Exchange and Slow Food USA.

Photo: Veggie Gardening Tips

Portsmouth Brewery and Smuttynose News

This month's newsletter from Smuttynose includes a great video on the release party for the Kate the Great Russian Imperial Stout. Peter Eggleston, Smuttynose founder and owner, also says "The Kate Countdown Clock has begun anew, as a new batch is in the works, due for release on Monday, February 9, 2009, at 1:14PM. Once again, only ten barrels have been brewed, half of which will be bottled (limit two per customer)." In other news, the Portsmouth Brewery's seasonal beers this fall will include Octoberfest, Pumpkin Ale and Hop Harvest Ale. You can track happenings at the Brewery on their blog, Portsmouth Brewery Notes, and read news about Smuttynose and the beer business on Peter's new blog, Smuttynose Tavern.

Join SF Boston for a Visit to The Food Project

Want to get your hands dirty for a good cause? If so, here's your chance - join Slow Food Boston for a morning of work in the fields of the Lincoln location of the Food Project followed by a yummy seasonal lunch!

The folks out at the Food Project will welcome us at 9:30am on Saturday, October 11th with a tour of the twenty-seven acre farm, followed by explanation of our 'chores' for the morning. We'll help bring in the harvest, learn about sustainable agriculture and create positive energy by helping them with their mission all at the same time. After our hard manual labor, we'll relax over lunch and chat with farm managers. The day will conclude about 1:00pm.

Check out more about The Food Project and their initiatives on their website.

Price is $15, payable via Paypal or check, and attendance will be limited to 50 people. See Slow Food Boston website for more details and to reserve your spots today!

Cooperative Extension to Offer Sustainable Apple School

Sustainable Apple School: All About Growing and Marketing Apples

Are you thinking of starting an apple orchard? Or are you looking at replacing an old apple block with new varieties? And what does it take to grow and market a good apple crop? The answer is planning before planting. To tackle these questions, UNH Cooperative Extension (UNH CE) has organized this apple school that will be held on Monday October 20 (Part I) and Monday, October 27 (Part II). Day one of this two-day school will cover growing and marketing of apples as well as the effect of Mother Nature (Part I). The second day (Part II), held a week later, will cover insects, diseases, vertebrates and other pests. We will also cover ecological prevention and combat strategies using Integrated Pest Management techniques, whether you rely on using organic or synthetic pesticides or no-spray fruit growing.

We will also travel to an apple orchard and spend a couple of hours to discuss the orchard layout, its fencing, location, and how it’s been pruned, etc...

The sessions are from 8:30 am till 3:00 pm and will be held at the Rockingham County Nursing Home Auditorium in Brentwood. Each day has been granted five pesticides re-certification credits (Private/Commercial) from the NH Division of Pesticide Control. Feel free to attend either or both sessions. Pre- registration before October 14 is $17 per person: it includes lunch, refreshments, handout materials and a pocket guide for scouting apple pests. The Apple School is partly supported by the USDA Risk Management Agency. For more info contact UNH CE at 679-5616 or check details at www.extension.unh.edu

Farm Opportunity

Farmer wanted. Established organic CSA, Brentwood, NH. (5 yrs, 60+ families, workshares, active Core Group); no housing. 9 acres leased conservation land. 3+ acres cultivated. Solar irrigation system, farm equipment available. Start date: 2009 season. Contact: Liz, elizabethroy@yahoo.com, or 603-772-1379; http://www.willowpondfarm.org/