Field to Plate
Sunday, June 13: Spring Salad and Cooking Greens with Chef Andrea Carlson
Registration Deadline June 5, 2010
Sunday, August 8: Summer Nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc.) with Chef Laurie Munn
Registration Deadline July 31, 2010
Saturday, October 2: Fall Roots and Squashes with Chef Heidi Fink
Registration Deadline September 25, 2010
All too often, food is viewed as an end product, independent of the land that produced it, the hands that grew it, and those who prepared it. This cooking series provides participants with something more than just a new recipe or technique.
Conducted by farmer Michael Ableman and regional chef friends, the classes will begin in the fields, harvesting and tasting seasonal ingredients and learning about the history of various foods and the ways in which they are grown. The classes then move to our kitchen/classroom where guest chefs will demonstrate several dishes followed by a shared sit down meal.
Each class in the series will focus on the season, allowing us to explore flavour differences and preparation techniques based on the farm’s natural cycle. We’ll start with salad and cooking greens in spring, followed by tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant in early summer, and finishing with roots and squashes in the fall.
Classes will be limited to 35 students, so early registration is encouraged. We offer a 10% discount for booking all 3 workshops. Read full course description
The Art of Wild Crafting
Registration Deadline June 11, 2010
Explore uses of native plants with renowned naturalist and geographer Briony Penn. From wild berries to cattails, learn how to identify and harvest native foods and to supplement farmed food with food from the wild. Discover how our forests and oceans were sustainable sources for everything from eating utensils, to rope, clothing, and natural dyes. Learn how to establish native plants in your own garden and help restore local biodiversity. During this workshop we will do identification, gathering, journaling and crafts within and around the forests, waterways, and wild areas of Foxglove Farm. Read full course description
The Art of Wild Crafting
Registration Deadline June 11, 2010
Explore uses of native plants with renowned naturalist and geographer Briony Penn. From wild berries to cattails, learn how to identify and harvest native foods and to supplement farmed food with food from the wild. Discover how our forests and oceans were sustainable sources for everything from eating utensils, to rope, clothing, and natural dyes. Learn how to establish native plants in your own garden and help restore local biodiversity. During this workshop we will do identification, gathering, journaling and crafts within and around the forests, waterways, and wild areas of Foxglove Farm. Read full course description
Registration Deadline June 15, 2010
Join master farmer Eliot Coleman for a one-day intensive workshop on winter food production. This will be Eliot’s only appearance on the west coast.
This workshop will cover all aspects of year-round high tunnel vegetable production. Eliot will discuss greenhouse construction and design, moveable greenhouses, soil fertility in the greenhouse, suitable vegetable varieties for the winter season, how to create a calendar of successive planting dates for a continuous harvest of multiple crops, weed control, crop rotation, harvest techniques, and how to fit all this in with summer greenhouse crops. Read full course description
Join master farmer Eliot Coleman for a one-day intensive workshop on winter food production. This will be Eliot’s only appearance on the west coast.
This workshop will cover all aspects of year-round high tunnel vegetable production. Eliot will discuss greenhouse construction and design, moveable greenhouses, soil fertility in the greenhouse, suitable vegetable varieties for the winter season, how to create a calendar of successive planting dates for a continuous harvest of multiple crops, weed control, crop rotation, harvest techniques, and how to fit all this in with summer greenhouse crops. Read full course description
