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Upcoming Meetings Slow Food USA Events (off site) Special Food Events International Slow Food Events (off site) Our June Meeting:
When: Monday, June 9, 5:30 pm to 7 pm with dinner at the farm afterwards
Where: Tamarack Farm in Spring Mills
Cost: $15 pp, no charge for kids ($12 for the dinner and $3 to go into our Slow Food coffer)
Who and what will be there: We are invited to help Janice Jenkins and Michael Arthur do their evening farm chores and get ready for the Tuesday market in Boalsburg. In addition to raising vegetables, daughters and a dog, Tamarack Farm specializes in Icelandic sheep and in spinning their wool into beautiful yarn for fashioning into garments. Jan and Mike will also provide us with a simple farm supper, consisting of whatever is available--and Elk Creek Aleworks beer
What to bring: comfortable footwear and clothing for doing some farm chores. Some wine to share, if you prefer that. Anything else you feel would complement a supper of grilled Cow-a-Hen sausages, salad, bread, and a rhubarb dessert.
Directions via the scenic route: Take 322 East to Potters Mills and take a left there on Route 144. Go to Lower Georges Valley Road and take a right. Take that road all the way to Penns Creek Road, crossing PCR to Beaver Dam. Take a left on Immel Road. The phone number at the farm is 422-8041.
RSVP: to Anne aqc6@psu.edu by Saturday, June 7 or call 865-7431 so they can get in the provisions
Our July Meeting:
When: Tuesday, July 1 from 9 am until about 5 pm
Where: Sigel, PA (near Brookville)
Cost: no charge for the farm tours but lunch at the Triple C Bison Grill will be $10 and the nearby Quiet Creek Herb Farm gift shop will be open for business
Who and what will be there: Crystal Neill, proprietress of the Triple C Bison Grill will give us a tour of her family's farm where they have raised bison since 1990. Currently the herd is 50 strong. After lunch at the Grill, we'll head to the neighbors', Rusty and Claire Orner, and tour Quiet Creek Herb Farm and School of Country Living <www.quietcreekherbfarm.com>
What to bring: Money for lunch, money for shopping at the herb shop, gas money (let's carpool!)
Directions: Triple C Bison Grill is located 7181 Route 949 in Sigel, PA so you can Mapquest it. The phone number there is 814-752-6106. It is about 90 minutes west of State College and 2 hours north of Pittsburgh.
This will be a collaborative meeting with our friends from Slow Food Pittsburgh since the site is near Cook Forest in Western PA
RSVP: to Anne aqc6@psu.edu by Sunday, June 22 or call 865-7431.
August--Local Foods Week in Centre County, Slow Food Nation in San Francisco
Special Events in the Centre Region
Every Wednesday, 6 to 7
Free wine tasting and educational session on varieties and vintages
Seasonally
Local Farmers Markets Throughout the Centre Region, many farmer's markets exist to showcase the bounty that our farmers produce. We have compiled a list of some of the ones easily accessible by folks in our area.
Please click here for the list of our farmer's marketsOngoing
Gardening/Cooking Classes 2008 @ Tait Farm
Classes: Saturdays 10am-11:30am
Register Early as Classes Fill Quickly
Located 2.5 Miles East of Boalsburg on Route 322
Call the Harvest Shop at 814-466-3411 to register or for more information.
www.taitfarmfoods.com