Mark your calendars for Colchester Farm CSA’s third annual fall harvest celebration, featuring food, fun and music for all ages, Saturday October 3, from 4 to 9 pm on the farm.
Family fun begins at 4 pm, with a variety of children’s activities. The fall harvest buffet will open at 6 pm, featuring pulled pork by Jeff Carroll/Fish Whistle, and seasonal dishes incorporating Colchester Farm vegetables prepared by Chef Kevin McKinney of B and K Market and Kitchen School. Beverages include cider, a beer tasting and a cash bar featuring local beers and wines.
Driven Women will entertain with high energy square dance tunes, fiddle blues and rags, waltzes – traditional and old time Appalachian Mountain music. The trio consists of Sue Shumaker, fiddle; Diane Jones, banjo; and Annie Williams, guitar & fiddle.
One lucky person will win a five hour afternoon sailing trip complete with music, wine, and cheese, on the schooner Martha White, along with five or his or her friends. Raffle tickets for the sail are just $10 and available at Chestertown First Fridays, and at the fall celebration. Only 150 will be sold.
Proceeds support Colchester Farm CSA’s education programs. Colchester Farm programs inspire healthful change and an awareness of the natural and edible world through community cooking classes, small-scale agriculture workshops, field trips for K-12 youth, and internship and work-exchange opportunities.
Tickets for the Oktoberfest celebration are available on line at www.colchesterfarm.org, and at Chestertown First Fridays. Prices are $25 for current CSA members, $30 for non-members, and $10 for children ages 12-17 (under 12 free). They will be $35 and $30 at the door. For more information please call Judy Gifford at 443 480 1853 or email [email protected]. Colchester Farm is located at 31285 Georgetown Cemetery Road, Galena MD, 21930.
Sponsors of the event include Blue Heron Construction, Chesapeake Bank & Trust, CNB Bank, Dukes Moore Insurance Agency, Evergrain Bread Company, LLC, The Hogans Agency, Kingstown Farm. Home & Garden, Music Life, PNC Bank, Galena Branch, Unity Landscape/Build, and Yerkes Construction. Sponsorship inquiries are welcome at the contact information above.
Colchester Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a nonprofit, small-scale farm that grows fresh local produce for shareholders and community members, and offers apprenticeships and education programs. The CSA promotes an alternative model of farming that strengthens the relationship between farmers, community members, food, and the land.
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