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Monadnock Region Farmers’ Markets: 2015 Growing Season

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Harrisville Farmers’ Market: Behind the Harrisville General Store, downtown Harrisville, Fri., June 26– Aug. 28,  5:30-7 p.m. Vegetables, fruits, maple, cut flowers, root beer, honey, plants, eggs, chicken, lamb, pork, beef, sausage, bread, pickles, jams, soaps, lotions, beeswax candles, knit goods, prepared foods. Live music each week. Rain or shine. 827-3245, Facebook Page.

The Farmers’ Market of Keene: Gilbo Ave., downtown, Tues. & Sat., May-Oct., 9 a.m.– 1 p.m. Vegetables, fruits, flowers/plants, dairy, baked goods, meat. Music and children’s activities. SNAP/EBT accepted. Rain or shine, keenefarmersmarket@gmail.com, www.facebook.com/keenefarmers.

Fresh Chicks Outdoor Marketplace: Monadnock Community Hospital grounds, Peterborough, Mon., May – Oct., 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Vegetables, fruits, flowers/plants, dairy, maple, baked goods, meat, lobster, honey, goat cheese, alpine cheese, ice cream, Thai food, crafts. Weekly music. Rain or shine. 924-1913, roseofsharon@localnet.com; Facebook Page.

Peterborough Farmers Market: Depot Square. Wed., May – Oct., 3-6pm. Vegetables, fruits, flowers, plants, maple products, baked goods, meat, crafts, ethnic foods and wine. peterboroughfarmersmarket@gmail.com, Facebook Page.

Rindge Farmers’ Market: Rindge Meeting House, West Rindge Village Common (Rte. 202 N, north of the 119/202 intersection) Thurs., May 14-Oct. 8, 3-6 p.m. Vegetables, fruits, flowers/plants, dairy, maple, baked goods, meat, crafts. Rain or shine. Winter market planned. 491-5482, rindgefm@aol.com

View most up-to-date listings at http://www.agriculture.nh.gov/

Baked Beans and Fried Clams: How Food Defines a Region

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Baked Beans and Fried Clams: How Food Defines a Region
June 6th: History Weekend at The Hancock Inn

On Saturday morning take a trip to nearby Harrisville, New Hampshire for a tour of one of the Monadnock region’s most exciting farms.  Mayfair Farm is a small scale diversified farm and kitchen. On the farm they raise a variety of fruit, lamb and pork, specializing in artisanal sausages. Passionate about bringing the bounty of the farm into the kitchen, Sarah Heffron and Craig Thompson create foods that showcase a moment in time for private events and farm dinners.

For dinner at the inn on Saturday, join Edie Clark, writer for Yankee Magazine and author of ten books, for a talk that offers a celebration of regional food specialties along with an examination of how contemporary life has distanced us from these classics. What makes them special and how do these foods define our region? Edie Clark will draw from such diverse resources as Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, and Haydn S. Pearson for enlightenment and amusement as well on her own experiences, writing and traveling for Yankee magazine over the past thirty years to places where baked beans are still featured prominently on the menu. Registration required.

History of Apples & Cider

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History of Apples & Cider
May 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
At The Historical Society of Cheshire County, Keene

Author of Cider Hard and Sweet, Ben Watson will present a history of apples (and cider) in the US and focus on the importance of diversity and the popularization of heirloom apples for cider and dessert use — including NH apples like Granite Beauty and Nodhead (Jewett’s Red).

This presentation will appeal to anyone who wants to enhance their “apple literacy,” has an interest in local food and biodiversity, and wants to rediscover “uncommon apples of distinction.”

This presentation if free and open to the public.