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I've been asking people to tell me where they go to get local food. Overwhelmingly the answer is: the market! We have more and more farmers' markets available to us, particularly during the growing season, from May to October. The County is teaming with markets: Millbrook, Mount Pleasant, Lakefield, Warsaw, Buckhorn and Apsley provide their residents with an opportunity to access delicious food from the area. For detailed information about these markets, check the following link from
Today is already the last day of the season for the downtown farmers' market! Can you believe it? Don't miss out this last opportunity to celebrate the harvest, purchase lots of delicious local food and scrumptious dishes while sipping some unique coffee.
The market is a hub of activities. Today, the guest chef comes from the Night Kitchen and will be presenting a new wood fired oven pizza.
Yes, a dandelion
because they are the flower
of wishes. You blow that ball
of seeds and the wind carries them to the one
assigned to grant or reject.
And it's a good thing
that it's the dandelions
who have this power because they are tough
and sometimes you have to be tough
to even remember
that you have any desires left at all,
to believe that even one
could be satisfied, would not turn
to an example of
'be careful what you wish for,
it might come true.'
Maybe that's exactly why
Do you have a fruit or nut tree in your yard which you are not harvesting? Do you want to share your produce with gleaners? It's easy. Follow this link and register your tree...
Yesterday's rain brought back to me images of dancing fireflies and I felt a strong longing for going home...
When I was a kid, my mother's family liked to get together whenever possible and prepare "un p'tit gueuleton." Depending on the time of the year, those festive meals would entail lots of local vegetables and a great diversity of seafood - or "fruits de la mer" as we called them. Fall gatherings, however, often included land snails and I was usually tasked with collecting them in advance.
Looking for some outdoor activities on Sunday? Search no more! We have two exciting events for you: a garden party and a farmers' market!
The PCGN is hosting a
Community Garden Party
Sunday September 16th 1-4pm
Lift Lock Community Garden
Peterborough Gleans is launching a new initiative which will provide people with an opportunity to harvest fruit from trees which are not otherwise being used. If you have a fruit tree and would like to share its fruit, or to check out the project, follow this link and enjoy!
Welcome to Nourishing News, our new blog! Its purpose is to share information about the Nourish project, highlight the many programs and initiatives affiliated with it and find ways to engage the community at large in what we are doing.