FRANKLIN COUNTY WEEK OF WINTER FARE EVENTS 2012
February 4 to February 12

Saturday, February 4, 2012, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
5th Annual Winter Fare Farmers Market
Second Congregational Church, Greenfield.
PLEASE NOTE - The Greenfield Winter Market is NOT at Greenfield High School this year.

Saturday, February 4, 5 p.m. Greenfield
Greenfield Local Food Potluck
This will be held at a Greenfield residence.
Bring a dish to share prepared with locally grown ingredients. For directions, call Marsha at (413) 773-0201

Sunday, February 5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Green Fields Market, Main St., Greenfield
Sweet Honey and the Brunch
Green Fields Market will feature local honey in a variety of dishes for this special brunch. While you enjoy brunch, Shelburne’s Piti Theatre Company will be buzzing with information about their new production about bees (and the challenges they’re facing) To Bee or Not to Bee. Piti is launching a "10% For the Bees" Campaign in collaboration with Greening Greenfield and High Mowing Seeds, encouraging the replanting of 10% of business and home-owner lawns with bee-friendly habitat. The co-op will donate a percentage of brunch sales to the production which will premiere at the company’s SYRUP: One Sweet Performing Arts Festival, March 17th in Memorial Hall, Shelburne Falls. Support the production or learn more.

Wednesday, February 8, 7 p.m., Sunderland Public Library, School St., Sunderland
Film Showing: "King Corn "
King Corn is a documentary about two friends and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation: CORN. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, Ian and Curt plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most productive, most subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat -- and how we farm. (Duration: 90 minutes). Free. For information, contact Aaron Falbel at (413) 665-2642 or visit Sunderland Library,

Friday, February 10, 6:30 p.m., Gill Congregational Church, Main Road, Gill Center
Gill Local-vore Potluck Supper
Bring a dish to share; using local meat, vegetables, fruit, grain, whatever ... If you would like, list the ingredients and whence they came. All welcome, free. Sponsored by Gill Agricultural Commission. For information, Gill Agricultural Commission .

Saturday, February 11, 6 p.m., First Congregational Church, Ashfield
Ashfield Fifth Annual Local Food Potluck
Join us for a celebration of local food! Bring a dish to share prepared with locally grown ingredients and your favorite recipes, growing methods, and "putting food by" ideas. For information, email: Holly Wescott or call her at (413) 628-4613 OR John Hoffman (413) 625-6967

Sunday, February 12, 1 to 3:30 p.m., Ashfield
Composting to Complete the Cycle
Join Holly Wescott, Compostabilities, LLC, on a tour of composting adventures at her home and start-up worm farm in Ashfield. Learn how to shift composting activities with the season, and choose a system to meet your needs any time of the year. Please dress to enjoy the weather - we’ll go outside to see the hot stuff! Cost: $20, Please RSVP to Holly Wescott, (413) 628-4613 or email: Holly

Sunday, February 12, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Green Fields Market meeting room, Main St., Greenfield
Fifth Annual Cabin Fever Seed Swap
Come to the upstairs meeting room at Green Fields Market, Greenfield, MA for a rousing and rollicking seed swap! Bring your seeds of all kinds, info and advice, and plenty of enthusiasm for seed saving and sharing! Experts, old pros, complete novices, and everyone in between are encouraged! No one will be turned away, even if you have no seeds to share! Seed swapping is Radical!!! For information, contact Melinda McCreven.

Sunday, February 12, 5 p.m., Town Hall, Conway
Conway Local Food Potluck Supper
Bring a dish to share prepared with locally grown ingredients and join your neighbors, friends, and friends-you’ve-yet-to-meet for an evening of tasty food and great conversation. What food did you grow, gather, raise, or hunt for this past year? What are your favorite sources of locally grown food? How do you store and preserve food? We’ll talk about these questions and more. For information, contact Mary McClintock at (413) 522-5932 or email Mary.

Throughout the Week of Feb 4 to Feb 12
Green River Ambrosia’s special Local version of their popular Ginger Libation will be available during the Week of Winter Fare. Using Old Friends Farm ginger, Clarkdale Farm cider, and Chang Farm Schizandra Berry juice, this potent all-local Ginger Libation will be available at limited restaurants and package stores. For help finding it, visit Green River Ambrosia or email Green River Ambrosia.