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"Hello <<First Name>>! My name is Pratt. I am thrilled to be spending the next 12 months as an AmeriCorps VISTA at Alan Day Community Garden. The focus of my work is increasing awareness about and access to affordable, local foods that are available to you through the community garden and other community food resources. It’s a great joy and privilege to work in the Norway community, and I look forward to getting to know you and your loved ones
in the garden and around town!"
Welcome, Pratt!
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Annual Organic Seedling Sale
THIS Saturday May 29th 10am to 2pm
Come to ADCG at 26th Whitman St., Norway to choose from a wide variety of organic seedlings, available by donation, and 2021 High Mowing Organic Seeds for sale. We'll have a variety of potted herbs and seedlings including tomato, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, pepper, squash, and more! Thanks to Oxford Elementary School for tending our baby tomato plants this year, and all our volunteers who help grow with us! You can make a donation for seedlings using SNAP EBT, credit/debit card, cash, or check to help support our programs. Every SNAP EBT dollar spent will be matched with Maine Harvest Bucks. VOLUNTEERS are NEEDED for the day of the sale! Let us know if you would like to help.
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Volunteers Needed!
June 5th and June 12th, 9a-3p
We have thirteen gardens to build for new participants and several of last year's cohort who are excited to expand their gardens with the help of CEBE and Alan Day Community Garden. Reply to this email if you'd like to help assemble gardens on June 5th or June 12th, 9a-3p. Work will include assembly of beds, adding soil, and assisting in planting seeds and seedlings at participants' request. If you or someone you know would like to be added to the waitlist to get a garden installed, also reply to this email.
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WILD PEAS- Our Youth Program will be back in full swing for 2021, with more focus on developing paid jobs for youth to grow food for the community, help run the Community Market and CSA Garden Share Program, supply fresh greens to Fare Share Food Coop, and learn valuable lifelong skills. The next time you meet your farmer it just might be one of our Youth Leaders!
Learn the details on our website
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2021 Community Farmers' Market
July 9th through September 3rd
Fridays 5-8pm
We are happy to announce that we will again be joined by Isuken Food Truck, a farm-to-table worker-owned cooperative, featuring sambusas, chai, and other delicious Somali Bantu cuisine.
NEW THIS SUMMER!
-Greenwood Bean will be offering locally-roasted coffee every other market!
-Scott Vlaun and others will be hosting work projects and tours in the
Food Forest during the market.
-Our kids activities area will offer the Power of Produce (POP) Club including games, activities and food vouchers for kids.
We are busy lining up farmers, crafters, artists, musicians & performers, demos, the wood-fired pizza oven, and a new "Power of Produce" program for the kids area. We gladly accept cash, credit card, checks, SNAP EBT, and we offer
Maine Harvest Bucks, too!
Interested in being a vendor at the Market?
Find an application on our website
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Register Now!
Sign up for CEBE's first three workshops
We're excited to kick off a new, free series this growing season, open to current farmers and those aspiring to be farmers!
Join us on June 7th from 10-2 at Maple Springs Farm in Harrison for Growing Seedlings for Market, followed by Tractors 101 after lunch (provided by CEBE). Perfect your seedling growing systems with a tour of Mark Heidmann’s commercial seedling operation. After lunch, learn the basics of several different tractors as labor-saving tools. Bring your questions! Rain or shine. Register here.
Join us on June 27th from 1-4 at Abbott's Family Farm in Sumner for Vegetable Production: Making the Most of a Small Space. You don’t need 40 acres to be a successful farmer. Come see how Steve and Hannah are making the most of their land, with less than a half-acre in mixed vegetable production. They market directly to consumers at Bethel Farmers' Market and through a home delivery subscription program. Besides vegetables, they also have a maple operation, mushrooms, and an orchard. Bring your questions! Rain or shine. Register here.
Join us on August 12th from 10-2 at A Wrinkle In Thyme Farm in Sumner for Raising Sheep Starting Small. With 25 years of experience raising sheep, Mary Ann Haxton and Marty Elkin will share what you need to get started with a small flock. Whether you want sheep for fiber, for meat, for dairy, or to keep your fields open and improve them, this workshop will walk you through the basics of selecting breeds and animals, fencing, livestock health and nutrition, and pasture management. You can also see the dyer’s garden with natural dye plants and outdoor dye kitchen as well as the fiber processing building with equipment for skirting, washing, carding, and spinning wool. Rain or shine -- bring your questions! Lunch provided by CEBE. Register here.
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