Upcoming Events
MONTHLY LRN MEETING
Monday, May 21, 5:30PM
Blake Memorial Library, East Corinth
The LRN Steering Committee meets regularly at Blake Memorial Library in East Corinth. The meetings are open to anyone interested in LRN activities. Plan to join us! Contact the LRN if you’d like more info, or just come along.
4 RIVERS FOOD PROJECT MEETING
Tuesday, May 29, 7:00PM
Vershire Town Center
The Four Rivers Food Center Project, which last fall held a number of community meetings on local food access in Orange and Windsor Counties, will be hosting a public wrap-up session and celebration at the Vershire Town Center, Rte. 113 & Vershire Center Road, on Tuesday, May 29th, at 7PM. The featured keynote speaker will be Ben Hewitt of the Hardwick area, author of “The Town that Food Saved” and “Making Supper Safe.” We’ll also present our final report on the prospects for regional food centers in this area, and open the floor to responses. Come with ideas, or just to listen. Snacks of local origin (guaranteed yummy) will be provided. For more information, contact Dan Breslaw at 802-439-5324, or lostm@sover.net. (Click image to download, print and distribute our poster.)
FRUIT TREE CULTIVATION WORKSHOP IS COMING
Saturday, June 2, 1:30PM
Blake Memorial Library, East Corinth
Forbes Morrell, an orchardist from Corinth, will be sharing his knowledge about fruit trees at a workshop on Saturday, June 2 at 1:30PM at Blake Memorial Library in East Corinth. If you plan to attend, please do two things: (1) email John Morris by May 26 as Forbes will have printed materials to share and (2) include in your email some specific questions you have so that Forbes will know what topics will be especially important to address. Thank you to Forbes for doing this workshop! Email John Morris: morrisvt@tops-tele.com.
COOKEVILLE CAFE MUSIC & TALENT SERIES
The Cookeville Cafe has already developed an astounding reputation for its rompin’ good times: this is first class music freely offered by our local musicians coupled with “great listening and an appreciative audience.” Be sure to not miss these monthly musical evenings happening the second Saturday of every month through June and drop a donation in the jar in support of the Corinth Historical Society. Where is The Cookeville Cafe, you ask? In the Corinth Town Hall! [Cookeville Cafe Music and Talent Series Schedule: 2012]
News
MEETING #2 FOR REGIONAL FOOD CENTER: SUCCESS!
On February 9th, the LRN hosted a second meeting at Blake Memorial Library for a second meeting to discuss possible scenarios for developing either a regional food center, CSA, or an online ordering service for purchasing local foods and essential items. Discussion among the twenty attendees was energetic and many good ideas and questions were raised. Grant monies are available through the State to help with the set-up and it is highly likely that, through the course of further discussion and planning, we will see some combination of these scenarios come to fruition … as early as this summer? A third meeting will be planned soon and notices will be sent via the listserv as well as flyers posted around … please plan to attend.
SURVEY ABOUT A POSSIBLE REGIONAL FOOD CENTER
On November 3, at Blake Memorial Library, about 50 people participated in a meeting to discuss a possible Regional Food Center. We would like to build on the momentum and enthusiasm the community showed for the regional food center concept and for local foods in general. As a follow-up to that meeting and to help us plan the next event, we hope you will complete a brief survey (10 questions) before January 7th. Follow this link to the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KQF288V.
If you are a consumer, instead of a grower/farmer, we would like to know your thoughts about a possible Regional Food Center. What type of outlet for local foods would you like to see? What other ideas do you have about this project? These replies can be emailed to Val Stori at valstori@yahoo.com.
We will collate the results of this survey and share the information with the other three local groups who are working on a possible Regional Food Center. Please plan to attend the meeting on Thursday, February 9, at Blake Memorial Library for follow-up discussion based on the survey results — let’s begin to get the ball rolling!
4 RIVERS FOOD PROJECT FOLLOW-UP
On November 3, nearly 50 people turned out in East Corinth for an initial meeting to discuss the need for making locally-grown food available conveniently and affordably. Read the minutes from the meeting and stay tuned for the next steps in turning our collective ideas, questions and visions into a strategic plan.
NOV 3 MINUTES pdf download
SUGGESTED WORKSHOP TOPICS FOR 2012
We will be organizing a series of workshops that will be offered in Corinth and Topsham in 2012. Please take a minute to let us know what workshops you would be interested in by checking the titles below. If you have expertise that you would like to share in a workshop setting, let us know. Thanks!