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Utley Meadow Farm, New Braintree

National Honey Month
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Photographed bySusie Mulliken.
"Storm's Coming," hay baling at Utley Meadow Farm, New Braintree.


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Massachusetts Culinary Events


Berkshire Grown Preserving the Bounty workshops: Learn how to preserve fresh food in small classes at various locations throughout the Berkshires during September. Check berkshiregrown.org for details.

Pick Your Own Apple Farms

7
Labor Day
8 Harvest Dinner and Silent Green Auction Monday, September 21, 2009 @ The Sherborn Inn.
18 - 10/4
Eastern States Exposition (The Big E), West Springfield, www.thebige.com
21 Celebrate local food and farms at the 11th Beautiful Bountiful Berkshires Harvest Supper, Drawing and Silent Auction. 6:30pm at Eastover in Lenox, MA.
Call 413-528-0041 -berkshiregrown.org
22 Autumn begins
21 -25 Mass. Harvest for Students Week
26 & 27 Working Waterfront Festival, New Bedford, MA. An award winning, family friendly event celebrating the history and culture of New England's commercial fishing industry featuring live music, children’s activities, cooking demonstrations, vessel and harbor tours, fisherman’s contests, author readings, film screenings, local seafood, festival bookstore, maritime artisans marketplace & more. The FREE festival presents all that goes into bringing seafood from the ocean to the table in a way that is hands-on, educational and fun. www.workingwaterfrontfestival.org.
27 New Entry's 8th Annual Fall Harvest Festival, 1 - 4 pm, Dracut, MA. RSVP to nesfp@tufts.edu. To learn more about New Entry, visit: www.nesfp.org
29 The Western Mass Food Processing Center will host an Open House 4-6pm, 324 Wells St.
Greenfield, MA Local food entrepreneur Dave Gott from The Benson Place will be in the kitchen, cooking up a storm - so you'll get to see the action. Larry DiLuzio, Food Production Manager Extraordinaire will be on hand to discuss your ideas and dreams, and Franklin County CDC Executive Director John Waite will be available to share the small business planning and financing resources that the CDC has to offer. For more info., or to RSVP, contact Jill Fitzsimmons, jillf@fccfc.org, 413-774-7204 x314 by Friday, September 25, 2009 if possible.

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