Join us for a by donation community meal featuring campus grown foods followed by a climate change activities.
Hosted by: Seasoned Spoon Cafe, Trent Vegetable Gardens, Kawartha World Issues Centre
Harley Farms Farm Tour
Grab the family and visit sheep, cows and pigs at this nearby farm – just 10 minutes outside Peterborough. Take home dinner from the on-farm store!
To book a more in depth educational tour email harleyfarms.emily@gmail.com
Crovalley Holsteins Open House
Open house includes 2 robots milking the cows, freestall housing for cows.
Peterborough Downtown Farmers’ Market – 20th Anniversary Birthday Party
5th Annual Iron Chef Market Cook-Off Challenge
The Peterborough Downtown Farmers’ Market will host its fifth annual Iron Chef Market Cook-Off Challenge. Four local chefs will be given identical baskets full of fresh, seasonal fall produce, local meats & cheeses, and other market goods. They will also be given $10 worth of Nourish Market Dollars to select & purchase a ‘special ingredient’ from any market vendor.
At 10:30am, Chefs will be given 1.5 hours to create a seasonal dish on-site that will be sampled and rated by a panel of guest judges at 12pm. One local Chef will be crowned the 5th Annual Market Iron Chef by creating an innovative dish that showcases local products, uses everything in the basket & is of course, delicious.
Applefest
A sweet, colourful celebration of apples and the harvest season!
Tempt your taste buds with the sweetest event of the year! Come out to Lang for a colourful fall celebration of apples and the harvest season.
Featuring:
- Free horse-drawn wagon rides
- Natural dyeing demonstrations
- Musical entertainment by Sarah Jane Scouten
- Log hewing demonstrations by John Foreman
- Youth drummers, IR35, from Curve LakeFirst Nation
- Chair caning demonstrations
- See the Cider Mill in full operation
- Maple Leaf Telegraph Club
- Plenty of fresh apples and cider!
- And so much more!
Adults $10, Students/Seniors $9, Youths (ages 5-14) $6, Free children under 5, Family( 2 adults,up to 4 youth) $30
Pressure Canning 101
Canning is a great way of preserving your produce so that you can enjoy it’s fresh and local taste all season long. Canning 101 is a great way for those new to canning and would like to learn more.
You Can Pickle That! Canning Workshop
Learn safe water bath canning techniques while working together to pickle seasonal crops . Participants will have the opportunity to learn both safe waterbath canning techniques and ideas for putting up seasonal bounty.
All Things Tomatoes!
Otonabee-South Monaghan Fields, Farms & Food Tour
The self-guided tour to the farms of the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan allows you to get up close and personal with the farmers and their animals or crops. You and your family will enjoy activities, farm animals and samples of the incredible local food found in OSM Township. Receive a Canada 150+ Passport Event stamp for participating in the tour!
2017 Participants :
The Mane Intent – 2410 Cameron Line
Escape Maze – 156 Cedar Bank Road
Harley Farms- 1630 Heritage Line
Muddy’s Pit- 3247 County Rd 2
Stillbrook Riding Stables – 570 Woodside Rd
Lang Pioneer Village(Note: visitors will still need to pay admission at this location)- 104 Lang Rd
Elmhirst Resort – 1045 Settlers Line (note: providing tour by wagon ride at 2pm)