Join us for an evening of Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe foods from local Indigenous growers. Dinner will include a three-sisters soup, Haudenosaunee corn bread, a wild rice and wild game entree, strawberries and bannock, strawberry drink and cedar tea. Dinner will be followed by a 45 minute film called “The Gift”, and also a short film about our Flint Corn Community Project that has been happening in Nogojiwanong over the last two years. There will also be a silent auction boasting Indigenous made items from nearby Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe communities.
Community Meal
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.