Weekly Food Events

Since there are so many Farmers Markets this week, there is a list of all the cities that have a market on each day. To find the market itself, you may either google it or email haylley,johnson@uvm.edu.

Wednesday (May 16)

‘No Sugar, Dairy or Wheat? So What CAN I Eat?’

Dietary restrictions or not, your meals can still make your mouth water. Learning Center chef/instructor Nina Lesser-Goldsmith shows attendees great dishes that won’t hurt picky stomachs.

5:30–8pm. Healthy Living. South Burlington. $20. Please preregister here. 

Rural Vermont Annual Celebration

A potluck, cash bar, and annual meeting all accompany Ben Hewitt’s keynote speech at this bash.

6:30–9pm. Wilder Center. Wilder. $5-10; free for Rural Vermont members.

Farmers Market in Barre.

Thursday (May 17)

Worm Composting

Melissa Jordan of Wormpost Northeast teaches attendees all about the importance of worms in the compost process.

6–7:30pm. City Market. Burlington. $5-10. Please preregister here.

Farm & Food Tour

Load up the buggies on this trip around Hardwick-area farms and food producers. Attendees get a closer look at this unique agricultural community.

10am–5pm. Center for Agricultural Economy. Hardwick. $50; free for children under 12. Please preregister here. Since we are this close to the date, there may not be any more spots available, but you can register for future tours since they continue all summer!

Food on a Budget

Got $200? Then you have dinner for a family of four for a week from this co-op. Health coach Marie Frohlich shows you how.

5:30–7pm. Hunger Mountain Co-op. Montpelier. $7-9. Please preregister here.

‘Potato, Potatto’

Cooks put on their creative potato hats. Twice baked potatoes anyone?

5:30–8pm. Healthy Living. South Burlington. $20. Please preregister here.

Lunch & Learn: How to Live With Greater Vitality

Speaker Stephen Brandon thinks about the restorative ability of nutrition and stress-relief exercises.

12:30–1:30pm. Healthy Living. South Burlington. Free. Please preregister here.

Friday (May 18)

Bread and Butter Farm Burger Night

Head out to Bread and Butter Farm for their weekly Burger Night (starting in June it will be twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays). Attendees can chow down on farm-raised burgers, sausages, and salads. This week, the live music will be by Brett Hughes.

4:30-7:30pm. Bread and Butter Farm. 200 Leduc Farm Drive. Shelburne. Call 802-985-9200 with questions. Price of food and drink.

Intervale Center Tours

A stroll and some agricultural history in one. Walkers get a look at this innovative component of the Vermont food system.

10–11am. Intervale Center. Burlington. Free. Please preregister by contacting Jarred Cobb at jarred@intervale.org.

Brew & Food Pairing

Chefs from Vermont pair their dishes with tasty craft brews. An appropriate event, considering it is craft beer week.

6:30–8:30pm. Bennington Museum. Bennington. $40.

Getting Started With Lacto-Fermented Veggies

Instructors Jason Frishman and Caroline Homan pickle a rainbow of local veggies. Pickled asparagus … yum.

6–7:30pm. Sustainability Academy. Lawrence Barnes School. Burlington. $5-10. Please preregister here.

Hug Your Farmer: A Tribute To Levon Helm

Select Design, Higher Ground, and Healthy Living Present this benefit concert for NOFA VT’s Farmer Emergency Fund. Featuring the ‘Hug Your Farmer House Band,’ joined by Ryan Miller of Guster, Joshua Panda, and many others.

8:30pm. Higher Ground. Burlington. $25. Buy tickets. Contact Chuck Mauro at cmauro@selectdesign.com with questions.

Farmer’s Markets in Hardwick, Lyndon, Chelsea, & Bellows Falls.

Saturday (May 19)

Heavyfest

Music galore will be the name of the game at this outdoor beer-garden party benefiting Big Heavy World. Throw in brewer-led tours, barbecued eats and a “dunk-a-punk” tank and you have a great evening.

12–6pm. Magic Hat Brewing Company. South Burlington. Free.

Medieval Fair & Bratwurst Fest

Celebrate the heritage of the church with authentic music, dance, and feasting!

10am–4pm. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Jericho. Free.

Korean Food Fest

Really the title says it all.

11am–2pm. Grace United Methodist Church. Essex Junction. $6-9.

Sypbrand Pierogi Pop-Up Shop

Again, the title my friend (and maybe a brief mention of the fried onions, sauerkraut and sour cream toppings).

11am–4pm. Cobblestone Deli and Café. Burlington. $8.

Uncorking Spring (Rolls)

Dixie land band supplyies the tunes for this Thai food focused minglers for supporters of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s outreach programs.

5–7pm. Baan Thai Cuisine. Newport. $30. Please preregister by emailing  baanthaicuisinevt@gmail.com or calling 802-334-8833.

Holistic Orchard Intensive

NOFA-NH is delighted to have Michael Phillips, widely acclaimed author of The Apple Grower and The Holistic Orchard, discuss the key role fungal duff management and optimal nutrition plays for fruit trees and woodsy berries.

9am-4pm. Maple Frost Farm. 277 Holden Hill Road. Langdon, NH.  $65 for NOFA members/$75 for non-members. Please preregister by contacting Jack Mastrianni at 603-835-6488 or jamastrianni@yahoo.com. There are only 40 spots available on a first come first serve basis.

Say Cheese! Home (feta) Cheesemaking

This ancient cheese is easy to make, but hard to make well. From milk to curd to brine, learn the steps to producing your own beautiful, homemade batch of cheese, followed by a comparative tasting of different feta cheeses.

12pm-3pm. The Learning Center. Hawthorne Valley Farm. 327 Route 21C. Ghent, NY. $40. Please preregister by contacting Caroline Smialek at 518-672-7500 EXT232 or at caroline@hawthornevalleyfarm.org.

Farmers Markets in Burlington, Montpelier, Mount Tom (Woodstock), St. Albans, Norwich, Rutland, and Waitsfield.

Sunday (May 20)

Planning Your Home Orchard

Todd Parlo gives the inside scoop on picking the locations and types of fruit trees to plant.

2pm. Walden Heights Nursery & Orchard. Walden. Free.

International Dinner Series

This dinner is all about China with delicious egg rolls, lo mein, dumplings and traditional entertainment.

5–8pm. North End Studio A. Burlington. $12.

Backyard Biodynamics, Holistic Gardening (on less than 2 acres)

Herb gardens are the topic du jour as attendees learn to design and plant culinary and medicinal herb gardens and join in planting a Native American Medicine Wheel garden.

9am-4pm. The Learning Center. Hawthorne Valley Farm. 327 Route 21C. Ghent, NY. $45-$65 on a sliding-scale, including lunch. Please preregister by contacting Caroline Smialek at 518-672-7500 EXT232 or at caroline@hawthornevalleyfarm.org.

Farmers Market in Stowe.

Monday (May 21)

‘Picnic’

MOXIE Productions’ Readers Theater Cabaret Series reads William Inge’s classic American play, and, I mean, it’s at a wine bar so it must be awesome.

7pm. Cork Wine Bar. Waterbury. Free.

New Farmer Meet Up

Are you a new or aspiring farmer? Join Valley Food & Farm and BALE for a social get together and some inspiration! Chris Piana will give an informal talk on how he accessed land to start Fable Farm in Barnard. Meet and mingle with fellow farmers in the area and enjoy good food and drink.

7-9pm. 5 Olde Tavern and Grille. So. Royalton. Free. Email becka@vitalcommunities.org or balevt@gmail.com with questions.

Tuesday (May 22)

Homemade Yogurt

Yogurt no longer has to come in a small plastic container. Attendees make it in glass mason jars with Family Cow Farmstead’s Lindsay Harris.

6–7:30pm. Sustainability Academy. Lawrence Barnes School. Burlington. $5-10. Please preregister here.

Pilaf & Biryani

Delna Boyce teaches attendees a variety of rice-centric recipes.

5–7pm. Hunger Mountain Co-op. Montpelier. $10-12. Please preregister here.

The Complexity of Carbs

Applied clinical nutritionist Akshata Nayak reveals the myths and facts of carbohydrates in our diet, and discusses how to put healthy carbs into your meals.

5:30–6:30pm. City Market. Burlington. $5-10. Please preregister here.

Farmers Market in Rutland.

Wednesday (May 23)

Kids in the Kitchen

Deviled eggs aren’t so devilish in this class. Learning Center chef/instructor Laura Wright turns them into chicks — adorable, no?

3:30–4:30pm. Healthy Living. South Burlington. $20 per child; free for an accompanying adult. Please preregister here.

Raw Dairy Processing Class

Learn how to make cottage cheese and yogurt panna cotta with cows’ milk! Class presented by Rural Vermont and taught by Magraret Osha. All proceeds benefit Rural Vermont.

1-4pm. Turkey Hill Farm. Randolph Center. $20-40 sliding scale. Please preregister by contacting Shelby Girard at shelby@ruralvermont.org or 802-223-7222.

Farmers Market in Barre.