| JULY 24, 2011 -- Citizens for Easton (CFE) will be holding the third annual Easton Farm Tour on Saturday, August 13, from 10am to 2pm. This free, self-guided tour of Easton farms begins at the Easton Firehouse Green, One Center Road, Easton, where visitors will sign in and receive a map and pass to guide you to the participating farms. This year’s participants are Aspetuck Valley Apple Barn, Buttonwood Farm, Gilbertie’s Herb Gardens, Gray Friesian Farm, J&L Orchids, Lion Hill Farm, Maple Row Growers, Maple Row Tree Farm, Pee-Wee Horse Farm, Sherwood Farm, Silverman’s Farm, and Sport Hill Farm.
To highlight this community collaboration, Citizens For Easton will be joined by other Easton organizations with informational booths on the Green where guests can enjoy a photographed history of Easton’s barns and learn what farming was like 100 years from the Easton Historical Society; visit with members of the Easton Garden Club, creators of the Easton Farm Map – “Easton is a Farmers’ Market”; and learn how the Aspetuck Land Trust is a friend to agriculture and devoted to preserving open space and natural resources in Easton, Fairfield, Weston and Westport.
Last year we enjoyed food and entertainment on the Green, provided by mobile wood-fired caterer by Skinny Pines and The Easton Banjo Society. They’ll be back this year and I encourage you to try one of the pizzas made with topping from local farms. The “Sport Hill Farm” pizza was a winner last year.
Jean Puchalski, co-chair of the Easton Farm Tour said “This is truly a community event in celebration of Easton farms. Come have lunch, listen to music and learn where your food comes from.”
For more information please visit http://citizensforeaston.wordpress.com/the-2011-easton-farm-tour/ or contact Jean Puchalski or Lori Cochran at farmtour@personalcyberspace.com or loricochran@hotmail.com
Citizens for Easton (CFE) vigorously pursues, supports, and encourages efforts that preserve Easton’s scenic, rural, agrarian and small town characteristics. |
