Our 16th Annual Farm Tour promises some exciting new additions, which you will discover upon your arrival at the SSES Pavilion. See below to see a sampling of what was offered for our 2024 Farm Tour.
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Our 15th Annual Farm Tour promises some exciting new additions, which you will discover upon your arrival at the SSES Pavilion. See below to see what was offered for our 2023 Farm Tour.
Free Self-Guided Tour Begins at SSES Pavilion Saturday, Aug. 14 at 10 a.m.
The 12th Annual Farm Tour hosted by Citizens for Easton is expected to draw lots of visitors to celebrate Easton’s farms and farmers. The event highlights Easton’s agricultural traditions and celebrates local farmers’ valuable contributions to the community.
A map of participating farms and sites will be distributed on Saturday, Aug. 14 at the Samuel Staples Elementary School pavilion, 515 Morehouse Road, Easton, Conn. Map holders will receive free treats at many of the venues.
Photo ops abound at the 12th Annual CFE Farm Tour on Saturday, Aug. 12.
Activities for visitors of all ages will be held at the pavilion beginning at 10 a.m. From 10 until noon, children’s games will be led by Easton Community Center’s facility director Joel Silkoff and the ECC staff.
Also at the pavilion, the Easton Garden Club will provide a flower-planting event for amateur gardeners of all ages, who will be able to pot sunflower seedlings and take them home to grow. Master Gardeners & Composters and the Easton Courier will also host the events there.
Abby LePage (right), a longtime Garden Club member, will share sunflower-growing tips at the CFE farm tour again this year. The seeds are donated by Sal Gilbertie.
The Farm Tour free prize drawings, a relatively new addition to the event, will include gift certificates from local farms and businesses.
In addition to the farms, the Adams Schoolhouse will be open to the public. For times, consult map. Free goodies at Greiser’s Coffee and Market will be offered to map holders.
This year the self-guided tour includes 14 stops at both farms and sites of historical interest. Maps will include the times of special events and tours at each location.
Free samples of produce, cooking tips, tours and activities for children will be offered throughout the tour.
The farm tour provides young and old a chance to have good, old-fashioned fun. Visitors can sample Easton’s bounteous agricultural products and at the same time support those who work hard to provide them.
Citizens for Easton’s Vice-President William Kupinse and Lucas Carreno – Co-owner of J&L Orchids were interviewed on the award-winning ‘For the People’, produced by John Voket!
Thank you John and all participating radio stations for the feature/mention!
Make sure to mark your calendars for the CFE Farm Tour Aug 10th 10am-2pm!
Please click on the link below to hear the interview.
This year’s celebration of Easton’s farms will take place on Saturday, August 10, from 10am to 2pm.The self-guided tour of Easton farms will begin at Samuel Staples Elementary School Pavilion, 515 Morehouse Road, Easton, Connecticut, to receive a map – the map serves as your event pass, which lists all participating farms, and activity locations.
The farm tour is free, but you need the map to obtain entrance to certain events and be eligible to receive free goodies.
At the Pavilion we will have food trucks, a field for games orchestrated by our very own Joel from the ECC, Dunk a Cop, Master Gardeners, Master Composters, a free prize drawing which includes many donations from Easton’s farms and businesses. There will also be representatives from the Pollinator Pathway Project, who will provide informational materials regarding the pathway from the Hudson to the Housatonic and how to have your property become a part of it!
The day will include many family-oriented activities including tastings, Easton Garden Club and Easton Historical Society events, antique farm tool exhibits, and games. Families can visit a petting zoo and tour greenhouses. Easton Garden Club volunteers will provide lessons and fun for children. Everyone will be able to sample Easton grown and harvested veggies and fresh fruits and learn about beekeeping, gardening and composting. Throughout the day there will be food and entertainment and old-time fun and games. Opportunities to learn about “growing your own” and composting will be at the Master Gardener and Master Composter booths.
The Adams Schoolhouse will be open from 10-2 with information on the history of the 1850 schoolhouse and early American schooling in Easton’s farming community. On display will be a 1963- 35-star flag from the HSE flag collection. The Bradley-Hubbell Barn will also be open from 10-2, with Harry Audley’s farm tool collection; hands on demonstrations of several tools will be available.
“Mabel”, Dick Grieser’s 1953 Allis-Chalmers tractor, was repainted in 2017 as a HSE project. Mabel sits at the intersection of Center Road and Route 136, a reminder to all of our farming heritage.
Citizens for Easton, is dedicated to the preservation and conservation of Easton’s land, air, water and rural character. For more information check out: www.citizensforeaston.org
Citizens for Easton meets the third Wednesday of every month at 8 PM in the library conference room. You may also attend the meetings via zoom. If you would like to attend a meeting virtually, email us at cfe@citizensforeaston.org, and we will provide you with the meeting information.
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