Daily Archives: October 21, 2015


Saturday, October 24 – National Food Day

On October 24th, Somerville will join other communities and institutions across the country to celebrate the 5th annual Food Day. This event was created with the intention of having “individuals and organizations come together to learn, debate and mobilize to improve our food system and the American diet”. This year’s theme is Towards a Greener Diet, encouraging more environmentally friendly approaches to eating.

Food Day activities are designed to look at ways to “green up” our food choices throughout the food supply chain or from farm to landfill. We will be talking about everything from where and how our food is grown, to eating a more plant based diet, to reconsidering ways we can prevent edible food from being thrown out and wasted. In Somerville, you can look forward to neighborhood scavenger hunts, a harvest day at Groundwork Somerville’s farm, a community meal, and a local harvest day at the schools. For a complete schedule of activities visit http://somervillefoodday.blogspot.com/


Thursday, November 5, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm – Season’s End Summit: Digging Into the Layered Landscape

Landscapes are a delightful blending of form and function. An ecological landscape is that and more. Join us for the 6th annual ELA Season’s End Summit to explore the many layers of the landscape with our distinguished lineup of presenters. On November 5th,from 8 – 4:30 at the Community Harvest Project Barn, 37 Wheeler Road in North Grafton, we will reconnect with colleagues, reflect on the past growing season, and get inspired for the next.

Reviving the Naturalistic Garden presented by: Mark Richardson
Exploring the Rich Layers in the Meadow presented by: Rebecca Lindenmeyr
Optimizing Ecological Value in the Layered Landscape presented by: Lauren Chase Rowell
Creating Beauty in Every Layer presented by: Julie Moir Messervy (pictured below)

$85 – $110 per person registration – See more at: http://www.ecolandscaping.org/event/seasons-end-summit-digging-into-the-layered-landscape/#sthash.6nCgK2X8.dpuf

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