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  • Now Through Tuesday, December 15 – Boston Turkish Arts & Culture Festival – Ovacik, Online

    On view now are thirty nine films in the Boston Turkish Festival’s 15th Annual Documentary and Short Film Competition, 22 of which are documentaries. Vote online for your favorite film for the audience award after screening. One film focused on community and sustainability is Ovacik, directed by Ayşegül Selenga Taşkent.

    Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu is the first mayor ever in Turkey elected from the Turkish Communist Party. At the time of the filming of this documentary, he was the mayor of Ovacık, Tunceli, a small Kurdish-Alevi town in the heart of Eastern Turkey. (Currently he is the mayor of the city of Tunceli) 
    Unknown to the rest of the world, it is an area where cultural and humanistic values, peace, love and community work are cherished, and where production and education are pursued with almost no budget. 


    The film follows the daily life in Ovacık and Mr. Maçoğlu’s efforts to strengthen a sustainable economy by promoting community-based agriculture. Both the mayor’s and the residents’ remarkable efforts set an example for agricultural towns around Turkey. The honest and heartfelt example of Ovacik starts building a very important communication bridge between the East and the West of the country. $10 screening fee. Watch online at https://watch.eventive.org/bostonturkish2020/play/5f8a119c790e360053ea0f72

  • Friday, February 15 – Early Bird Deadline for 2019 Allandale Farm CSA Registration

    Sign up for a CSA share with Allandale Farm before February 15th and save. Take advantage of their Early Bird Special: Get 20 weeks of Allandale veggies for the price of 19! Plus, all CSA members receive 10% off in the store on their pick-up days. The store is located at 259 Allandale Road in Brookline. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to support the farm and get a share of the coming season’s harvest. You receive a good value for fresh, local vegetables and in turn, the farm receives income in the winter months when the seed, plant and supply bills are piling up and other farm income is minimal or non-existent. Vegetable CSA: One share is at least one half-bushel of Allandale Farm grown produce per week for 20 weeks beginning in mid June. In your box, you will find a full representation of the crops we are harvesting at that point in the season. You will also receive a weekly CSA newsletter with crop and farm information, recipes and more.

    Each week, you’ll receive a diverse array of fresh vegetables representative of what we are harvesting from our fields. Your share might include seasonal combinations of…

    Arugula, beans, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cucumbers, eggplant, fennel, garlic and garlic scapes, greens, herbs, leeks, lettuce, new potatoes, onions, sweet and hot peppers, radishes, scallions, spinach, spring lettuce mix, summer squash, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, watermelon, winter squash, and zucchini.

    See something you can’t stand? This season, we’ll have a Swap Box so you can drop it and swap it. Leave behind those veggies you’ve had enough of, and grab something extra that you absolutely love. To sign up, and for more information, visit https://allandalefarm.com/csa-farm-bucks/

  • Saturday, January 29, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Cooking Outside the Box with Boston Organics

    Are you a community supported agriculture customer looking for a little guidance on how to create mouth watering meals with your weekly box of produce? Or are you just someone looking to learn how to cook deliciously healthy dinners using only the freshest, organic produce? If so, look no further. Under the expert instruction of Chef Bernard Kinsella and with produce provided exclusively from Boston Organics, you’ll be immersed in a hands-on culinary exploration of organic, gourmet meals that will broaden your vegetable horizon and give you the knowledge and skill set to be a confident, organic cook. This one day course, to be held Saturday, January 29 from 2 – 5 at the Boston Center for Adult Education, Arlington Street, Boston, costs $43 for BCAE members and $50 for non members, with a $5 materials fee. Register at www.bcae.org.

  • Wednesday, March 31, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Eat It to Save It

    “Eat It to Save It” is a growing movement led by the Slow Food USA Organization’s Ark of Taste Committee. It is an effort to save regional food systems by showing how you can support biodiversity and sustainably-produced foods by EATING them.  You can all do your part as consumer activists to promote and support responsibly-made and sourced foods. There are a number of local businesses working hard to do the right thing: making and selling quality products that are good for the people and planet. Please join the next Agrowcity event on Wednesday, March 31, at Bunker Hill Community College, 250 Rutherford Avenue in Boston,  to meet some of our local heroes and see how you can vote with your dollar! Harvest Co-op is a community-owned, not-for-profit grocery cooperative.  Hilltop Farm is a 28-acre local farm running a Community Support Agriculture (CSA)program. You will also have the opportunity to meet other local businesses and producers in the area. For more information, log on to  http://www.meetup.com/Agrowcity/calendar/12838697/

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  • Wednesday, January 13, 10:00 am – Community Supported Agriculture

    Join members of The Garden Club of the Back Bay on Wednesday, January 13 beginning at 10:00 am at The College Club, 44 Commonwealth Avenue, for a January meeting featuring Chris Kurth of Siena Farms in Sudbury, Massachusetts.  Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer.  Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of “shares” to the public.  Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included.  Interested consumers purchase a share (a/k/a a “membership” or a “subscription”) and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.  This arrangements creates several rewards for both the farmer and the consumer, and Chris will detail how this grass roots movement has had a profound impact on how we eat.  Many of our members know Chris from The Farmer’s Market on Copley Square, where his beautiful produce is always in high demand.  He supplies a number of Boston’s best restaurants as well.  If you are a GCBB member, you will receive, or may already have received, a written notice of the meeting.  If not, please rsvp to info@bostonflora.com.  There is no charge for the meeting, but there will be an optional lunch at the Club following the talk, which will cost $20, and reservations are essential.

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  • Sunday, September 20, Noon – 6 pm – North Amherst 4th Annual Harvest Festival

    For more information, log on to www.simplegiftsfarmcsa.com