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Tag: Nutrition

  • Friday, August 9 – Sunday, August 11 – NOFA Summer Conference: Nutrition Matters

    Even as Hampshire College is going through a tumultuous period, their summer schedule is business as usual. We at the Northeast Organic Farming Association are grateful that they are sticking it out even while things are rocky and we have constant communication with them as they manage their way forward. We hope they find a solution to their woes that gives them long term stability and allows their cutting edge culture of creativity to continue to thrive.

    We are excited to host our 45th annual NOFA Summer Conference with keynote speaker Sandor Katz for a festive summer weekend August 9 -11, 2019 at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. Always a family friendly event, you can bring the whole family to enjoy workshops for adults, kids and teens, over 60 vendors, live music, games and amazing food!

    Registration is now open and we hope you’ll join us this summer! Registration and complete schedule can be found at www.nofasummerconference.org.

  • Wednesday, January 22, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Naturally Nutritious

    When the air is cold, there’s nothing better than a heaping helping of comfort food! Lucky for you, Chefs Leah Dickerson and Loni Zelfon are at the Boston Center for Adult Education on Arlington Street to prove that “comfort” doesn’t have to mean calories. Students will learn how to prepare dishes that feel indulgent and delicious with ingredients that are naturally nutritious. Discover how easy it is to create healthy meals that are so much more satisfying than salad. The BCAE course will take place Wednesday, January 22 from 6 – 9, and the cost is $51 for BCAE members, $60 for non members. Materials cost is an additional $20. To register, or for more information, visit www.bcae.org.  Image from www.detoxkitchen.co.uk.

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  • Saturday, March 9, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – From Garden to Plate: Nutritional Value of Garden-Grown Vegetables

    Learn about nutrition, the cornerstone of health, and how the vegetable garden can provide the six categories of nutrients the body needs, on Saturday, March 9 from 10 – 12 at the Berkshire Botanical Garden.  Growing a garden and harvesting and cooking with garden-fresh vegetables, herbs and flowers moves us toward a healthy body and develops an awareness of the role that food plays in preventing disease and promoting health. Consider the six categories of nutrients that the body needs and learn what vegetables make the most sense to grow in family vegetable plot.

    Dr. Marie Mammone graduated from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, OR, with a doctoral degree in Naturopathic Medicine. She teaches adult education classes in nutrition, homeopathy and culinary herbs at Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT. Her interests include making naturopathy relevant to modern living and working toward integrating naturopathic medicine into Connecticut’s medical world.  $22 for BBG members, $27 for nonmembers.  Register on line at www.berkshirebotanical.org.

  • Monday, October 24, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Cooking Matters New Volunteer Training

    Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters, nationally sponsored by the ConAgra Foods® Foundation and WalMart Foundation, is a groundbreaking nutrition education program that connects families with food by teaching them how to prepare healthy, tasty low-cost meals. Chefs and nutritionists volunteer their time and expertise to lead hands-on courses that instruct adults, teens and kids in getting the most nutrition on of a limited budget. Cooking Matters has reached more than 45,000 families across the country since 1993. For more information, visit www.cookingmatters.org/mass. We are always looking for cooking and nutrition instructors to teach our multi-session class series. Volunteer chefs work in partnership with nutritionists, using the lesson plans and recipes for each class provided in an established curriculum. Classes meet for two hours once a week for six weeks. Cooking Matters provides all materials needed for class, including curricula, cooking and teaching supplies, kitchen, and support staff. To learn more, call 617-774-1324 or email mdelgizzi@strength.org.  They host  New Volunteer Trainings at least once a month, with  two conveniently-located training sessions coming up, and are a three-minute walk from the No. Quincy T on the Red Line.

  • Thursday, April 14, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Wild Foods, Nutrition, and Land Conservation

    Land conservation has many obvious benefits — protecting habitats and watersheds, preventing erosion, offering places of beauty and respite. Few of us consider the additional benefit to our health and well-being that derives from the wild, nutrient-dense foods these natural areas can provide. Take a provocative look at agriculture (particularly small-scale) and its effects on the environment and human health in this Thursday, April 14 lecture by Arthur Haines at Garden in the Woods, Framingham, co-sponsored by the New England Wild Flower Society and the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Drumlin Farm. How does clearing the canopy and understory of a natural area affect wild food sources? Do changes in our diet over the past century have a physiological and genetic impact? Appreciating the critical need humans have for wild food provides another powerful argument for the protection of land from uses that drastically alter its ecological function. $20 for members of the sponsoring organizations, $24 for non-members.  Register at www.newfs.org.

  • Wednesday, July 7, 4:00 pm – Growing Organic Crops: Nutritional Values

    Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive in Falmouth, presents another in its series of garden lectures on Wednesday, July 7 beginning at 4pm with Ron Smolowitz, Owner and Operator of Coonamesset Farm in Falmouth (pictured below,) speaking on Growing Organic Crops: Nutritional Value. Ron’s expertise in small-scale agriculture, aquaculture, and fisheries has kept him a busy man, running his 20 acre farm and research center, Coonamessett Farms in Falmouth, since 1989, all the while consulting and writing, too.  Ron will be sharing methods for successfully growing organic crops in the garden to maximize the nutritional value of everything you present for the table.  After the presentation, he will contribute produce from his garden to the Tapas & Tastings culinary session at 5:30 in Highfield Hall’s kitchen.  $5 suggested donation.  Log on to www.highfieldhall.org for more information.

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