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Tag: Wright-Locke Farm

  • Saturday, January 9, 10:00 am – 11:15 am, Wednesday, January 13, 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm, and Saturday, January 16, 10:00 am – 11:15 am – Mushroom Growing 101, Online

    Grow your own organic, culinary mushrooms with support from Mushroom Farmer Elizabeth Almeida. owner of Fat Moon Mushrooms. In one week, you will witness the grow block “blossom” into 2 – 3 pounds of mushrooms! This Wright-Locke Farm class includes a 10 pound shiitake grow block (more than twice the size of the grow blocks found in retail stores) and three hours of online class with Farmer Elizabeth. In addition to Q&A about your grow blocks, the classes will include information about the life cycle of mushrooms, interesting facts about the variety in the fungus kingdom, and culinary tips to maximize flavor and nutrition of your mushrooms. Bring your questions and dive into the fascinating world of mycology.

    Save the date – this three session workshop will be held on January 9th, 13th, and 16th. Register for yourself or buy for a friend for a unique holiday gift!  Email Farmed@wlfarm.org with questions, or visit https://www.wlfarm.org/adult-education-programs/

  • Wright-Locke Farm “Farm To Go” Continues Through Winter

    Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester announces its online Farm Stand, “Farm-To-Go”, has been given the go-ahead to continue throughout the winter. It’s been such a popular program and has helped support the farm throughout this difficult year. There will be plenty of local, delicious options for you year around. Some highlights of offerings are Concord grape and rosemary mixers (excellent with gin or soda), Prophecy Chocolate (sustainable, ethical chocolate made with great local ingredients), gourmet mushrooms from Fat Moon Mushrooms, Granny Smith, Cortland, Honeycrisp, and Macoun apples from Brookdale Farm, entrees from Essex Catering, Stew Beef or Lamb from Lilac Hedge Farm, and more. Options change weekly. Visit https://wlfarm.localfoodmarketplace.com/Products

  • Monday, December 7, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Winter Weeds

    With winter approaching, most flowers and leaves are long gone, but that doesn’t mean we can no longer identify the plants that produced them. This Wright-Locke Farm class on December 7 with naturalist and past Garden Club of the Back Bay speaker “Boot” Boutwell will focus on the identification of winter weeds which remain standing well into or through the winter. Our walk will focus on plant identification as well as fun and interesting natural history about the plants we see. Children 10+ are welcome to register if accompanied by a registered adult. Masks are required. $30 per person. Register at https://www.wlfarm.org/adult-education-programs/

  • Saturday, November 21, 10:30 am – 11:30 am – Autumn Twig Wreath Online Workshop

    Learn to make your own unique autumn twig wreath using natural and local materials, with Wright-Locke Farm, online, on November 21 from 10:30 – 11:30. Instructor Ferriss Donham will walk you through the basics of assembling your wreath and share ideas for decorating, Kits will be available for pick-up at the farm the week prior. Cost is $40 per person and includes all materials. Learn more and register at http://www.wlfarm.org/adult-education-programs/

  • Wright-Locke Farm Online Seedling Sale

    Each year Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester sells organic seedlings during spring to help you start your gardens off on the right foot. Think herbs, peppers, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and more. Normally we sell these seedlings during our opening Spring Fling Weekend — this year we are making our seedlings available to order online so we can avoid creating crowds and spread everyone’s pickups out. 

    • Check our website, https://wlfarm.square.site/ for what is available and what is “coming soon,” then place your order via credit card
    • Please disregard the message at checkout that tells you your order will be ready the Friday of the week you order (oh the woes of website limitations).
    • Watch for your confirmation e-mail. It will have a link for you to signup for a pickup time-slot in May.
    • The week of your pickup, we will send you a reminder email with more details on how to conduct your pickup safely and easily.
       
    • Start Gardening!

    Order your seedlings Here
    If you have questions for our farmer about planting seedlings or plant varieties, she will be holding casual Q&A sessions via Zoom over the next month or so. Signup for a Q&A session here.

  • Friday, October 18, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – An Autumn Walk Through Meadow and Forest

    Diverse habitats mean diverse plants. This Native Plants Trust field study on October 18 from 10 – 2 begins at Wright-Locke Farm, the last working farm in Winchester, MA, and ranges through meadows and meadow edges, ponds and pond edges, an upland forest, and the highest point in Lexington, MA, where we encounter pitch pine, scrub oak, and bearberry. The walk, with Roland “Boot” Boutwell, will focus on plant ID and natural history. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, is is $48 for members of sponsoring organizations, and $60 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/autumn-walk-through-meadow-and-forest/

    Matt Naughton
  • Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm – Julian Agyeman: Just Sustainabilities

    Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm – Julian Agyeman: Just Sustainabilities

    In his free talk on October 16 at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester, Julian Agyeman will outline his concept of ‘just sustainabilities’ – the full integration of social justice and sustainability, defined as ‘the need to ensure a better quality of life for all, now and into the future, in a just and equitable manner, whilst living within the limits of supporting ecosystems.’ He will give practical examples from his recent research into spatial justice in urban planning and design, food justice, sharing cities, and planning in and for intercultural cities. The Farm offers a casual picnic supper (sandwiches from Clover Food Lab, iced tea/lemonade & cookies for around $20), starting at 6pm. Please e-mail our Events Manager with any questions and to reserve your meal. To sign up for the lecture, visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0445acad2ca1fd0-october

    Julian Agyeman Ph.D. FRSA FRGS is a Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is the originator of the increasingly influential concept of just sustainabilities, the intentional integration of social justice and sustainability.

    Worldwide, he is recognized as an expert, an innovator and thought leader. He is the author or editor of 11 books, and was co-founder in 1996, and is now Editor-in-Chief of Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. Julian sits on the Academic Board of The Centre for the Future of Places (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden), the Board of Directors of EcoDistricts (Portland, OR) and on the Advisory Boards for equitable and sustainable initiatives for cities including San Francisco, Dublin, London, and Montreal.

    In 1996, he was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA) in the UK, a network of people dedicated to enriching society and shaping the future through ideas and action. And in 2018, he was awarded the Athena City Accolade by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, for his “outstanding contribution to the field of social justice and ecological sustainability, environmental policy and planning“.

  • Wednesday, September 25, 7:30 pm – Why the Ocean Matters: It’s Probably Not Why You Think

    Solutions to climate change require us to think differently about how the land and sea connect to communities. Laura Parker Roerden, founder/executive director of Ocean Matters and fourth generation farmer will take us on a journey into a new paradigm for farms informed by oceans that holds the key to climate solutions and how engaging with this paradigm can help communities build resilient youth, expand our notion of tribe, and give us new ways to belong. The free lecture takes place September 25 at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester. The Farm offers a casual picnic supper (sandwiches from Clover Food Lab, iced tea/lemonade & cookies for around $20), starting at 6pm. Please e-mail the Events Manager with any questions and to reserve your meal. RSVP to the lecture, please, at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0445acad2ca1fd0-september

    Laura Parker Roerden

    Executive Director and founder of Ocean Matters, Laura Parker Roerden has over twenty-five years of experience in environmental education and educating for social responsibility. She is a lecturer and author of many books, curricula and articles on young people’s social, emotional, and ethical development. She is the former publisher and managing editor at Educators for Social Responsibility and former managing editor of the magazine New Designs for Youth Development. Laura currently serves on the board of directors of both Women Working for Oceans (W20) at the New England Aquarium, as well as Earth, Ltd. of Southwicks Zoo and is a member of the Pleiades Network of Women Leaders in Sustainability. She lives on a fifth generation family farm in the Blackstone Valley of Massachusetts.

  • Wednesday, July 24, 7:30 pm – Climate Resilience in Your Own Backyard

    Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester continues its 2019 Speaker Series on July 24 with Allison Houghton speaking on Climate Resilience in Your Own Backyard. Soil is alive with more microbes in a teaspoon of healthy soil than there are people on this planet. Only in recent years have we come to fully understand the extent to which a thriving soil also has the potential to rapidly sequester carbon, store and filter water, buffer extremes, break down toxins, and support biodiverse ecosystems. This talk is a call for gardeners to learn to become stewards of the immense thriving world beneath our feet. Learning these skills not only has benefits for our gardens and the food we grow, but also for our local ecosystems, watersheds, communities, and for the planet. Free, but registration required at www.wlfarm.org

    Allison Houghton is a soil, plant and natural world enthusiast. She recently wrote The Carbon Sequestering Garden: Gardening for the Planet While Growing Some of the Best Food Possible. She has played many roles over the past few years as a gardener, farmer, teacher, writer, mother, and naturalist, including as former Director of Horticulture at Green City Growers in Somerville where she wrote the gardening guide, The Urban Bounty: How To Grow Fresh Food, Anywhere. She currently works at the Northeast Organic Farming Association with their soil technical assistance program.

  • Friday, June 21, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Summer Solstice At The Barn

    The Summer Solstice Cocktail Party at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester will take place Friday, June 21 from 7 – 10. Enjoy farm-inspired cocktails and appetizers at sunset, with live music from Miss Ellaneous. Tickets are $75 per person and may be purchased online at www.wlfarm.org