Events & Potlucks
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Potluck Dinners/Meetings
Slow Food Seacoast hosts potluck dinner meetings regularly throughout the year. They are open to the public and free! To minimize waste and cleanup time, whenever possible, please bring your own dining kit (plate, bowl, drinkware, cutlery, and napkin), serving utensil for your potluck dish, and beverage(s) to these events, for you and your companions. If you have never attended a potluck before, please click on About Our Potlucks for information about what to expect.
Upcoming Potlucks
Sunday, August 1: 4th Annual Slow Food Seacoast Down-on-the-Farm Picnic
This year for our annual farm picnic, Slow Food Seacoast is bringing home the idea of local food production by visiting a New Hampshire homestead on which one family has created a low-impact living space that is ecologically connected to the natural world! By working with nature’s cycles, simplifying their lifestyle, and planting a highly diverse landscape (as well as benefiting from wild offerings), the Rowells successfully produce most of their own food and generate very little waste.
The theme is “Weeds & Seeds,” and we’ll celebrate heirloom produce varieties as well as other gifts from nature (sometimes referred to as weeds). With the owners as your guides, learn how the Rowells live sustainably and self-sufficiently with an in-depth tour of the property, demos of “the chicken tractors”, and more. Activities will include
- An introduction to permaculture concepts from Lauren Chase-Rowell
- An in-depth tour of the homestead’s permaculture landscape (farm, field, marsh, and woodland)
- Wild edible and heirloom produce tastings all day
- Crafts and games for kids (make a clay seed bomb to beautify a barren or weedy area!)
- A traditional bean pit demo
- A wild edibles and medicinals walk with John Forti to round out the afternoon
Information and representatives from partner organizations including Greater Seacoast Permaculture, Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA), Seacoast Community Garden Network, and Seacoast Eat Local (get your hot-off-the-presses copy of Seacoast Harvest: Local Food Guide 2010!) also will be available.
As with all of our potlucks, please bring your own picnic supplies (dishes and utensils, beverages, blankets, lawn chairs), a labeled potluck dish to share, and serving utensils. All ages are welcome! Admission is $5 per person; children accompanied by adults are free.
WHEN: Sunday, August 1, 12 noon–3:30 pm, RAIN OR SHINE!
WHERE: Dalton’s Pasture, 156 Stevens Hill Road, Nottingham
THEME: Weeds & Seeds! A Celebration of Summer’s Bounty
FEE: Admission is $5 per person; children accompanied by adults are free.
DIRECTIONS:
From Portsmouth:
-Take Route 16/Spaulding Turnpike to Exit 6W/NH Route 4 West/UNH/Concord.
-Head west on US-4 W toward Durham. Continue to follow US-4 W 9.1 mi
-At the traffic circle, turn south on NH-125 S/Calef Hwy 4.2 mi
-Turn right at NH-152 W/Harvey Mill Rd Continue to follow NH-152 W 3.7 mi
-Turn left at Flutter St 1.2 mi
-Turn right at Deerfield Rd/Long Hill Rd Continue to follow Deerfield Rd 0.3 mi
-Bear right at Stevens Hill Rd Destination will be on the left 2.0 mi
From points south, take Route 101 to Exit 7. Travel North on Route 125 approx 4 miles and turn left (West) on Route 152 - follow directions above.
From Newmarket, take Route 152 to Route 125 and continue across, following directions above
Other Events
- For the Love of Food, an art exhibit featuring paintings, photos, and illustrations of nutritious foods—especially fruits and vegetables—by more than a dozen acclaimed New Hampshire artists is on display at the Children’s Museum of NH ’s Gallery 6 during regular business hours. Click on the blog post for more information.
Check back soon for details about getting involved with lots of food-related events in the fall:
- 2nd Annual NH Fish & Lobster Festival (”Fishtival”) on September 25
- Slow Food USA’s National Day of Action 2010
- Fall Harvest Festival at Strawbery Banke on October 9
- 50-Mile Thanksgiving Celebration to be held at South Church (292 State Street, Portsmouth NH) on November 6
- Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) 2010 Harvest Dinner



