Organization/meetings
Board representatives need to be chosen before the annual meeting on April 26th when Board officers will be elected – partially by meeting and partially by email/phone/mail? Lorraine McBride and Joann Darling have expressed interest in serving.
Tim is an officer of the Montpelier Grange and will check on the availability of their space for NCFN Washington Co. meetings
Workshops
A beekeeping workshop can be scheduled with Chelsea Public Library for this spring
Jim is working on a high tunnel workshop and will check on having a cheese workshop at LACE
Website
Mojo said the Macromedia Contribute software we use for the website won’t accommodate a counter – we’ll email Annalei Babson at NEK about it
Jim will be added to the google calendar so he can post workshops
Dawn & Mojo will check to see if google calendar can accept links to other webpages with more detailed descriptions about events
Pompanoosuc Agricultural Society website www.forage.ning.com is all interactive – Mojo and Dawn will look into this option for NCFN
Pompanoosuc Agricultural Society
2 members of the Pompanoosuc Agricultural Society attended and shared some information about their organization. Some of their interests are
Local slaughterhouse (closer to the Thetford area than Tim Ward’s)
Cheese making
Commercial kitchen for community use
Food sovereignty issues
Grain growing – wheat, sunflowers
Education and Promotion of Fresh Foods
Willing Hands may be able to partner with the cooking classes in Chelsea – Dawn will contact Lynn Caulkins
Vegetable of the month suggested with recipes
Tunbridge Fair this year – The Year of the Vegetable – they are looking for recipes to display at the fair. Send them to ncfnwashington@gmail.com
Cooking demos suggested at farm markets – including kids demonstrating how to use fresh local produce
More packets of free seeds were handed out – there are still lots more so come to meetings and get them!