Red Fire Farm:
News and Events CALENDAR, 2010
2010 CSA Shares Are Available Now
Get weekly farm shares of fresh produce all season!
Please visit our CSA Sign Up page.
May 1:
Farm Stands Open in Granby and Montague
Get great organic starts for your home garden – a wide variety of select flower and vegetable bedding plants.
More about our Farmstands.
May 4, 12:30pm – 6pm:
Springfield Farmers' Market Opening
Day
Get back in the swing of local food and find all kinds of great plants for your garden at home. We have a new market location this season, close to the X in Forest Park.
Springfield Farmers' Market at the X.
May 22, saturday, 11Am:
Heirloom tomatoes for the home gardener workshop
With 20-year tomato farmer Ryan Voiland. We'll be gathering in the barn in Granby to go over how to grow really good tomatoes in your garden. So many flavors and options! Get tips for choosing tomato varieties that fit your eating interests. Then we'll do a tomato planting demo and talk about best growing conditions.
Our farm has been growing heirlooms for many years and we have our latest list of favorites to share with you. Many of these specialty tomato varieties are also for sale at our farmstands, so you can pick some up when you come for the workshop. Directions to the farm.
May 27, 11:30pm – 6:30pm:
Boston Farmers' Market Opening
Day
Get back in the swing of local food and find all kinds of great plants for your garden at home.
Boston Farmers' Market at South Station.
June 7:
This Week is the Beginning of the Summer CSA!
Please join our CSA at one of the many locations.
June 13, sunday 1:30 pm :
cookbook signing with farmers ryan and sarah
Last year we had a cookbook writer visiting the farm, taking pictures, and discussing recipes. Janet Fletcher's book, "Eating Local" is out with a feature section about Red Fire, stories from other family farms across the US, and lots of yummy recipes from farm fresh ingredients. So we're going to sign some copies! Come visit us. It will be at Sur La Table in The Mall at Chestnut Hill, 199 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA.
June 19, Saturday afternoon and evening:
THE STRAWBERRY SOIREE
Join us at the farm in Granby for a celebration of the strawberry during the peak of picking season! An afternoon with tastings in the barn, and a special evening meal made with our fresh seasonal produce, featuring strawberries.
July 18, Sunday:
hike on new montague farm landCome visit the new land that will hopefully be a secure land base into the future. Walk the fields with covercrops, wade across the Sawmill River, walk down to the edge of the Connecticut. Bring a picnic and hang out, there's some fun things to do in the area, like visit the Bookmill or our Montague farmstand.
August 28, Saturday:
The 10th Annual RED FIRE FARM TOMATO FESTIVAL
Every year, we have an unbelievable selection of amazing and often award-winning tomatoes for you to taste. It's a great day at the farm, with everything from a 5K Tomato Trot field race to hay rides to cooking demonstrations to live music to crafters and a smorgasbord of local fare from area producers. Come and visit!
October 9, Saturday:
HARVEST POTLUCK PARTY AND CIDER PRESSING
Come press fresh cider from the fall apple harvest! Bring a potluck dish to share for an early supper at the farm. We'll be making some fabulous seasonal edibles as well!