Red Fire Farm:
News and Events 2008

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 6, 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.
Springfield Farmers' Market at the X.

July 9, Wednesday – A Book Discussion! In Defense of Food.

Please join us for the first book discussion at the farm, featuring the delicious and very digestable "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto," by Michael Pollan.
    How to participate: Read some or all of the book and then come talk about it with us!
    Be sure to bring a chair!
July 9th, 7pm in the Red Fire barn, Granby.

July 19, Saturday – Wild Edibles Walk

Naturalist John Root will lead a wild edibles walk through the farm property. Everyone is welcome for this free walk, starting at 3:30 from the Red Fire barn. It's about an hour long exploration of the wild vegetation with explanations of how to ID and use our area's wild plants for food.

July 19, Saturday – Picnic Feast in the Fields

Take the hay wagon ride to the secluded Little Hill field to a picnic of an amazing local meal, and kebabs for the grill. Wagon leaves at 5:20 pm from the Red Fire Barn.
    The Strawberry Soiree was really great, so we think this will be really fun as well.
    Check out the Picnic Menu and Ticket Info.

August 23, Saturday: The 8th Annual Red Fire Farm Tomato Festival (Rain date Sunday, Aug 24)

Sample over 60 varieties of delicious tomatoes and all kinds of local products from cheeses to bread to pickles to salsa.
Guest Chefs light it up in the cooking demo tent, teaching fabulous recipes with our organic produce. Live Music.
Tour the fields in the hay wagon and pick your own salsa or saucing tomatoes.
5K Tomato Trot race to cheer or run. Trot Registration open now.
Get a luscious lunch of grilled sweet corn and hot pizza.
Good times for all on the farm!

September 20, Saturday: Fall Harvest Feast in the Fields

Come celebrate the plenty of fall with a splendid feast in the Red Fire Farm fields. Stay tuned!