RED FIRE FARM TOMATO FESTIVAL
Saturday, August 24, 2013
7 Carver Street, Granby, MA
Rain or shine!
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!
Click for a little video of what the Festival is like!
Below see the details of last year's festival to get a sense of it all. Stay tuned for what's happening in 2013!
2012 Tomato Trot 5K Race Results Posted.
Click here for 2012 race results and times - Great run everbody!
A great trail race through the fields! Runners and walkers wind their way through our organic fields and meadows to the finish line. An array of fresh organic produce from our fields awaits the winners. Pre-registration $20, At the Door $24- includes a race t-shirt, and admission to the festival that follows the race. Find out details using the Tomato Trot 5K Registration Form.
Festival Schedule and Details For 2012
10:30 AM - Tomato Trot 5K starts. Day-of registration and sign in opens at 9 am.
Main Festival opens 12-5. Admission is $5, kids under 12 get in free. CSA and Farmstand Members get two free entries per share/membership.
In the GUEST CHEF TENT
1:15 PM - Ben Lester -- Wheatberry Cafe, Amherst MA
2:30 PM - Warren Leigh -- Hydrangea Catering, Springfield, MA
3:45 PM - Mary Nelen -- Valley Locavore ~ Tomato Canning Demonstration
WORKSHOPS in the barn 
12:15 PM - Making Homemade Condiments with Ismail Samad, Alice James, and Liz Ehrenberg of the Gleanery, Putney, VT
1:30 PM - Wild Edible Walk - by John Root
2:45 PM - Grain Milling for Home Use - by Ben Lester, Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain
and Wheatberry Cafe
4:00 PM - Flower Arranging with Andrew Lacasse, Red Fire Farm's Flower Grower. Please BYO flowers from the PYO patch to arrange!
On the MUSIC STAGE
12:00 PM - Rusty Belle
1:15 PM - The Grownups
2:30 PM - Lisa Ellingsen and the Ellingtones
3:45 PM - Lux Deluxe
Kids Activities
12-5 All kinds of free fun events for all ages. See the schedule the day of.
And the Famous Tomato Tasting
12-5 All afternoon in the Tasting Tent
BANDS PLAYING LIVE
Local Music to go with your Local Food! All these gals and fellas make their music in this here Pioneer Valley, and they make it up fresh :).
Please click on the photo to go find out more about each band and hear some of their music.
RUSTY BELLE:They have been described as such: (click image for website and music samples!) |
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THE GROWNUPS:(click image for website and music samples!) |
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LISA ELLINGSEN:(click image for website and music samples!) |
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LUX DELUXE :(click image for website and music samples!)
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CHEFS teaching their trade
We have a lineup of folks involved in bringing great food to the table to give you teachings on cooking scrumptious seasonal dishes.
WARREN LEIGHThe charming Chef Warren Leigh is bound to bring you along on an adventure with a delicious ending. Some of his background: President of the Pioneer Valley Chefs Association, chef owner of the white linen Madeleines Restaurant, owner of Hydrangea Catering. |
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MARY NELENCreator of the popular local food blog, the Valley Locavore, Mary Nelen knows her way around the freshest foods in the valley. She'll be teaching how to can tomatoes and preserve the wonderful flavors of summer for year-round enjoyment. |
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BEN LESTERBen Lester, cofounder of Wheatberry Cafe in Amherst, will be sharing his passion for real, delicious, and health giving foods like the ones he serves every day at the cafe.
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ARTISANS with beautiful things to sell
Good Dirt PotteryStoneware and utilitarian ware, dishware and fountains. http://www.gooddirtpottery.com |
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Peterman's Boards and BowlsHand-turned wooden bowls and cutting boards. |
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Rainbow KidsRainbow kids is a small home-based business, located in Wales, MA, which specializes in creating vibrant and unique tie-dyed clothing. http://www.rainbowkidstiedye.etsy.com |
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Indigo Moon HerbalsSmall-batch aromatherapy. |
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Mountain to Seas Knits |
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Dragonfly DesignsAssorted handmade crafts. https://www.facebook.com/DragonflyDesignsbyMelindaL |
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Gem Renevah |
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Whistling SparrowUpcycled clothes, bags and greeting cards. http://www.whistlingsparrow.com/ |
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WORKSHOPS - to up your knowledge
Come to the festival to learn some great techniques and skills from folks who know.
- Making Homemade Condiments
- Flower Arranging with Seasonal Flowers
- Wild Edible Walk
- Grain Milling for Home Us
VENDORS - feeding us delicious preparations
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BARTS HOMEMADE ICECREAMGet some local scoops of all kinds of Barts Icecream to cool off! |
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REAL PICKLES Real Pickles will be sampling their locally sourced, locally made raw fermented pickles, krauts, and more. Real Pickles makes naturally fermented vegetables, including dill pickles, garlic dill pickles, sauerkraut, kimchi, red cabbage, ginger carrots, tomatillo hot sauce, garlic kraut and beets. All of our products are raw, organic and made using a traditional natural fermentation process that has been used for centuries all over the world. |
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TOM'S WILDFLOWER HONEYKettle Corn and Delicious local honey from Ludlow, MA. |
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RELISH THE HARVESTSweet and hot relishes made with local ingredients. |
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Thank you for reading, and we hope to see you there!