Our Farm-to-School group met on October 29th to discuss our mission, review and share information about projects that have passed and are ongoing, list available resources, plan for the March, 2010 program at Groton School, and decide where we go from here. Next meeting: Bobbie Spiegelman's house, November 10, at 10 am.

Present projects:

Florence Roche 4th grade garden working with Tiffany  Doggett and Amy Gifford

Paula Bye's   high school Life Skills class garden and greenhouse

HAZARDOUS AND BULKY WASTE COLLECTION DAY Lunenburg DPW, 520 Chase Rd/ Rt 13, MassToss Cooperative will be conducting another regional collection day for anyone, small business, resident or not, Pre-register & get line preference. Register at www.MassToss.com or call Tessa at 978-660-6130.
 

Hear this from your Team Captain -- thank you, Groton Local, for
co-sponsoring last night's August Groton Community Dinner at First Parish
Church.  You did a fine job and Groton Local proud!  I'll screw up if I
try to acknowledge everyone by name -- you know who you are.  Together, we
"fielded" cobbler cooks, cole slaw cooks (we put the red and the green
kinds together and dubbed the result "Confetti Salad"), tomato salad
chefs, veggie entree cooks, cabbage and basil and tomato growers,

Update 8/14/09

 WE have another week to fill 2-3 slots for dish crew 5:45-8 PM (this
requires sainted people with stamina!), 2 dessert platers 6:15-7:15 PM, 3
clean-up crew 7-9 PM (my observation from July was that it didn't take
this long to finish), and 5 people willing to make cole slaw (or fewer
cooks willing to make a double recipe) -- see recipe attached.  What's the
best way to get this updated "help wanted" information circulated,

Welcome to Groton Local May 2009 Newsletter

Table of Contents:

• This months Events
• Work Groups Meeting Minutes
• Links of interest

Events

5/23  Plant Sale at Clover Farm <click for more info>

5/23  Gardening 101 <click for more info>