Join Us For Barrington’s Natural Heritage & Agriculture Fair
When: Saturday & Sunday; Aug 28 – 29, 2010
Location: Warren Farm,Barrington NH-2 miles West of the Lee circle off rt 4
Time: 10:00 – 4:00 Rain or Shine
What To Expect: No admission fee, donation cans only.
- Farmers Market with Many Vendors – Great, Fresh, Locally Grown Food
- Mule Team Hayrides with Maine Farmer
- Music & English Country Dancing Exhibitions
- Family oriented children’s games at 11am and 2pm both days
- Talks – Saturday @12pm Dr John Carroll,
- Saturday @3pm UNH Colsa Dean and Assoc Dean share about new UNH community sustainability programs,
- Sunday @12pm Amy Antonucci talks about bees
- Educational Displays – Information about Agriculture, Land Conservation, Energy Sustainability, and “Living Local”
- Nature Walk w/ Scott Young- daily @1pm- learn about birds, plants, snakes, dragon flies and more.
- Heirloom Farm Animals–Q &A w/ Farmer
- Local artisans display and sell their products
- Face painting with Pat Morse
- Working Steer demo – Sunday only
- Traditional blacksmithing demo
Entertainment
Barrington Garland Dancers
Bob Crichton – Mule Team Hayrides
Peter Sandin et al- music of Flat Pickle
Peter Yarensky et al fiddle Music & Dancing
Sandra Koski acoustic guitar and vocals
Jake and Friends of ” So It Goes” band
Vendors for Freshly Made Local Food
- Amelia’s BBQ Chicken, beans, Slaw
- Figtree Café- baked goodies, breakfast and lunch foods
- Seaport Fish- fresh caught fish sandwiches
- Sugar Momma’s Maple Syrup Treats-icecream, cotton candy, syrup, candy
- The Soup Guy- healthy soups, chili dogs
- Chef Ted McCormick prepares locally grown food
- Warren Farm grilled “silver king” sweet corn
- Roast Pig Cookout and more-Sunday only
Live Stock and Poultry Exhibition
hogs, alpacas, rabbits, goats, sheep, turkeys, ducks, geese, chickens, Working steer demo
- Lasting Legacy Farm
- Sallie’s Fen Alpacas
- Yellow House Farm
- Allen Family working Steer
Local Artisans and Crafts People
- Amelia Mae’s Homemade Jams
- Connie’s Cool Beans Jewelry- designed from home grown beans
- Diane Louise Paul Leather Work
- Mustard Seed Herbs and Teas
- Sallie’s Fen Alpaca fiber products
- The Bead Bin- handmade beads, bead jewelry
- Shaker Style Brooms of Lee NH- Handmade
- Sibling Pottery of Strafford NH designed by Shawn Christman
- Margie Varnum of Nottingham-Weaver
Great Information
- Beekeeping and Permaculture
- Barrington Natural Heritage Comm. NHC
- Bear-Paw Regional Greenways
- New England Food & Water Watch
- NH Farm to School
- Northeast Organic Farmers Ass’n NOFA
- Oyster River Watershed Ass’n. ORWA
- Save Our Groundwater SOG
- Seacoast Area Renewable Energy Initiative SEAREI
- Strafford Rivers Conservancy SRC
- Seacoast Eat Local
- Slow Food Seacoast
- Worm Tunnel – Strafford County Conservation District SCCD
Farms Selling Fresh Local Food
- Dr. Tomato
- Heron Pond
- Lasting Legacy Farm
- Meadows Mirth
- Nippo Brook Farm
- Warren Farm
- Yellow House Farm
- Root Cellar Farm
- Stout Oak farm
- Sallie’s Fen Alpacas
DIRECTIONS: Warren Rd. is two miles west of Lee Traffic Circle (Junction Rtes 125 & 4) and is on the right just before Nottingham Town Line and the power lines crossing over Route 4.
CONTACT: Email: nh.ag.fair@live.com Telephone: Marika at 603-664-5195. Website: https://agfair.wordpress.com/