Happenings
Since closing the Farm to the public, our major sources of income have temporarily dwindled, but our animals still need to eat—and they eat a LOT! On #Giving Tuesday, we're asking100 Farm Friends to donate $20 each to help us raise the money we need to feed our animals for the next few months. We have many mouths to feed, from chickens and ducks to alpacas, sheep, goats and bunnies. Thank you for your donation on #Giving Tuesday.
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Learn how to handmake colorful pasta by extracting natural coloring from vegetables.In this unique setting we will learn how to infuse the pasta dough with rich vibrant colors in a natural way.
Class starts with an antipasto By Vita Pasta Lab
For more information and to register, click HERE
In this multi-session cooking workshop, Kindergarten Chefs will learn culinary techniques while having a blast with Chef and nutrition expert Annalyce Loffredo. Class is limited for the best experience.
Sorry, This Class Is Sold Out
Come join a roundtable discussion with RTM Representative Andrew Colabella and Westport teachers Stacy Fowle and Ashley Moran, along with Westport students, to find ways to reduce waste in our town and in your home.
Moderated by our special guest, Will Haskell, CT State Senator. Ms. Fowle and Ms. Moran have led the composting movement in the Westport Public lower schools with the inspiration of their students. Andrew Colabella was the RTM lead petitioner to ban single use plastic in Westport restaurants with the assistance of students who spoke at the hearing.
Come listen to the kids and teachers who inspired the movement and find out how we can join in.
Free and appropriate for all ages.Free & appropriate for all ages, but please register HERE
ENCORE CLASS!
There’s nothing as delicious as fresh pasta, and crafting it yourself is much easier than you might think. Vita will show you how to create perfect pasta dough and flavorful fillings, which you will then transform into beautiful ravioli - tortelli
Click HERE for more info and to register
If you’re doing the Black Friday or Cyber Monday thing and shopping on Amazon, please consider using AmazonSmile and support Wakeman Town Farm by following the link below.
When you shop Black Friday deals at smile.amazon.com/ch/27-4127337, AmazonSmile donates to Friends of Westport Parks and Recreation Inc!
Thanks!
This Holiday, Give your kids tthe gift of the Joy of Cooking. New Sessions start in early January
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There’s just nothing cuter than our Little Farmers’ parent + child classes. Wednesday mornings. Choose either 9:00-10 or 10:30-11:30. New session starts Dec 4. Cute kids, nice parents, fuzzy friends. Register here:
Leticia Moreinos Schwartz, award-winning author of three cookbooks, will share her healthy and delicious recipes from Latin Superfoods, her latest cookbook in this fun and health-centered class.
For more info and to register, click HERE
Japanese cuisine is not all about sushi. There are so many other delicious Japanese dishes that are simple, healthy, and easy to make at home.
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Support Local and your favorite Town Farm! Our new logo wear is in and would make a great gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list.
Please email to for pricing and pick up options. www.wakemantownfarm@gmail.com
Our food system is broken. Learn how greenhouse gas from monoculture farming is contributing to climate change. Join us for a discussion about how changing our agricultural practices can lessen the damaging effects. The talk will span soil microbiology, agricultural policy, climate change, grass-fed animal agriculture and a bit of history.
Join Kelsey Brennan for a discussion on the Challenges and Opportunities for American Food Production.
This Lecture is Free and appropriate for all ages, but please register HERE
Kelsey Brennan has bachelor's in Sustainable Agriculture and Global Development from UConn and an MS in Crop and Soil Environmental Science at Virginia Tech
Sat December 7, 10-4
Forget the hustle-bustle of the big box stores. Come to the Farm for a great selection of fresh Douglas Firs, supplied by our dear friends at Gilbertie’s and cut and tied on your car by Staples HS volunteers.
This local tree sale is a community effort that you can feel good about. Besides supporting a beloved local nursery, your purchase will also support educational scholarships at the Farm. You get a fresh local tree and you support local!
A win for all!
Wakeman Town Farm - 134 Cross Highway Westport
You’re invited to the Annual Wakeman Town Farm Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration on Friday, Dec. 6 from 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m.
It’s a festive, fun and free event for the whole family. In addition to the bonfire, roasting marshmallows and hot cocoa, we’re featuring a variety of local school musicians playing some Christmas and Chanukkah favorites. Join us as we light up the Wakeman tree with fellow Westporters to kick off the season. And…if you’re able, “Be an Angel” and bring an unwrapped gift for the Farm's Al’s Angels Holiday Toy Collection Box.
Holiday Lighting 4:30-6 p.m.
4:30 - Long Lots and Green Farms Elementary School Musicians Play Holiday Tunes
4:45 - Tree Lighting
4:50 - Hot chocolate, cookies, and bonfire with marshmallows
6:00 - Happy Holidays & Goodnight!
Free and open to all!
In this Fall Soup/Noodle Class with North Shutsharawan, Founder of Nit Noi, a local broth company that specializes in delicious and nutrient-rich broths and Thai soups, we will learn to create two soups (one noodle soup and one rice soup) using local organic bounty from area farms, including organic vegetables and pasture-raised animals.
Sorry, SOLD OUT
Get your party started with a master of the small bite, Festivities Executive Chef/Co-Owner Bill Kaliff.
This perfectly timed class will be focused on tray-passed hors d’oeuvres with a strong emphasis on organic garnishes--all well-suited to the season!
For More info and to register, Click HERE
Join us in the Barn at the Farm to make an incredible living centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table using specialty pumpkins and succulent plants. For more info and to register, click HERE
Join chef Annalyce and Farm Instructor Chryse Terrill for a farm-based Election Day camp.
Chef Annalyce will be creating a yummy patriotic-themed dessert with the kids.
Chryse is planning to run an election poll for “favorite farm animal” and the kids will vote to name our feisty rooster.
Of course, the Farm will offer all the usual fun activities, including animal feeding and petting, games, and crafts.
$100
For more info and to register click HERE
Nick Mancini, UConn master gardener, author of The Complete Organic Garden, and currently the guiding light at the Grace Farms community garden, will share his accumulated wisdom from decades of growing both fruits and vegetables organically. In this Pollinator Pathway Series talk, Nick will explain the fall and winter ‘must dos’ to have a successful organic veggie garden next summer.
This talk is FREE, but registration is requested.
Join Kathy Oberman & Carl McNair for a workshop in pizza-making using our new Mugnaini wood-burning outdoor oven. We will make the dough in our kitchen and then go outside to bake the pizzas in the oven. Kids can join parents in the pizza making fun!
For more info and to register click HERE
