This Week's Workshops at Wright-Locke Farm

There is no better time than the summer season to learn how to healthfully and safely utilize the many local fruits, veggies, herbs, and flowers available at the farmers markets, pick-your-own farms, and maybe even your own backyard. Wright-Locke Farm has a wide range of workshops this month that showcase how to find and prepare these seasonal foods to enjoy with family and friends, or on your own!

Tonight, the farm's hosting its Drying and Dehydrating Fruits, Veggies, and Herbs Workshop on Tuesday 8/15 from 6:30 - 8pm. Education Director Rebekah Carter will teach participants how to healthfully prepare and dehydrate or dry raw foods, simple snacks, teas, seasonings, and more using local seasonal fruit, veggies, and herbs. Featured topics to be covered include selecting the best ingredients, necessary dehydrating and drying equipment and kitchenwares, and delicious and easy to make dried food ideas using simple and flexible recipes. Tastings of featured dried foods will be enjoyed throughout the workshop, and each participant will help make and take home seasoned salt (uses dried herbs, celery, hot peppers, and/or garlic) and chamomile tea.

If you are more interested in learning how to cook up an impressive meal for family or friends, consider joining the farm for its Maki Sushi Workshop with Yoshiko Sullivan this Thursday, August 17 from 6:30 - 8:30pm. Yoshiko will teach participants step-by-step preparations and techniques for homemade maki sushi, including how to make the seasoned rice, prepare the filling (cucumber, avocado, egg, and crab stick), and properly roll it for a visually appealing treat. As a side dish, Yoshiko will also share how to make a nostalgic flavored miso soup, starting with dried kelp in the soup stock for homemade “dashi.”

Upcoming summer workshops also include:

• Summer Morning Yoga with Brittney Burgess on Friday, August 18 from 6 - 7am
• Summer Evening Pilates with Jennifer Ogonowsky on Monday, August 21 and 21 from 7 - 8pm
• Summer-Inspired Culinary Workshop with French in the Kitchen on Thursday, August 24 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
• Canning Jams and Sweet Preserves Workshop on Tuesday, August 29 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
• Summer Flower Arranging Workshop with Ruth Trimarchi, Wednesday, August 30 from 6:30 - 8pm

For more information on the farm, including its education programs, events, and volunteer opportunities, visit our website: www.WLFarm.org