Millis/Medway September 2016

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games, but also exposes some
picky eaters to what real food
tastes like freshly picked. Educational
Program staff tromped
with the young children out to
the flower beds to learn about
parts of flowers. They explored
the herb garden next to the farm
stand shed and discovered chewing
sage leaves as a fun alternative
to brushing your teeth! And each
morning the children helped feed
the goats, bunnies, and chickens,
wandering the farm to gather
special treats for their new, fourlegged
friends.
While a lot of education was
happening this summer, work
was also going on to develop the
farm’s infrastructure. A brand
new structure planned at the
farm stand was paid for through
a Seeds of Change Grant for
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$20,000. Marcia Coakley, a
board member of the Medway
Community Farm, Inc., noted
that the even more detailed, prefabricated
building they erected
actually cost less than the structure
they had originally planned.
“The old wooden base of
the farm stand will be the base
for our planned walk-in cooler,”
Coakley said. “Right now we
have a cooler, but you have to
walk down the steps of the bulkhead
to get there. We’re looking
forward to this great addition to
the work of the farm.”
A popular fundraising event
at the farm has just passed, their
annual “Farm to Fork” dinner.
A fun evening of fresh food and
entertainment, the meal featured
fresh produce all grown at the
Medway Community Farm,
from appetizers of potato latkes
with crème fraiche and green
onions to salad of stuffed tomatoes
on greens, followed by locally
produced roast chicken and
potatoes with spiced carrots and
Israeli salad, and finished off
by carrot cake, zucchini cobbler
bars, and other treats.
We sat down with Coakley at
the end of the summer to talk
about events happening at the
farm, and how the community
farm has touched the lives of so
many people in Medway and
beyond. “Some Fall CSAs (Community
Supported Agriculture)
Shares are still available right
now, with registration on our
website,” Coakley noted. “The
Fall shares run from October to
December for 10 weeks (pickups
every other week). The share will
include many root vegetables,
many greens, and the last of the
summer treats, like mini sweet
peppers, cherry tomatoes, eggplants
and tomatillos earlier in
the share.” Coakley warned not
to be discouraged from joining
the wait list. It simply takes you
to the sign up form!
Coakley also noted that plans
are in the works to partner with
Stonehill College as a training
site for the college’s interns for
their Non-profit Management
program. “They need an internship/partnership
location, and
we need the support of volunteers
and non-profit education
on all levels,” Coakley said. “We
are planning a joint event with
two area farms for a bike tour,
‘Tour de Farm,’ point to point
with Powisset and Natick Community
Farms.”
At Medway Community Farm, Education program counselor Caitrine
Foley shows children how to feed chickens by hand.
Coakley explained that the
Medway Community Farm has
been modeled after the Natick
Community Farm. “There are
many similarities between us,
“she said. “Natick has a strong
education component. Our challenge
is sustaining the effort to
involve kids in the schools. Right
now all 4th graders in Medway
come to the farm and have garden
beds and a program series
here. 2nd & 3rd graders at Memorial
School have class garden
beds and scheduled programming
with Farm Staff to help
them learn about plant seedlings,
and how to nurture, and harvest
vegetables in the spring. And 6th
graders have garden beds at the
Middle School with Farm Staff
programming at their level.” The
program, managed by Medway
Community Education, is not
limited to Medway residents.
For more information, visit
the Medway Community Farm
website http://medwaycommunityfarm.org/,
or the MCF
Facebook Page.
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