LAST THURSDAY AT THE MARKET:
The Market is open 1 pm to 5:30 pm*

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The current plan is to send out monthly Sustainable Agriculture emails
throughout the winter on first Wednesdays, and then start up again
with the weekly newsletter next spring as we count down for opening day!

WEATHER: Thursday will be classic late October, highs in the 50s, It
will be rainy in the morning, but promises to clear up by afternoon.
<http://www.weather.com/weather/local/02478 >

To find us on try using this Google Map
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Cross+street+at+Channing+road
Please check the website at www.belmontfarmersmarket.org for more
information on the market, its vendors, and how you can get involved,
plus the calendar of events. There's a chance for your feedback on
customer opinion survey. Read the latest Roots and Spouts with
articles on Local Eating in Winter, Canning and preserving, and the
Chickens who live in Belmont.

Buy a T-SHIRT! Show your support of the Belmont Farmers' Market, and
clothe your self elegantly at the same time. T – shirts come in small
through XL on natural 100% organic cotton with our widely acclaimed
Belmont Market Logo. $10 each at the market. If you want a shirt, but
cannot make it to the market, send an email to
belmontfarmersmarket@... to arrange to pick one up or have one
delivered.

PUMKIN DECORATING!
The Belmont Farmers' Market Committee will provide non-toxic supplies
to decorate a pumpkin (or squash!). Our vendors will also have
pumpkins for sale.

MUSIC: Leah Meyer, of Chenery Middle School, will be playing the
French Horn at 2:45pm.

LINKS: Check this link for a printable calendar of the time frame for
the availability of Massachusetts grown crops.
http://www.mass.gov/agr/massgrown/Availability.pdf

EVENTS:
1. If you have time this afternoon, troop over to Davis Square for the
Growing Healthy Family Festival
Wednesday, October 24th, 3-6pm at the Davis Square Farmers' Market in
Somerville
(Located on Day St., in the parking lot behind the Post Office) Rain
or Shine
There will be food samples, games, and prizes. Do the Scavenger Hunt
and Win A Prize! (Both adult and kid prizes.)

Sunday, October 28
7pm to 9pm
Belmont High School
221 Concord Avenue

2. Panel Discussion:
Confronting Climate Change in the Northeast U.S.

How will global warming affect the economy, enviornment and quality of
life of the northeastern United States? What can we do to reduce our
contribution to climate change?
Featuring:
• Dr. Peter Frumhoff, Director of Science and Policy, Union of
Concerned Scientists, and Chair, Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment
(NECIA) Synthesis Team
• Will Brownsberger, State Representative, 24th Middlesex District

Sponsored by Sustainable Belmont and cosponsored by the Belmont Public
Schools, the Belmont Vision 21 Implementation Committee, the Belmont
League of Women Voters, and the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition

For more information, email: sustainablebelmont@...

3. Wednesday, October 31st:
Author Amelia Saltsman Stops for Lunch
As harvest season starts to wind down, chef Ana Sortun and her
husband, Siena Farms farmer Chris Kurth, welcome author Amelia
Saltsman to Oleana for a bountiful fall lunch. Sortun will be using
farm-fresh ingredients to prepare recipes from Saltsman's book, The
Santa Monica Farmer's Market Cookbook, which celebrates local growers
and purveyors as well as sustainable farming. On the afternoon's menu:
California salad rolls with Asian pear almond butter; salmon wrapped
in cabbage with creamy watercress sauce; and the ultimate lemon bar.
Not only will guests get to enjoy the lovely lunch menu (priced at $40
per person), they'll have a chance to pick up a signed copy of the
cookbook and learn a little about sustainable farming and the
importance of buying locally. Call Oleana at 617.661.0505 or drop an
email to info@... to reserve your spot.

4. FILM:
Mark your calendars for:
Nov 13: Feature Film: Big Night, directed by Campbell Scott and
Stanley Tucci
Primo and Secondo are two brothers who have emigrated from Italy to
open an Italian
restaurant in America. Primo is the irascible and gifted chef,
brilliant in his culinary
genius, but determined not to squander his talent on making the
routine dishes that
customers expect. Secondo is the smooth front-man, trying to keep the
restaurant
financially afloat, despite few patrons other than a starving artist
who pays with his
paintings. The owner of the nearby Pascal's restaurant, enormously
successful
(despite its mediocre fare), offers a solution - he will call his
friend, a big-time jazz
musician, to play a special benefit at their restaurant. Primo begins
to prepare his
masterpiece, a feast of a lifetime, for the brothers' big night.
Starring Tony Shaloub and Stanley Tucci. With Marc Anthony, Minnie
Driver, Isabella
Rossellini, Campbell Scott. 1996, 109 minutes, rated R.

VICTORY GARDEN:
The Community Gardens at Rock Meadow creates individual garden plots
for the use of local residents of Belmont and neighboring towns. The
gardens are located off of Mill Street, in the southeast corner of
Rock Meadow. There are approximately 120 plots within the garden
area, and while many of the gardeners have rented plots for years,
there are plenty of openings for new members.

The individual plots vary in size, but generally provide adequate area
for a family to plant a few types of crops, and maintain with relative
ease. Some of the plots have been recently gardened, others have been
fallow for some period of time. Gardeners agree to actively maintain
the plots during the growing season, and it is understood that failure
to use the garden will result in the forfeiture of the plot assignment
next year.

The gardens have an easily accessible water supply, and the cost of
the water is included in the nominal rental fee of $25.00 per year.
Improvements, such as fencing or ornamental features, are at the
discretion of the gardener, and alumni always have the right to retain
use of the same plot from year to year. All plots are suitable for
growing vegetables, herbs or flowers.

If you are interested in registering for a plot, or would like more
information, please contact Mary Trudeau at the Belmont Conservation
Commission office. (mtrudeau@... )

RECIPE: A way to use up a little extra locally grown pumpkin:
HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN COOKIES
1 stick butter or margarine
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 c. cooked local pumpkin
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream the butter and sugar together in
bowl. Add egg, pumpkin and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together and
add to bowl. Mix. Drop by tablespoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake
for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
*Don't forget! Daylight savings time ends on November 4th. We will
swap an hour of sunlight in the evening, for an earlier start to the
morning light. Check this interesting website for an explanation, and
a tool to look at regional differences in setting our clocks.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html