Dear Friends and Neighbors,
We are so pleased to offer a free outdoor, low-key, family-friendly celebration of Juneteenth at the farm this Saturday, June 19 from 10:30 am - 2 pm, in collaboration with our friends at ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. Registration is required for admission and we are limiting admission to 50 people.
This year's Juneteenth celebration on the Farm showcases two traditional foods in African-American farming and culinary heritage: black-eyed peas and collard greens!
Program
10:30 AM: AERIAL PERFORMANCE (YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT!)
Clemmons Family Farm's collaborating artist, Pamela Donohoo, will start off our community-building program with an aerial performance, When Black-Eyed Peas Met Collard Greens, and engage audience members in fun movement, Q&A and discussion.
11:00 AM - 2 PM: Have fun with Kia'Rae Hanron, Clemmons FamIly Farm's K-12 Learning Adviser and Nina Ridhibhinyo of ECHO Leahy Center of Lake Champlain at our kid-friendly activity tables:
- Peat cups, soil and black-eyed peas and collard green seeds to plant and bring home to your garden
- Plant ID coloring sheets featuring Jackson Clemmons and Lydia Clemmons Senior in their younger years as farmers on the Clemmons farm
- Take home some Clemmons Family Farm coloring pages and storytelling book marks
- Enjoy button making
- Younger kiddos will enjoy the foam-block farm making
- Delicious tastings of cooked black-eyed peas and collard greens by Clemmons Family Farm's collaborating culinary artist Robin Caudell
- Storytelling: "How Great Grandma Margie Ran Away. Twice."
***BRING YOUR OWN BLANKETS AND PICNIC LUNCH!***
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION. 50 PEOPLE MAXIMUM. Learn more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/families-on-the-farm-juneteenth-celebration-at-the-clemmons-farm[...]989
With love, Jack, Lydia and Lydia
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