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Jessica Spivey from Meryl Bakery will welcome you into her kitchen and teach you to work with sourdough, bake with whole grains, and create gluten-free bakes. Gluten-Free Pastry Essentials will be held on Sunday, April 27 from 2PM - 5PM.

Calling all aspiring young chefs, ages 7-11, to join the COMO and Yellow Farmhouse Education Center for an exciting multi-week series of hands-on cooking classes. Throughout the program, chefs will explore essential cooking techniques, from knife skills and "mise en place" to learning different cooking methods such as sautéing, baking, and grilling.

Join us at the UNITED Table as the Yellow Farmhouse Education Center sits in conversation with David Brannan, founder and head brewer of Mystic’s own 860Kombucha, the first kombucha brewery in Eastern Connecticut. Learn about the history and art of Kombucha and 860’s partnerships with local farms where they source the fresh and ingredients that flavor their brews. Taste a seasonal kombucha brewed especially for this event!

Join David Brannan, the founder and head brewer at 860Kombucha, to learn about the art of fermenting tea. You will learn how to use a SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) to guide your tea through fermentation, flavor it with ingredients of your choice, and create a SCOBY hotel (storage container) for continuous brewing. You will taste a variety of 860Kombucha flavors and leave with a kombucha home brewing kit!

In this workshop, Harry Rosenblum, author of Vinegar Revival, will teach you how to ferment and flavor vinegar. Harry will share how to cultivate a mother, brew vinegar at home, and explore recipes that use vinegar to enhance your favorite dishes. You will sample vinegars flavored with spring botanicals and use them to make an aioli and a shrub to bring back to your home kitchens. Cookbooks will be available for purchase.

Yellow Farmhouse and Stone Acres farmers will help you create a blueprint for your beds, plan for produce throughout the growing season, manage weeds and pests sustainably, tend tomatoes, cultivate your soil, and put your garden to rest in the fall. $35 per workshop!

Our Young Cooks & Farmers program invites children ages 6-11 to explore sustainable farming practices and seasonal cooking. Young participants will work alongside farmers and culinary educators to grow, harvest, and cook fresh produce, all while learning about the importance of regenerative agriculture.

For younger children, Storytime on the Farm offers a delightful experience for kids ages 3-7 and their caregivers. Gather under the apple tree for a charming story, a fun nature activity, and a farm-fresh snack. Storytime will be held on Wednesdays starting July 2, from 10AM - 11AM.