BRATTLEBORO — A free Spring CSA, Farming and Gardening Showcase on Saturday, April 18, at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, 157 Main St.
From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., CSA farmers along with other farm, garden and food vendors will exhibit and sell their offerings.
Members or subscribers of CSAs (community-supported agricultural) ventures pay at the onset of the growing season for a share of the anticipated harvest; once harvesting begins, they receive weekly distributions of vegetables, fruit, meat, cheese, eggs, or other products depending on the farm.
The following CSAs and vendors are among those featured at the event: Dwight Miller and Son Orchards, Full Plate Farm, Goats Rock Dairy Farm, New Leaf CSA, Phoenix Farm, Sweet Mornings Farm, Wild Carrot Farm, Sugar Bob's Finest Kind, Vermont Victory Greenhouses, Laughing Moon Chocolates, and Cai's Dim Sum Teahouse and Catering.
Then, following a 6:30 p.m. showing of the documentary feature film Symphony of the Soil, three well-known local farming experts will lead a discussion.
The documentary feature film explores the complexity and mystery of soil. Filmed on four continents, the film portrays soil as a protagonist of our planetary story. Using a mix of art and science, the film shows that soil is a complex living organism, the foundation of life on Earth.
The panel includes Howard Prussack of High Meadows Farm, Westminster West; Paul Harlow of Harlow Farm, Westminster; and Vern Grubinger, vegetable and berry specialist and extension professor with the University of Vermont.
The event is presented by Strolling of the Heifers.