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Farm To Table In Action At Horsepower Farm
Castine Patriot
|10/10/2019
4-H/BHHT club focuses on local food
PENOBSCOT—On an afternoon of shifting clouds and a stiff autumn wind, the Peninsula Explorers, a youth club sponsored by 4-H and Blue Hill Heritage Trust, flocked to Horsepower Farm for an after-harvest harvest—otherwise known as ‘gleaning’—and a lesson in outdoor cooking on October 6.
This story is from the 10/10/2019 edition of Castine Patriot.
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