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Stone Acres Farm Fish Camp: Trout Derby
with Yellow Farmhouse Educators
Ages: 0 - 12
STONE ACRES FARM FISH CAMP - 2025 TROUT DERBY
Hook, Clean & Cook
Sunday, May 4th, from 11AM - 2PM at Stone Acres Farm
Sign up for a timeslot below, last entry at 1pm. Each ticket includes a free t-shirt. This program is FREE, but donations to the Yellow Farmhouse Education Center are greatly appreciated. Click here to DONATE.
DESCRIPTION
Kids will kick things off with a half-hour of fishing at the pond at Stone Acres Farm. After that, they’ll head up to the Farmstand to learn how to clean their catch and get it ready for cooking. Next, they’ll try their hand at dredging fish for frying and whip up a delicious seasonal sauce. And best of all—they’ll get to taste their fresh catch at the end!
Presented by 85th Day Food Community & Yellow Farmhouse Education Center
Address: 389 North Main Street, Stonington CT 06378
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.
Bubbling Brews: The Science and Craft of Kombucha
with 860 Kombucha
Thursday, May 15th from 5:30PM - 7PM
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. Program price: $80
Location: Yellow Farmhouse Education Center on Stone Acres Farm, 389 North Main Street, Stonington CT 06378
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.
Spring in a Bottle: Crafting Vinegars at Home
with Harry Rosenblum
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.
All experience levels are welcome! $35 per person.
Location: Yellow Farmhouse Education Center on Stone Acres Farm, 389 North Main Street, Stonington CT 06378.
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.
Growing Through The Seasons: Gardening Workshops
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, cultivate a bounty of tomatoes, build soil health, and put your garden to rest in the fall.
All experience levels are welcome!
$35 per workshop.
Location: Yellow Farmhouse Education Center on Stone Acres Farm, 389 North Main Street, Stonington CT 06378.
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.
Aged to Perfection: Making Cheese on New England's Culinary Coast
with Mystic Cheese Company
Saturday, June 21st from 4PM - 6PM
Deepen your appreciation and knowledge of cheeses while enjoying a guided tasting curated by award-winning cheesemaker Brian Civitello of Mystic Cheese Company. Learn about Civitello’s artisanal cheese house right here in Groton, CT, and Westerly, RI, and taste a selection of cheeses, including The Gray, the first-prize winner of the 2024 American Cheese Society award for best international-style cheese.
Cheeses will be served with hors d’ouvres made with locally grown produce and craft kombuchas by Mystic’s own 860Kombucha. Program price: $40
Location: Yellow Farmhouse Education Center on Stone Acres Farm, 389 North Main Street, Stonington CT 06378
Send inquiries to info@yellowfarmhouse.org.