SAVE THE DATE: Thursday May 15th at 6pm at the Concord Public Library in the Goodwin Forum:
Farming into the next 250 years: Climate and Land challenges and solutions in Concord
Join us for a presentation by Jamie Pottern and Caro Roszell from the American Farmland Trust, and Delia Kaye from Concord’sDivision of Natural Resources. Climate change and land loss are challenging our regional and local food supply and the solutions are diverse. Join the Concord Agriculture Committee in partnership with the Concord Free Public Library for an in-person presentation on how regional farmland loss and climate change challenge local agriculture, and the strategies being adopted by Concord farmers, the Town of Concord, and the broader Massachusetts farming community to meet the changing conditions.
SAVE THE DATE:
20th ANNUAL CONCORD AG DAY: Saturday September 6th, 2025
10am – 2pm
On Main Street in downtown Concord
(between Walden St and the Flagpole rotary)
Rain or Shine!
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AG Day 2024: A huge thank you to the Town of Concord, the Concord Light Department, the Concord Police Department, Vanderhoof Hardware, Minuteman Media, Stone Soup Dinner, Concord Printing, Reinhard Goethert, Leonard Solomon, all of our participating farms and nonprofits, and all of our amazing hard working volunteers for making this event possible!
And save the date for the 13th Stone Soup Dinner on September 22nd 2024 – for more info and tickets see: StoneSoupConcordMA.com
Done playing with your veggie racer from 2024? The wheels and axles can be dropped off anytime at Vanderhoof Hardware for use next year!
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Concord Ag Day is a once a year farmers’ market celebrating local agriculture organized by the Concord Agriculture Committee to showcase Concord farms and local produce. This unique market showcases the bounty of Concord’s many farm businesses at the height of the growing season.
Ag Day 2024 will feature your favorite Concord Farmers selling their bounty, as well as the return of the famous Scimone Farm Speedway and Veggie Racers sponsored by Vanderhoof Hardware!
Leonard Solomon will be back preforming 11am-1pm!
In addition, several Concord nonprofits will be there with information on a variety of environmental and ‘ag’ related topics.
New this year: The Vegetable Hall of Fame!
Come show off your best and oddest vegetables you produced this summer – either bring it in person, or bring a photo for us to display!
(if you bring a vegetable in person, please pick it back up at the end of the day!)
Come celebrate Concord Farms!
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Concord Farms participating in Ag Day 2024: