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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Mid-Atlantic Grain Fair
DESCRIPTION: The Mid-Atlantic Grain Fair has been CANCELED\nbecause of the federal government shutdown.\n\nPeirce Mill is currently closed.\nThanks for your patience and understanding.\n  \nDC’s favorite Grain Fair returns\nto Peirce Mill on Saturday\, October 18!\nLearn about local grains at Washington’s last working grist mill. Organized by the Friends of Peirce Mill and the Common Grain Alliance\, the Grain Fair brings farmers\, millers\, and bakers from across the region to Rock Creek Park for a day of cooking and milling demonstrations\, hands-on activities\, live music\, and a vendor market filled with local\, whole-grain foods! \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.friendsofpeircemill.org/event/mid-atlantic-grain-fair-2025/
CATEGORIES:Grain Fair
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SUMMARY:Mid-Atlantic Grain Fair
DESCRIPTION:The Mid-Atlantic Grain Fair is a free\, family-friendly event that celebrates the Mid-Atlantic region’s vibrant history of local grain growing\, milling\, and baking. There will be a classroom with grain cooking demonstrations and tastings\, live milling demonstrations at Peirce Mill\, and a farmers’ market with regional grain fare. The event will feature music\, arts\, and crafts\, along with fun\, hands-on activities—see more details below!  \nThis event is a great opportunity to meet local grain farmers and millers and learn about the variety of modern and indigenous grains that have been enjoyed for thousands of years in our region. \nThis event is a collaboration between Common Grain Alliance and the Friends of Peirce Mill. \nClick here to view the Mid-Atlantic Grain Fair map.  \nDirections to Peirce Mill are here.  \nIn the Mill Yard \n\n\n\n\nCelebrate Indigenous Grains\nDeep Roots Milling\nFRESHFARM FoodPrints\nGrapewood Farm\nHands-On Crafts for All Ages\nMilling Demonstrations at Peirce Mill\nMilling Grains On A Small Scale\nTortilla Making Demonstration\nSPOOM Mid-Atlantic\nUJAMAA Cooperative Farming Alliance\nVirginia Soil Health Coalition \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic Tent\n\nElena La Fulana\, 11:00am to 1:00pm\nVillage String Band\, 2:00 to 4:00pm \n\n\n\n\nMid-Atlantic Grain Classroom Schedule\nPasta Making\, 10:00 to 11:15am: Led by CGA member and pasta-making expert Gabriel Key\, participants will watch a hands-on pasta-making demonstration and learn the skills to shape pasta by hand at home.  \n \nTortilla Making\, 11:30am to 12:30pm: Join Yolanda Alcorta of Raices Culturales Latinoamericanas to learn about masa milling\, tortilla shaping and preparation.  \nOrchard Walk and Soil Health Discussion\, 1:00 to 1:30pm: A tour of the orchard with Tim Makepeace\, Friends of Peirce Mill orchardist\, and a discussion on the connection between small grains\, soil health and human health with the VA Soil Health Coalition.  \nPizza Making\, 1:30 to 2:45pm: Meet Charbel Abrache\, former Seylou head pastry chef and founder of Red Hound Pizza\, to learn the secrets to pizza-making using local grains.  \nBread Talk & Tasting\, 3:00 to 4:00pm: Join Chris Girardot of RavenHook Bakehouse for a talk about baking with Mid-Atlantic grains while sampling RavenHook products. \n\n\n\n\nShoemaker Street Market\nWant to take home local grains of your own or grab a bite to eat? Check out our market featuring the following vendors:\nBreadfurst\nThis James Beard award-winning bakery will offer a variety of breads\, breakfast pastries and desserts. \n\nEastern National\nShop merchandise from the Friends of Pierce Mill and Eastern National to support our national parks. \nEl Solosito\nA local vendor featuring authentic tacos and pupusas. \nFireside Farm\nCGA member Fireside Farm grows veggies and wheat to make sourdough pizzas featuring seasonal ingredients. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaple & Rye Bakery\nA new addition to the Brunswick\, MD\, neighborhood\, CGA member Maple & Rye will provide local & seasonal whole grain pastries. \nMaracas Ice Pops\nEnjoy frozen Mexican ice pops\, try the Horchata flavor made with oats from CGA member Purple Mountain Grown! \nMid-Atlantic Grain Stand\nShop a variety of local grains and flours from eleven different CGA members! This grain stand is operated in partnership between CGA & FRESHFARM. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMORE MISU: Drinkable Meals\nMISU translates to “rice water” in Korean\, but it’s much more than that. This CGA member soaks\, steams\, dehydrates\, roasts\, grinds & mixes 5 different grains for exact periods of time to create this drinkable meal. \n\n\n\n\n\nZeke’s Coffee\nSmall-batch\, family-owned coffee roastery based in Baltimore\, MD. Coffee & beans will be available for purchase. \nFree public programs at Peirce Mill are supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities\, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. \nMilling operations at Peirce Mill are made possible in part by a grant from the National Park Foundation.
URL:https://www.friendsofpeircemill.org/event/mid-atlantic-grain-fair-24/
LOCATION:Peirce Mill\, 2401 Tilden St NW\, Washington\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grain Fair
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SUMMARY:Mid-Atlantic Grain Fair
DESCRIPTION:The Mid-Atlantic Grain Fair will celebrate the long history of whole-grain farming\, milling\, baking\, and cooking in the Mid-Atlantic\, and will feature some of the practitioners working to keep those traditions alive in the region today. This free public festival in Rock Creek Park will include a wide variety of farming\, milling\, and baking demonstrations\, a whole-grain cooking classroom\, hands-on activities\, and live music. \nPlease click here to see the full Grain Fair program!\n  \nPlease visit the Common Grain Alliance website for more information about the Mid-Atlantic Grain Conference\, an all-day meeting for grain practitioners and enthusiasts on Monday\, October 23\, at the University of the District of Columbia. Registration required\, click here for more information. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.friendsofpeircemill.org/event/mid-atlantic-grain-fair/
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