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Six River Farm Tour
followed by FOMB’s Annual Meeting and potluck supper featuring live music by the popular duo Cribstone.
Wednesday, August 14, 4:30 to 7:00 pm
513 Browns Point Road, Bowdoinham, Maine
Join Friends of Merrymeeting Bay (FOMB) for a special tour of well-known Six River Farm in Bowdoinham at 4:30 on August 14th. The tour, running about an hour will be followed by FOMB’s Annual Meeting and potluck supper featuring live music by the popular duo Cribstone.
Located along the shores of Merrymeeting Bay, Six River Farm grows about 22 acres of mixed organic vegetables on approximately 40 acres that owners Nate Drummond and Gabrielle Gosselin own and or manage. The farm operates in Kennebec alluvial soils on both sides of the Abbagadasset River and besides restaurant sales, brings a wide range of organic vegetables to area farmers markets, with the addition of organic berries, cut flowers and organic seedlings in season. At the farmers markets and their farms stand on Centers Point Road, they only sell what they grow and everything from the farm is certified organic by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardiners Association (MOFGA).
For years, FOMB held their annual meeting in January combined with a potluck supper and a presentation as part of their 27 year Winter Speaker Series. Then the pandemic hit and the group switched their winter programs to a Zoom format with annual Board elections via mail-in ballots. The Zoom-based speaker series continues to work well allowing participation of FOMB members and others from anywhere in the world and although Covid remains something of a concern, the group decided it is safe enough to hold their annual meeting/potluck once again, but this time outside in the summer. Dinner will be accompanied by live music from the wonderful local band Cribstone.
Pre-registration is appreciated for this event but not required. The public is welcome to the farm tour, brief annual meeting and potluck supper, all to be held at 513 Browns Pt. Rd. in Bowdoinham. Pre-register with Ed Friedman at 666-3372.
The FOMB Summer Outside! Series is the warm weather counterpart to FOMB’s popular Winter Speaker Series. Events are usually free and are open to the public. Pre-registration is required unless otherwise noted. FOMB’s next outing will be an Intertidal Plant Walk with Andy Cutko on August 29thfrom 4:00-6:00 pm in Dresden The Bay is home to a dozen rare plants, some globally rare and all living in the intertidal zone. Pre-register with Ed Friedman at 666-3372.
The full Summer Outside! Series is on the web at: www.friendsofmerrymeetingbay.org
For more information about FOMB’s programs call Ed Friedman at 666-3372.
Sarah Stapler