FARM TO TABLE; From the ground up- One program links families to locally grown food, while another teaches them how to cook with it

By Meghan Pierce

Collard greens, kale and winter squash were just some of the local produce offered through the Town Farm Project that Peterborough mother of five Sarah Hamlin just didn’t know how to cook or prepare for her family.

Hamlin was not alone. When River Center staff were asked by project volunteers to distribute produce this summer to River Center clients, they found that most people were so unfamiliar with some of the produce that they couldn’t really benefit from it.

 

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