Building a Bakery (Wide Awake Baking Class)

Wide Awake Bakery 4361 Buck Hill Rd S, Trumansburg, NY, United States

We get many calls from folks seeking advice on building and operating a small bakery. In this class, we will consider the process of creating a bakery – how to design it, fund it, build it, and use it. We will consider equipment choices, building layout, financing, marketing, and of course, baking! This class is a great opportunity to ask detailed questions and to investigate a living, breathing bakery! The class is more than talk,

$250

Heroic Food’s “Sticky Business” Maple Tapping and Production

Soukup Farms 271 Halls Corners Rd, Dover Plains, NY, United States

Soukup Farms will be partnering up with Heroic Food for our Maple Workshop. Gain hands on experience of making and producing maple syrup. Heroic Food is a nonprofit, start-up agricultural training program designed to prepare military veterans in sustainable farming, agricultural trades and food entrepreneurship. If you would like more information to register contact Ryan at, Ryan@heroicfood.org Source:: //www.facebook.com/events/733632013689701/?active_tab=about

Sugaring Off Sundays

The Farmers' Museum 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY, United States

Experience Sugaring Off Sundays at The Farmers’ Museum! The perfect family day-trip this winter! March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 - Every Sunday in March! Breakfast: 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Activities: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Join friends and family on Sundays this March for another season of Sugaring Off Sundays at The Farmers’ Museum. The weekly event begins March 4 and continues each Sunday during the month (March 3, 10, 17, 24

Cayuga Nature Center’s Maple Fest

Cayuga Nature Center 1420 Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca, NY, United States

Pancake breakfast, live music, vendors, and education activities for all ages! Come on Sunday the 17th to feast on wonderful pancakes catered by Luna. Breakfast will be served from 9 am-1 pm, activities run from 10 am-4 pm.

Whole Hog Butchering Class & Pastured Pork Overview

The Piggery 423 Franklin St, Ithaca, NY, United States

We’ll start the evening with a detailed history of the pig, sustainable pastured farming techniques and finish with an in-depth demonstration of how a half a pig is broken down into the cuts you see in your butcher’s meat case. There’ll be lots of time to ask questions, taste our housemade sausages and trim out a few cuts! Classes start at 6pm and will typically run about 2+ hours. Each class is $55. Class size

$55

Finger Lakes Thaw Music Festival

Ithaca, NY Ithaca, NY, United States

The Finger Lakes Thaw is a two day, multi-venue music festival that takes place in the many unique and intimate venues throughout the city of Ithaca, NY.  We are dedicated to providing a stage for local performers, but also creating opportunity for communities to see nationally-recognized artists. We are proud to root this festival in the community and work with many local businesses.

$30

2019 Maple Open House Weekends

The Upper Hudson Region

Take a free tour of area sugarhouses March 23, 24, 30, and 31. Experience first-hand the sights, smells and sounds of maple syrup making. 24 Sugarhouses are participating throughout the six-county region, many serving pancake breakfasts.   //www.upperhudsonmaple.com/maple-syrup-events/

Cayuga Wine Trail’s Bacon on the Lakein’

Cayuga Wine Trail Ithaca, NY, United States

You read it right; we said BACON! The wineries have paired tantalizing bacon dishes with CLWT wines for your pleasure. Your taste buds will thank us later. At every winery, leave a ticket stub in the piggy bank for a chance to win a BBQ Bacon Basket. One lucky person will win a BBQ Smoker! Besides sampling bacon infused dishes, you’ll sample a wine that compliments that dish, and also be offered up to 3

$35

Thurman Maple Days

Town of Thurman Thurman, NY, United States

The most sticky-sweet event in the Lake George Area is back! On Saturday and Sunday in March the five largest maple syrup producers in the Lake George Area and several neighboring farms open their doors to the public for Thurman Maple Days, the sweetest event spring has to offer.

2019 Maple Open House Weekends

The Upper Hudson Region

Take a free tour of area sugarhouses March 23, 24, 30, and 31. Experience first-hand the sights, smells and sounds of maple syrup making. 24 Sugarhouses are participating throughout the six-county region, many serving pancake breakfasts.   //www.upperhudsonmaple.com/maple-syrup-events/

Sugaring Off Sundays

The Farmers' Museum 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, NY, United States

Experience Sugaring Off Sundays at The Farmers’ Museum! The perfect family day-trip this winter! March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 - Every Sunday in March! Breakfast: 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Activities: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Join friends and family on Sundays this March for another season of Sugaring Off Sundays at The Farmers’ Museum. The weekly event begins March 4 and continues each Sunday during the month (March 3, 10, 17, 24

2019 Maple Open House Weekends

The Upper Hudson Region

Take a free tour of area sugarhouses March 23, 24, 30, and 31. Experience first-hand the sights, smells and sounds of maple syrup making. 24 Sugarhouses are participating throughout the six-county region, many serving pancake breakfasts.   //www.upperhudsonmaple.com/maple-syrup-events/

2019 Maple Open House Weekends

The Upper Hudson Region

Take a free tour of area sugarhouses March 23, 24, 30, and 31. Experience first-hand the sights, smells and sounds of maple syrup making. 24 Sugarhouses are participating throughout the six-county region, many serving pancake breakfasts.   //www.upperhudsonmaple.com/maple-syrup-events/

Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF)

Cinemapolis 120 E Green St, Ithaca, NY, United States

FLEFF a week full of screenings, embraces and interrogates sustainability across all of its forms: economic, social, ecological, political, cultural, technological, and aesthetic. Each year has a different theme, this year's is DISRUPTIONS.

Glens Falls Brewfest

The Queensbury Hotel 88 Ridge St, Glens Falls, NY, United States

The Q is goin' to be rockin'! If you love brews stop by and spend an enjoyable afternoon sampling.

2019 Central New York Maple Festival

Marathon, NY Marathon, NY, United States

The tapping of maple trees some as old as the area itself, has been a tradition in Cortland County since the days of the Iroquois Indian culture. Through the years, maple syrup production has provided income for area farmers, and has grown with the times and advances in technology. The Maple Festival is made possible by :  The combined efforts of some 1000 people, many organizations, public bodies and the Marathon Central School.