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  • The Pies Have It

    One of the highlights of being in Framingham in October is the annual Pies on the Common sponsored by the First Parish Church.

    Mid-month on a Saturday, the Framingham Centre Common is alive with booths of not only home-made pies, dozens and dozens and dozens of them, but also a huge yard sale and booths of handmade crafts.

    As you walk through the Common, most likely wearing a sweater, your feet crunching on the autumn leaves, you can inhale fresh crisp air and wander from booth to booth, cradling your pie, if they haven’t sold out before you get there.  Click here for a brief video overview of Framingham Pies on the Common

  • Framingham Farm Day 2009

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham Farm Day is coming up on Sat Oct 17 10am-2pm. Bring the whole family and enjoy the fall weather at any or all of these real New England farms in the greater Nobscot area. Co-sponsored by Nobscot Neighbors and the Framingham Agricultural Committee.

    – Baiting Brook Christmas Tree Farm, 32 Nixon Rd. – George and D.D. Harrington will give tours of a real tree farm, explain how Christmas trees are grown and why this is the greenest solution to holiday decorating. Tours every half-hour from 10am to 2pm, cider and doughnuts too. No charge.

    – Stearns Farm, 862 Edmands Rd. – Plant garlic with farm manager, Kathy Huckins and friends, tour the farm and learn about Community Supported Agriculture and the importance of locally produced food. No charge. Established in 1723, this historic farm was operated by the Nixon family until 1900 and became Stearns Organic Farm in 1954 and today the farm provides fruit, vegetables, herbs and cut flowers to a full roster of CSA members.

    – Hanson’s Farm, 20 Nixon Rd – Navigate Tom and Matt’s Corn Maze, take a hayride, pick your own pumpkins and raspberries, buy produce at the farmstand and picnic under the giant tent. From 10am the hayride plus corn maze is $6 per person, children under 5 yrs. no charge. The 152 acre farm has been continuously operated by five generations of the Hanson family. Open seven days a week from May to November, 9am-6pm (Sun until 5:30). Ask about the Haunted Hayride. 508-877-3058.

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  • Learn the “Food Allergy Fundamentals”

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Learn the “basics” about living with food allergies in your family, including how to prevent and handle severe allergy emergencies, on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the Metro-West Allergy and Asthma Educational Support Group meeting, which is held at Allergy & Asthma Treatment Specialists, 475 Franklin St., Framingham. The program is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is not required. There will be time for questions and discussion.

    “There are a growing number of people with allergies to peanuts and many other foods”, says Sharon Schumack, Director of Education for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, New England Chapter, which is sponsoring this meeting. It will feature a presentation by Framingham allergist Stuart Rhein, M.D., and practical tips from support group leaders Linda Drews and Lori Brockway, “veterans” of managing food allergies at school, child care, and in their homes.

    AAFA New England organizes educational support group programs throughout the region, publishes a newsletter, and runs a telephone resource and referral line for people coping with allergies and asthma. For more information, or free a free copy of “Eating Out with Food Allergies,” call (781)444-7778 or see www.asthmaandallergies.org.

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