02/01/2026
February Program: Local and Wild Forged Foods: Thursday Feb 5 at 10:30 am @ Messiah Lutheran Church on Rte 101, Amherst.
We are surrounded by an abundance of food, from what we can grow ourselves locally, to what
we can forage all around us.
The Amherst Garden Club invites you to investigate these local and natural food sources by joining us on Thursday, February 5, 2026 for a presentation entitled “Building a Pantry from Local and Wild Foraged Foods.”
Presenters Linh Aven and Elizabeth Haskett will guide us through a holistic plan to build a home pantry across the seasons and will discuss techniques to process crops. They will also share ideas of how to cook with your pantry ingredients.
Dandelion Forest Farm, located in Nottingham, New Hampshire is an agroforestry farm started by a chef, a farmer and a scientist on a mission to figure out a better way to grow and eat food. Their focus is on edible perennial plants that naturally grow well in the northeast, such as chestnuts, elderberries, lavender and pawpaws. Inspired by permaculture, biodynamics and indigenous practices, the staff at the Farm are working to transform six acres of hay fields into a magical and bountiful food forest, all while making a multitude of delicious treats along the way.
Presenter Linh Aven is a chef, a baker, a farmer, and a scientist. She weaves all these threads together at Dandelion Forest Farm, which offers CSAs, workshops, and a farm to dinner series called the Farmer’s Table.
Presenter Elizabeth Haskett is an experienced chef, who ran her own restaurant in Brooklyn, New York and then switched gears, diving into natural and biodynamic farming. She currently co-chefs at the Farmer’s Table, launched an astrology practice called Thema Mundi, makes a lineof apothecary products, and homesteads in Raymond, NH.
