July 26th, 2010
Danger Men Cooking is coming to Smokey House! Steven Schlussel, producer and director, and Chef Gary Schmidt of the GNAT-TV program will be with us next week to help prepare our Thursday Lunch and, in the process, produce a new edition of Danger Men Cooking.
Serving Thursday Lunch is a summer tradition at Smokey House. Our crews have planned and prepared fantastic meals, like lasagna with garlic bread and green salad, Sloppy-Joe’s (my favorite), Quiche (also my favorite) and crepes with blueberries and cream (everybody’s favorite). Our crews make the food from scratch using veggies from their gardens…
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July 12th, 2010
What is made entirely of wood, makes a fine tasting steak, and is produced by Smokey House Youthworkers? The answer is natural hardwood lump charcoal. The evening of July 12 at The Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, a Smokey House tag team shared their wealth of knowledge about charcoal as part of the store’s monthly “Sustainable Living in Vermont” series. The presentation might have been about a rather black and dusty subject but that didn’t stop the Youthworkers who presented from shining. As Tim Parent noted in his opening “as the only producers of natural hardwood charcoal in the Northeast, I…
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June 19th, 2010
Are you interested in the outdoors? Do you want to recognize a monarch butterfly when you see it, to know how to tell different birds apart, or to learn to use a GPS? Would you like to help with important environmental research?
If so, A Summer in the Field may be just what you’ve been looking for. Join us for fun and learning as we carry out research on Smokey House Center’s 5,000 acres of forest and farmland.
Join other students from around the area this summer as you conduct real research including amphibian, bird, and macroinvertebrate studies. We…
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June 19th, 2010
Smokey House was thrilled to hear in late April from the Stratton Mountain & Valley Community Benefit Foundation that we were the recipient of a Focus Grant in support of our Environmental Field Studies Program. The $3,500 grant will provide an income-sensitive subsidy to allow middle school students from the Northshire region to attend the Summer in the Field camp at a reduced rate: $225 for a 3-week session.
This grant will allow us to expand our summer field studies program, and to seek out young people who would otherwise not have a summer enrichment experience. These middle school students…
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May 7th, 2010
Smokey House welcomed 26 new lambs this spring, and by early May they appear strong and confident as they graze in the field beside the older sheep. There is no shortage of crew members volunteering to do sheep chores when the lambs are this cute!
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Danger Men Cooking is coming to Smokey House! Steven Schlussel, producer and director, and Chef Gary Schmidt of the GNAT-TV program will be with us next week to help prepare our Thursday Lunch and, in the process, produce a new edition of Danger Men Cooking.
