ACWORTH — This August, The Acworth Village Store will join over 70 partners throughout the state to highlight New Hampshire Eat Local Month — a month-long celebration of local food and New Hampshire farmers and food producers. Increased interest in local food benefits us all by positively affecting the health of the economy, communities, and environment.
“New Hampshire residents and visitors, alike, are showing unprecedented interest in local food, and this month-long celebration offers a great opportunity to feature New Hampshire grown foods and farms,” said Gail McWilliam Jellie from the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food.
As part of the NH Eat Local Month festivities, The Acworth Village Store (located at 1068 Route 123A, South Acworth, NH) will be presenting these events:
There is the store’s very popular Saturday Night Pizza Night, which is every Saturday night from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Enjoy freshly made pizza, with some locally grown toppings, from our outdoor clay oven and listen to live local music.
On Aug. 10, as part of the store’s Pizza Night, we will also be hosting an Ice Cream Social, featuring an ice cream topping bar. Kids and adult portions will be available. Come on over and enjoy time with friends and family!
The store will be hosting our annual Harvest Dinner, on Aug. 24, at 6 p.m. Come celebrate the harvest — Our annual Gala Event featuring a multi-course meal which showcases deliciously prepared locally harvested foods. Limited seating. Tickets can be purchased at the Village Store at the end of July.
The celebration also includes a virtual scavenger hunt, buy local campaign, story sharing from farmers and businesses, and events hosted by NH Eat Local Month partners.
The organizers of these events said, “We are interested in letting everyone know about these events taking place at The Acworth Village Store. We work very hard to host these events for the benefit and enjoyment of our community, and also as a way to help sustain the Village Store’s operations. The Acworth Community Project is the body that runs the Acworth Village Store, which is a community-owned nonprofit business. It relies on local patronage and donations to serve the community with fun events, terrific food, and a convenient, yet charming, local grocery all wrapped up in small town atmosphere. We hope that people stop by for some of our famous fresh store made donuts and coffee or for a few groceries and a hot delicious breakfast or lunch! We sell many locally produced foods, such as eggs, honey, maple syrup, cheeses, meat, and more! It’s a great community gathering place, and we love to see new faces!”
Find more information at www.nheatlocal.org and www.facebook.com/nheatlocal. To become a NH Eat Local Month partner, contact Samantha Cave at [email protected].
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