Learn to make your own baguettes on Saturday, March 8th, with Martha Machia. Martha, who works at Salvation Farms and has worked for a number of bakeries in the area including Red Hen, will lead the group in a hand-mixed baguette activity. This exercise is a great way to understand the fundamentals of gluten formation, flour hydration, basic shaping techniques-all without a mixer. She will explain a few different flour varieties including some local flour samples. The group will discuss mixing/fermentation techniques and their results. Every participant will go home with the dough they have made in the workshop, to be baked at home. They will also have a chance to taste baguettes.

Please pre-register by March 6th as space is limited. As always with Grow Your Own workshops, there will be time for sharing your own ideas, successes, and challenges, and questions and just in general camaraderie among those of us who love to cook and garden and preserve! Grow Your Own is a project of the Hardwick Area Food Pantry and the Center for an Agricultural Economy. The mission of Grow Your Own is to increase community food independence and wellbeing through shared skills, knowledge and experience. Workshops are always free. Donations are gratefully accepted online when you register. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Ally at: allyson@caevt.org