AT YOUR CO-OP THIS AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
These FREE events are held in the Community Room, Harvest Cambridge store unless otherwise specified.

Harvest Co-op Market encourages exploration of a variety of approaches to food, nutrition, and health in our classes. However, inclusion in our class offerings does not imply endorsement by the Co-op.

 

AUGUST: 

Monday, August 4, 7 PM Harvest Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, August 5, 6-8 PM - BASICS OF GLUTEN FREE

This introductory workshop will give you a better understanding of gluten sensitivities and what it means to be gluten free.
Find out why many people choose gluten-free foods, as well as tips on how to live wholly gluten-free.
Learn what to look out for and how to adjust recipes to fit your dietary needs.
Sharon Tobin Fishbein, Holistic Health Counselor, works with people to achieve their best health.
Based entirely on individual needs and goals, Sharon helps her clients adjust both diet and lifestyle to become truly nourished.
She received her training and certification through The Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Columbia’s Teachers College, where she learned that no one diet works for everyone. Website.

Saturday, August 9, 1-5 PM - JAPANESE ANIMATION, RATED PG

Come watch Japanese Animation videos with aficionados of the craft. View new and old videos, or bring your own to share with the group. These videos are not screened for violent or sexual nature, so children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tuesday, August 12, 6-8 PM - Herb Identification Walk for Family Health

Bring a friend; gather the kids; and join us on a leisurely stroll in the neighborhood green spaces for a lively talk about the nutritional and healing properties of local and naturalized herbs, roots, barks and weeds.
Hear stories about the ancient uses of the plants, as well as some of the latest research findings.
Discover why herbs offer some people great benefits while others notice little, if any, effect at all.
Please dress appropriately for the weather.
Bring a notebook and camera if you’d like, along with your questions; and be prepared to get a new perspective on the value of the common weeds we see everywhere!
Cindy Hebbard provides wellness education through private or family consultations, classes, wellness programs, her blog, lectures and soon-to-be-published books.
She is not a healthcare provider, and therefore, does not diagnose, treat, cure or mitigate disease. She educates students and consultation clients about foods, herbs, supplements and lifestyle practices so that they may help their own body, mind and spirit to recover from harm; to detoxify, rejuvenate, revitalize and re-energized.

Wednesday August 13 - MEMBER APPRECIATION DAY! ALL HARVEST CO-OP MEMBERS RECEIVE 10% DISCOUNT ALL DAY!

Tuesday, August 19, 6-8 PM - COOL HERBAL DELIGHTS

Summer offers an abundance of herbs to cool and soothe us in the heat. Learn about making herbal iced teas and herbal baths for hot, irritated skin. Learn what to do with your extra herbs—how to dry for the winter; make marvelous herb vinegars, honeys, and sugars.
We’ll have a few samples and recipes to inspire you.
Iris Weaver is an herbalist and educator with over 30 years experience.
She has an herbal business in Quincy, making and selling herbal products locally, as well as teaching classes and doing consultations.
Iris is also an avid gardener, and grows many of the herbs she works with and uses in her classes.

SEPTEMBER

Monday, September 2, 7 PM Harvest Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday September 10 - MEMBER APPRECIATION DAY! ALL HARVEST CO-OP MEMBERS RECEIVE 10% DISCOUNT ALL DAY!

Saturday, september 13, 1-5 PM JAPANESE ANIMATION, RATED PG

Come watch Japanese Animation videos with aficionados of the craft. View new and old videos, or bring your own to share with the group. These videos are not screened for violent or sexual nature, so children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tuesday, September 16, 6-8 PM QUICK MEALS WITH GREAT GRAINS

Are you tired of plain old white rice? Do you stare aimlessly at all the different types of grains and wonder how to put together a quick nutritious meal using minimal ingredients?
Tara Mazanec, Holistic Health Counselor will teach you about the health benefits of three different grains and how cook them once and turn them into three different meals.

Tuesday, September 23, 6-8 PM INTRO TO CHINESE MEDICINE

Thursday, September 25, 6-7 PM - MEMBERSHIP AND SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 30, 6-8 PM Roots and Fruits: Wild Foods of Autumn

Wild foods (many known simply as “weeds”) are available for much of the autumn.
Join wild foods enthusiast and herbalist Iris Weaver in discovering some of the wonderfully tasty and nutritious vegetables and other delectables that grow in your yard or the city park.
Learn to identify some of these foods, understand safety guidelines, and taste some recipes to whet your appetite! Handouts and samples included.
Iris Weaver is an herbalist and educator with over 30 years experience. She has an herbal business in Quincy, making and selling herbal products locally, as well as teaching classes and doing consultations.
Iris is also an avid gardener, and grows many of the herbs she works with and uses in her classes.

The following events take place at Central Square Library:

Summer Movie Series- Guatemala
Hosted by the Guatemala Solidarity Committee of Boston,
45 Pearl Street.
Free to the Public.
7 pm to 9 pm.
Refreshments provided.

July 8 - Las Cruces
Director: Rafael Rosal Guatemala.
2006. 35 mm. Fiction. 90 min.

Twenty years ago, as Guatemala’s civil war was at its worst, Las Cruces was a humble farmers' village at the base of a beautiful volcano in the country’s wilderness that was destroyed by elite government troops. ... an incredible tale of war and death unknown to all but to those who were there and lived through it.
In this film, two of the survivors shed light on the horror that took place that fateful night.
Best Picture: El Ojo Cojo, Madrid International Film Festival
2006 Best Picture: Union Latina 2006, Madrid

August 5 - Discovering Dominga
Directed by: Patricia Flynn and Mary Jo McConahay Guatemala.
2002. Biography. 60 min.

Living in Iowa, Denese Becker was haunted by memories of her Mayan childhood. A quest for her lost identity in Guatemala turns into a searing journey of political awakening that reveals a genocidal crime and the still-unmet cry for justice from the survivors.
In "Discovering Dominga," Denese's journey home is both a voyage of self-discovery that permanently alters her relationship to her American family and a political awakening that sheds light on an act of genocide against this hemisphere’s largest Indian majority.

August 21 - When Mountains Tremble
Directed by: Pamela Yates and Newton Thomas Sigel
Guatemala. 1983,1992, 2004 Fiction. 90 min.

This new, updated version of the 1983 classic on war and social revolution in Guatemala is a vigorous and persuasive documentary.
It describes the struggle of the largely Indian peasantry against a heritage of state and foreign oppression.
Centered on the experiences of Rigoberta Menchu, a Quiche Indian woman and winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize.
Sundance Film Festival (Special Jury Award)
American Film Festival (Blue Ribbon Award),
Havana Film Festival (Grand Coral Award, Best North American Documentary)