Get your mind expanded and your hands dirty at farms, bogs, breweries, wineries, piers and other food-related businesses across the Cape.
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Cape Cod Winery
When: Saturday 9/26 at 11, 1 and 2 p.m.
Where: 681 Sandwich Road, East Falmouth
www.capecodwinery.com |
Wine Tasting & Harvest
Tasting of locally produced wines and participation in harvest activities including crushing of grapes (weather permitting). |
Coonamesset Farm
When: Friday 9/25 + Saturday 9/26 from 11 - 1
Where: 277 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth
www.coonamessettfarm.com
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Self-guided Farm Tour and Picking
Tour hydroponic and aquaculture systems and fields and pick your own fall fruits, vegetables and flowers. Visit general store, cafe, ice cream stand, and the farm animals including chickens, alpacas, Nigerian dwarf goats and a macaw.
You can also help us celebrate National Alpaca Farm Days this weekend! We will have alpaca tours and 20% off on all alpaca clothing. |
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The Feasts of Falmouth & Beyond
When: Saturday 9/26 from 11-2
Where: Falmouth’s Inner Harbor
Contact:Tracey Crago
508-548-1621 |
The Feasts of Falmouth 2009
Featuring approximately 30 chefs serving up Cape Cod specialties and culinary favorites from crab cakes, chowder and sushi to pastries, fudge and homemade ice cream. Sister Spin Entertainment will play music. Tickets are $20 for 10 generous “tastes” and will be available at the door. |
Gallery Gourmet
When: Saturday 9/26 from 12-5
Where: 598 Route 6A, East Sandwich
www.gallerygourmetcapecod.com |
Gourmet Grilling Demo Highlighting Cape Cod’s Own
Join Gallery Gourmet for our famous gourmet grilling demonstration. Our resident grill-master will be grilling gourmet style using foods from many local food purveyors. Visitors will enjoy wonderful samplings that will also show them how to create and enhance food with local ingredients. We invite you to an afternoon of tasting and enjoying all that is abundant on Cape Cod. Take home recipes and enjoy wonderful sweet samplings of fudge and bog beans. |
Sandwich Dock + The Bee-Hive Restaurant
When: Friday 9/25 from 3-5, dinner afterward
Where: Sandwich Dock and The Bee-Hive Tavern
*Weather permitting. Limited to 6 people. Price per person for tour: $15.00; lobsters extra. |
Lobster Tales
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Meet at the Sandwich dock for a two-hour trek with a lobsterman. Take a tour of the boat and equipment and experience pulling your own lobster traps. Then pick you own “bug” for a special dinner at The Bee-Hive Tavern where you’ll be joined by the captain. |
Tihonet Village Market/AD Makepeace
When: Friday 9/25 from 11-12:30
Where: 146 Tihonet Road, Wareham
www.admakepeace.com
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Wet Harvest Bog Tour
Growers will showcase the beautiful cranberry bogs. After the tour (departs 11:00 sharp), return to the market where gifts, lunch and ice cream are available for purchase. Guests must provide their own transportation; dress for wet conditions and bring your camera!
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Woods Hole Village
When + Where: Saturday 9/26
5:00 Starting with appetizers at Quicks Hole (www.quicksholewickedfresh.com), Chef MacKenzie Zadroga is preparing your choice of six Vineyard/Chatham oysters or a local salad with greens from Coonamessett Farm.
6:00 A short walk across the street, Chef Roscoe of the Landfall Restaurant (www.woodshole.com/landfall) will prepare your catch from your earlier fishing experience. If you weren’t able to participate, you’ll still get to experience the local sea, dining on delicious broiled bluefish, striped bass or Chatham cod (subject to local availability) and Coonamessett Farm potatoes accompanied with cold slaw.
7:30 To further sweeten the day, stroll down Water Street to the Fish Monger (www.fishmongercafe.com), where Chef John Marderosia has created homemade pie from locally grown berries, topped fresh whipped cream.
8:30 Finally you will end your CLASH day at Pie in the Sky Bakery and Cafe (www.woodshole.com/pie) where you will enjoy the freshest organic cup of Joe or tea before ending your unforgettable day in the Village of Woods. |
Woods Hole Culinary Crawl
Join the Fishermen of the Woods Hole Calcutta Fishing Derby and the Chef’s of the freshest restaurants of the Woods Hole Village in a Culinary Crawl that’s sure to delight. For $39.95 you will enjoy appetizers at Quicks Hole, dinner at the Landfall Restaurant, dessert at the Fish Monger and organic coffee or tea at Pie in the Sky Bakery and Café.

Special offer for the first ten individuals to sign up for the Woods Hole Culinary Crawl!
Start the day at 2:30 with a local fishing experience, departing from Woods Hole at the dock of the Landfall Restaurant. If you want to enter your catch in the Calcutta Fishing Derby, you may register and be eligible to win the grand prize for catching the biggest fish! A separate fee required.
(www.woodshole.com/fishing_derby)
Special offer for first 10 registrants!
NOTE: The fishing piece of this event is weather dependent.
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Barnstable Natural Resources
When: Saturday 9/26 from 11-2
Where: Bridge Street/West Bay Road, Osterville
kris.clark@town.barnstable.ma.us |
Learn to Harvest Clams
Wear a bathing suit, shorts or waders and foot protection. A Town of Barnstable shellfish license is required if you want to take home the clams you rake. |
Cape Abilities Farm
When: Friday 9/25 + Saturday 9/26 from 10-4
Where: 458 Main Street, Route 6A, Dennis
www.capeabilities.org
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Tour and Exhibit
Tour the Hydro-ponic system and visit the farm animal exhibit. Drawing for great prizes and a Mum Pull (pick your mum and see how much of a discount on the bottom of the mum) for purchasing full range of fall produce. |
Cape Cod Beer
When: Saturday 9/26 from 11-4
Where: 1336 Phinney's Lane, Hyannis
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Brewery Open House
Tours will be given on the hour with beer related and local foods for sampling. |
Cape Cod Organic Farm
When: Saturday 9/26 from 10-11:30
Where: 3675 Main Street, Route 6A
Barnstable
www.capecodorganicfarm.com |
Harvest Your Own Sweet Potatoes
Dig your own potatoes at Cape Cod's largest certified organic farms spread over 30 acres under cultivation. Arugula, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, green beans, kale, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, winter squash also available for purchase at the time of CLASH. Wear sensible shoes. |
Cob Webb Farm
When: Saturday, September 26th from 10-4
Where: 1525 Osterville Road
Marstons Mills
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Pick Your Own and More Kid Fun!
Pick your own pumpkins and butternut squash, take a wagon ride tour of this 20-acre farm, jump in the giant haystack! Wear sensible shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. |
E&T Farms
When: Friday 9/25 from 1:00-3:00
Where: 85 Lombard Ave
West Barnstable
www.eandtfarmsinc.com
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Farm Tour
Take a tour of this amazing aquaponic/hydroponic farm growing salad greens, vegetables, herbs and fish in recirculating systems for ornamental water gardens, pond stocking and fish markets. |
Hawk's Wing Farm
When: Friday 9/25 + Saturday 9/26 from 9-5
Where: 41 Hawk's Wing Road
Yarmouth Port
www.hawkswingfarm.com |
Farm Tour
Tour four-acre farm and orchard, growing apple, peach and pears, surrounded by 300 acres under conservation. Wear sensible shoes. |
Knot-a-Thot Farm
When: Saturday 9/26 from 10-noon
Where: 625 Willow, West Barnstable
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Farm Tour
Visit a beautiful working farm and meet the sheep, angora goats, llamas and alpacas who call it home. Afterward, visit the shop and have the opportunity to purchase natural wool. |
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
When: Friday 9/25 from 10-noon
Where: 345 Bone Hill Road, Cummaquid |
Confessions of a Second Year Beekeeper
Join beekeeper Kevin Minnigerode as he discusses:
- Man's thousands of years of loving honey
- The 'citizens' of a beehive
- How a colony of bees functions
- How man has attempted to develop bee hives that allows for easy harvesting of honey
- Beekeeping equipment, including protective gear and how not to get stung,
- Seasonal management of a beehive
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Meetinghouse Farm
When: Friday 9/25 + Saturday 9/26 from 3-5
Where: 2135 Meeting House Way, Route 149, West Barnstable
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Farm Tour
Take a late afternoon guided walk around this beautiful conservation property and growing community farm. |
Not Enough Acres
When: Saturday 9/26 from 9-11
Where: 107 Sesuit Neck Road
East Dennis |
Farm Tour and Wool Spinning Demo |
Ocean Song Farm
When: Saturday from 12:30-2
Where: 345 Bone Hill Road, Cummaquid
www.oceansongfarmcapecod.com |
Goat Walk
Ocean Song Farm, and farmers Jen Holloman and Jason Beetz invite you to walk with goats through the fields and trails of Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary in Cummaquid. Enjoy a farm tour and learn all about chicken tractors, grass fed lambs and rotational grazing while taking in the splendor of this wonderful unique and diverse, wildlife sanctuary. The walk is limited to 20 participants so please arrive early to find out about this unique pairing of wildlife and domestic agriculture. It is great fun for all ages. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
Wear suitable shoes and weather-appropriate attire. We will all convene at the visitor's center and take a farm tour then proceed with the goat walk from there. |
The Oyster Company Raw Bar & Grille
When: Saturday 9/26 from
noon-2 pm
Where: 202 Depot Street,
Dennisport
www.theoystercompany.com
For reservations please call
508-380-6027 |
Oyster Farm Tour and Tasting
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Visit an oyster grant and learn how oysters are grown, then harvest a 1/2 dozen of your own oysters and bring them back to The Oyster Company where you will learn how to shuck them like a pro. Taste three wines that are matched to your oysters. Knife and gloves are provided for you to keep. Wear waterproof shoes and shorts. You'll be walking the flats.
LIMITED TO 15 PEOPLE. Cost: $35. Please call 508-380-6027 for reservations.
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Pain d'Avignon
When: Saturday 9/26 at 1, 2:30, 4 and 5:30*
Where: 15 Hinckley Road, Hyannis
www.paindavignon.com
*Limited to 10 people per tour; advance registration required.
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Bakery Tour
A behind-the-scenes tour of the Cape’s largest bakery serving the finest restaurants, hotels, markets, and private homes in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Famous for its artisanal breads, pastries and fine dining in a French bistro setting.
Please email info@ediblecapecod.com with your preferred time and number in party and we will contact you to reserve a spot for the tour. |
Wanna Bee Farm
When:Saturday 9/26 from 9-11
Where: 103 Cindy Lane, Barnstable
508-280-8979 |
Raising Chickens in Your Backyard
Children and even wanna-be farmers can raise chickens; they are fun, kids
love them and a fresh egg is worth all of your efforts. |
The Wine List
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Backyard BBQ: Friday 9/25 at 5:30 p.m.*
Local Recipe Demo + Tasting: Saturday 9/26 from noon-2
Where: 655 Iyanough Road, Hyannis (next to Trader Joe's)
www.the-wine-list.com
* Friday's event is $25 per person; reservations required. Saturday's event is free and does not require advance registration.
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On Friday: "Backyard Barbecue"
The Wine List is jumping on the local bandwagon with a BBQ-style tasting of our party favorites, each made with a local ingredient. Taste Jeff’s BBQ ribs (with a special Cape Cod dry rub), Mimi’s macaroni salad made with farm fresh eggs, Tracy’s local corn chowder, Jackie’s spicy summer salad with roasted chicken and Great Hill Blue, and finish with a local fruit cobbler and whipped cream. Served with some of our favorite wine and beer pairings. 
On Saturday: Local Recipe Demo + Tasting
Recipe demonstration and tasting using local wines and ingredients. Watch the preparation and taste “Cape Cod Sangria” made with Truro Vineyards wine, a sweet and savory wine-based salad dressing served with local greens, and our favorite crostini with farm fresh tomatoes and herbs. Recipes included to take home. |
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Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association
When: Saturday 9/26 from noon-6
Where: Chatham Fish Pier, 54 Barcliff Avenue Extension, Chatham
www.ccchfa.org |
Meet the Fishermen
Visit with “the Hook’s” pier hosts, retired fishermen who tell their personal stories about fishing and our fishing community’s history and heritage. |
Cape Farm & Cranberry Company
When: Friday 9/25 + Saturday 9/26 (times TBA)
Where: 374 Main Street, Harwich
www.cranberrybogtours.com
For reservations: 508-432-0790 or 508-364-6474. |
Cranberry Bog Tour
Enjoy a guided tour of a working Cape Cod cranberry bog and farm. Learn about the 12-month operation of a cranberry bog, see the equipment and visit with the farm animals. A great learning experience and fun for both kids and adults. Tours are offered by reservation only. Please call in advance to ensure your space. 508-432-0790 or 508-364-6474. |
Cedar Spring Herb Farm
When: Friday 9/25 from 10-noon
Where: 159 Long Pond Drive, Harwich
www.cedarspringherbfarm.com
Limited to 25 people. Price per person is $5.00.

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Preserving the Harvest
Join proprietor Donna Wood Eaton and her staff in the farm kitchen for a demonstration on the best foods to can, freeze or dry for year-long consumption. |
Chef's Paul's Cuisine
When: Friday 9/25 + Saturday 9/26 from 2-4
Where: 2628 Main Street, Brewster
www.chefpaulstruffles.com |
Truffle Tasting
Chef Paul will be sampling some of his handcrafted truffles made with all all-natural ingredients. |
Great Cape Herbs
When: Saturday 9/26 from noon - 2:30
Where: 2628 Main Street, Brewster
508-896-5900
www.greatcape.com
Tickets are $10 per person.

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Wild Medicine & Food Walk
with Claudia Keel, Herbalist
Explore the abundant wild medicine and food plants that are here on the Cape – including some familiar plants few know how delicious they are! Seeing, touching, smelling and tasting plants first hand is the time-honored way to begin to know and use them. Emphasis will be on late summer plants, but you will discuss and identify plants that can be harvested in other seasons as well. Learn to identify, harvest, and incorporate wild roots, greens, flowers and fruits into meals and home remedies for health and vitality. Informational handouts will be offered. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and clothing, and bring anything that helps you feel comfortable walking outside in the sun & shade. |
Main Street Gourmet
When: Friday 9/25 + Saturday 9/26 from noon-5
Where: 42 Main, Street, Orleans
www.mainstreetgourmetonline.com |
Local Foods Sampling
Stop by this well-stocked kitchen shop to sample local foods including Cape Cod BBQ Sauce, Cape Cod Provisions, Chatham Jams + Jellies, Wicked Walnuts, Sara's Sea Salts and Truro Vineyards. |
Orleans Farmers Market
When: Saturday 9/26 from 8-noon
Where: 21 Old Colony Way, Orleans
www.orleansfarmersmarket.com
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Farmers Market
The largest and oldest farmers market on Cape Cod selling a wonderful variety of fresh Cape grown vegetables, mushrooms, plants, honey, lobsters, soap and other local products. |
Pleasant Lake Farm
When: Saturday 9/26 from 11-1
Where: 2 Birch Drive, Harwich
www.pleasantlakefarm.com |
Farm Tour
12-acre farm, completely off the grid, growing heirloom vegetables and raising heirloom cattle and pigs. |
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Truro Vineyards
When: Friday 9/25 + Saturday 9/26
Tours at: 1:00 & 3:00
Tastings at: 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00
Where: 11 Shore Road, North Truro
www.trurovineyardsofcapecod.com |
Tour and Tasting
Tours of the vineyard and brand-new wine making facility and guided wine tasting. For $7.00 you get to try five wines and keep your glass as a souvenir. |