Potluck in Chatham
The third “Potluck in a Pasture†summer supper will be held Sunday, July 15 from 6-8 p.m. at Pugh’s Cedarbrake Sheep Farm near Silk Hope.
ChathamArts sponsors the series of suppers, which take place every third Sunday of each month this summer. Participants can tour the hosting farm and meet local artists.
Featured artists include Lisa and Karl Janson, creators or handmade birch knitting needles, crochet hooks and tools; Suzy Szary, a spinner who owns cashmere goats and Icelandic sheep; weaver Pat Randorf; Celtic harpist Dora Owens; and metal artist Roger Lamana.  Â
Visitors are asked to bring a potluck dish for eight that includes at least one locally grown ingredient as well as a copy of the recipe, a beverage, lawn chair or blanket and $10 for adults ($8 for members) and $5 for children ages 6-12.
Proceeds benefit ChathamArts, a nonprofit county arts council that supports diverse arts and cultural programs in the schools and the community.
For more information or directions to the supper, visit www.chathamarts.org or call 219-9840.
Sherbert churning
Sheri Castle will host a buttermilk-blackberry sherbet-churning event at Southern Village on July 12.
Using blackberries produced in the blackberry winter caused by this year’s Easter freeze, Castle will churn sherbet with children and provide information and recipes.
Castle’s original recipes are nationally recognized and have been featured in Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Fine Cooking and the nationally syndicated Desperation Dinners column. She is a member of Slow Food USA, the Southern Foodways Alliance, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, the Chefs Collaborative and the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association.
The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the Southern Village Farmers’ Market across from the Lumina Theatre.
Workshop offered
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems will host a workshop about energy use and alternative energy production on farms on July 12 at the center in Goldsboro.
The workshop is part of the Seasons of Sustainable Agriculture series and will be led by Steve Moore, a research associate in natural resources and environmental design at N.C. A&T University. The all-day workshop will provide farmers with an overview of current and future energy use as well as information regarding alternative energy production and reducing on-farm energy use.
For more information, visit www.cefs.ncsu.edu or contact the center at 513-0954 or cefs_info@ncsu.edu