by Francie Randolph | Oct 30, 2012 | News, Sustainable Cape News, Truro Agricultural Fair
Volume 12, Issue 3, October 31, 2012 “Truro, MA – You’ve heard of the Indy 500 over Memorial Day, but what about Truro’s Zucchini 500 over Labor Day? Billed as The Greatest Spectacle in Vegetable Racing, the event took place on Sunday, September 2 at Sustainable...
by Francie Randolph | Sep 15, 2012 | News, Sustainable Cape News, Truro Agricultural Fair
September 15, 2012 …It was, you see, time to walk the dog with M. and head over to the Truro Agricultural Fair – a once a year event where the best in flora and fauna produced on the Cape Tip are displayed with pride – before all groove to the sounds of...
by Francie Randolph | Sep 15, 2012 | News, Truro Agricultural Fair
September 15, 2012 I also recently visited the Truro Agricultural Fair to partake in the “Zucchini 500” 2012 Race. I consider state agricultural fairs a great Massachusetts tradition because, according to Massachusetts Agricultural Fairs Association, the first...
by Francie Randolph | Sep 9, 2012 | News, Truro Agricultural Fair
September 9, 2012 It’s official. Stopping by the Truro Ag Fair on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend is our last Cape hurrah before heading home to Boston at the end of each summer. I seem to have skipped posting about it in 2010, but in 2009 I admired the bunnies, and...
by Francie Randolph | May 18, 2012 | News, Uncategorized
July 21, 2012 “In July, the BoS took another important step forward to solidify Truro’s Ag future, by establishing a Truro Agricultural Commission under its new Chair, Dave DeWitt. Many know Dave as an organic farmer in town and as part of the leadership of the Truro...
by Francie Randolph | Sep 11, 2011 | News, Truro Agricultural Fair
September 11, 2011 “The 3rd annual Truro Agricultural Fair drew a huge crowd last weekend on the Outer Cape. From pie-eating contests and three-legged races, to the Barnyard Beauty Contest (you vote with locally grown beans) and the fiddlers on the bandstand, to the...
