Grain Fest Success
Plimoth Patuxet Museums was pleased to debut Grain Fest, a new outdoor festival that took place at the Plimoth Grist Mill® on Sunday, November 10th, celebrating local grains, history, and community.
Plimoth Grist Mill® is Plimoth Patuxet's reproduction of the Plymouth Colonists’ original 1636 grain mill on Town Brook and a working corn-grinding mill. Proud to be part of a growing movement to localize grain production, Plimoth Grist Mill® welcomed farmers, millers, bakers, and the Plymouth community to the Mill and beautiful Jenney Pond Park for the inaugural Grain Fest on November 10th.
Grain Fest was a wonderful opportunity to bring together members of the grain chain and spotlight local grains in all their complexity.
With a local foods market, hands-on educational activities, live music by The Shady Roosters, and fun grain games, Grain Fest proved to be a family friendly event for people of all ages.
Grains and Gratitude
The Museum is grateful to the Educators at the Mill for their hard work in organizing Grain Fest and for the farmers, millers, bakers, and more who came together to support this educational event.
Exhibitors, Music, and Activities
Jonathan Stevens, Hungry Ghost Bread
Plimoth Grist Mill® water powered milling demonstrations and hands-on grain grinding, sifting, and winnowing
The Shady Roosters musical performance, generously funded by the Plymouth Bay Cultural District
Food and Drink
Cornbread, oatcakes, rye shortbread, and other tasty samples made with local grains, donated by The Tasty and Bramhall's Country Store.
Independent Fermentations beer brewed with New England grown grains and hops. With guest brewery Seventh Wave Brewing and their Back to the Grind Bitter.
Skinny Dip Farm: Vegetables and Locally Grown and Milled Cornmeal
Wilde Flour Baking: Jalapeno Cheddar Loaf, Donuts, and other Baked Goods
Everyday is Grain Fest in Plymouth
Plimoth Patuxet’s millers fulfill actual orders for sampe (grits), cornmeal, flour, and other grains. These items are available to be shipped across the county. Local restaurants in Plymouth and throughout coastal Massachusetts incorporate the grains into their dishes, and the Museum is proud to be a part of their culinary offerings year round.