Local products Community Breakfast -Sunday February 12th, 2012
Transition Cocagne, an initiative of the Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group, will be hosting a community breakfast featuring products from Southeastern NB, Sunday February 12th, 2012 from 8am to 12pm at the Club 50 d’Âge d’Or in Cocagne. Storm date Sunday February 19, 2012, same time, same place.
Tickets are available at Cocagne Variety and Eudore Melanson Rite Stop, Cocagne NB, Canada. The cost is 10$ for adults and 5$ for children (under 12).
For more information: 506-576-8247
Next workshop – Poutines râpées and Meat Pies
During the festive season we often indulge in poutines râpées and meat pies. Learn to make these with Ms Doris and Ms. Geneva at the Club 50 d’Âge d’Or de Cocagne, Sunday December 11, 2011 (storm date December 18).
At a cost of $25, this workshop will allow you to learn how to make poutines râpées and meat pies as well as have 4 poutines for supper (if your bring your own container).
Come discover and learn, Sunday December 11, 2011, 8:30am -2 pm, at Club d’Âge d’Or de Cocagne, from Route 535, Cocagne, NB. (bring your lunch)
RSVP et payment before December 7, 2011 (limited space)
Info : 506-576-8247; gddpc@nb.aibn.com; GDDPC C.P. 1035 Cocagne, NB E4R 1N6
Bulk Food buying group
Transtion Cocagne organizes a bulk food buying group for Speerville products. A list of available products is available at Speerville’s web site : http://www.speervilleflourmill.ca
To participate or for more information please contact the Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group by email at gddpc@nb.aibn.com or by phone at 506-576-8247.
For those interested in learning more about net metering with solar panels we will visit Marielle and Jean-Guy Poirier at Champdoré farm. We will have a discussion about the installation and operation of the system.
The visit will take place on Saturday November 5, 2011, 1:30-2:30pm -74 T. Babineau Rd Grande-Digue, NB (off Babineau Rd).
Fall Activities
Some new activities are coming for this fall on energy and food.
On the energy front, we will have a workshop in October with EOS Eco-energy and locals expert on energy efficiancy. November will have presentations and visits on alternative energy projects in the region.
There will also be workshops on making sauerkraut and poutine rapé in November and December.
Details will be posted on the blog soon.
Next Activity – Learning to salt fresh snap beans
Salt is used in food conservation. Our ancestors salted fresh snap beans. Some people still do as is the case with Madame Doris. She has agreed to share with us her knowledge and expertise.
With a 10$ contribution you will go home with a container of salted bean. Please bring your own plastique or glass container (approx 1 gallon/4 liters) with cover. We will supply the water, the salt and the beans.
Come discover this food conservation method on Wednesday August 17, 2011, 6 :30pm at the Club d’Âge d’Or de Cocagne, entrance from Route 535, Cocagne, NB.
RSVP before August 12, 2011 at 506-576-8247 or via gddpc@nb.aibn.com
The Pays de Cocagne Sustainable Development Group’s (PCSDG) Transition Cocagne initiative wishes to invite you to Blanche Bourgeois School in Cocagne NB. The day will start at 9:00 am with a bird and butterfly discovery walk with guide Louis-Émile Cormier.
There will be a yard and plant sale between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. The PCSDG is inviting folks who want to sell their unused objects to bring their own table. The Cocagne Volunteer Firefighters will tend a BBQ from 10:00 am with proceeds to the Transition Cocagne Initiative.
During the day, people can discover and help out with the biodiversity garden at the school.
The day will end with a presentation by Karine Lapointe on ‘Starting a simple
and happy compost’ at 12:30 pm.
The Blanche Bourgeois School is situated on Route 535 (facing the church), Cocagne, NB. For more info: Jocelyne or Rémi – PCSDG,(506)576-8247
Mr. Léopold Bourgeois, horticulturist of la Fleur du Pommier Farm, will explain the principles of grafting fruit trees in the warehouse as well as in the field. We will practice grafting and prepare an apple tree to be planted at the location of your choice.
Join us on Wednesday evening April 6, 2011 at 6:30 p.m., at Fleur du pommier Warehouse Cocagne Sud Road, Cocagne, NB.
Cost 10$. RSVP (space limited) gddpc@nb.aibn.com or 506-576-8247
The presentation will be bilingual.
Gardeners meeting
Hello everyone,
If you like gardening, there will be a get together on Wednesday March
30th at 7:00 Pm to help plan the 2011 planting season. It is an
informal meeting between gardeners who want to share
their knowledge, tricks, and cherished varieties.
Bring your garden plan, leftover seeds, catalogues, and questions.
The meeting will take place at the offices of the Pays de Cocagne Sutainable
Development Group (4585 Route 134, Cocagne) BYOB
Local product community breakfast – Sunday February 13th
Transition Cocagne will be hosting a community breakfast featuring products from Southeastern NB Sunday February 13th from 8am to 12pm at the Club d’age d’or in Cocagne. Tickets are available at Cocagne Variety and Eudore Melanson Rite Stop. The cost is 10$ for adults and 5$ for children (under 12). For more information you can leave a message at 576-8247 or consult the blog www.cocagnetransition.org.
