The Strawberry Festival Goes Green
The strawberries will still be red but the Strawberry Festival is going GREEN!
The Strawberry Festival Committee has announced that they will serve Strawberry Shortcake and Cheesecake on biodegradable bowls, plates and spoons. They have collaborated with BIOSMART- a company that sells “Bagasse” tableware derived from the by-product of sugar cane. In order to promote these biodegradable products, BIOSMART is offering Strawberry Festival visitors a promotional deal to introduce their products to Maine.
For more information, visit
www.southberwickstrawberryfestival.com .
South Berwick Strawberry Festival
June 28, 2008 -9:00-4:00
You can be a part of this great community event:
To help serve strawberries in the tent on Saturday call 384-5848 or
tent@southberwickstrawberryfestival.com.
To help hull strawberries on Friday, call 207-752-6396 or
volunteer@southberwickstrawberryfestival.com.
The Strawberry Festival Committee is a non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers. All proceeds from the Strawberry Festival are given back to the Community in the form of grants. Over the past 32 years, the Festival Committee has provided over $150,000 in grants and scholarships to the local community and MHS students. The Festival also supports South Berwick non-profit organizations giving them a venue to earn money for their respective groups.
The Strawberry Festival Committee thanks the hundreds of community volunteers and non-profit organizations for all their hard work. Their volunteer hours have been crucial in making the Festival such a success.
For more information and for a schedule of events, visit www.southberwickstrawberryfestival.com.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
THIS IS SOOOO GREAT! I am so happy to see more festivals, fairs, etc. doing things like this - congratulations and thank you South Berwick — what a great example/resource for other groups to follow!
June 4th, 2008 at 9:31 am
The Lunch Program for M.S.A.D. 35 has been using Greenware in the schools for better then half a school year now. The trays, plates, bowls, etc., etc., are made from a Sugarcane/Bamboo compound.
An I hear they are recycling thier milk cartons from several schools at a local farm in Eliot.
June 4th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Do you happen to know the name of the company that supplies MSAD 35? I’d love to take the info to my children’s school. They do no recycling that I know of, and I hate all the plastic/foam garbage generated everyday from the cafeteria.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:32 am
The recycling effort at the S.B. schools was the brainstorm of some fourth graders — great kids — here’s a recent article about it:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1379106/cafeteria_composting_in_southern_maine/
I’m sure that the principals at Marshwood Great Works (Jerry Burnell) or Central School (Vicki Stewart) would be happy to help you.
All the recycling efforts at the school have been very successful, both financially and in student interest
June 5th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Thanks for the information. Sounds great.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:51 am
The school lunch program gets thier greenware through the food service company they buy from ( PFG North Center).
June 13th, 2008 at 10:37 am
[…] And speaking of strawberries, South Berwick’s Strawberry Festival is coming up on June 28. This is a great community event that helps raise money for various town nonprofit groups, made even better this year by the widespread adoption of environmentally friendly practices! More information can be found via South Berwick’s 236 Diner blog > […]