Agriculture Exhibit Reception & Talk:Deep Roots: A History of Agriculture in the Connecticut River Valley

Agriculture Exhibit Reception & Talk:Deep Roots: A History of Agriculture in the Connecticut River Valley Agriculture Exhibit Reception & Talk

Reception — Deep Roots: A History of Agriculture in the Connecticut River Valley, 1:30 p.m., Great Hall

Join the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association for a reception celebrating the opening of their exhibit in our Hallway Gallery.

Talk — And That’s the Way it Was! Glimpses of

Deerfield’s Agricultural Heritage, 2:00—3:30 p.m., Great Hall

Peter Thomas presents a recorded oral history and slideshow of farmers and farming, including experiences by descendants of Polish and Ukrainian immigrants. The Massachusetts Commis- sioner of Agricultural Resources also discusses the state of farm- ing today and looks to what might be coming in futures decades. For youth and adults.