Red Fire Farm Celebrates Harvest with Soup, Workshops, Fundraiser for Barn

GRANBY — On Saturday, Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Red Fire Farm will celebrate the seasonal harvest to help people prepare for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and keep the barn raising going for the future of the farm. It all takes place at Red Fire Farm at 7 Carver St. in Granby.

During this time of year, the harvest can be preserved for the colder days ahead. Visitors on Nov. 15 can taste two different hot autumnal soups and pick up the organic vegetable ingredients and recipes to make at home. There will also be workshops on the basics of lacto-fermentation with a focus on two types of sauerkraut made with cabbage from the farm. And everyone is invited to take tractor rides to the barn.

The schedule for the day includes soup tastings from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; a classic easy green cabbage kraut class at 11:30 a.m.; wagon rides to see the new barn construction and fields with Ryan Voiland at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.; and a colorful sauerkraut with red cabbage, carrots, and onions class at 1:30 p.m.

Construction is underway just down the road in Granby to build the new barn, which will provide a new heart for the farm CSA and farm store after a fire took down the farm’s 100-year-old barn in February 2024. Despite a large state grant, which has helped get this barn about half-built, the current inflationary climate has caused a huge increase in construction costs that are exceeding the grant and insurance money by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The farm’s supporters have started a fundraising campaign to raise $200,000 to help meet the gap, with $70,000 raised to date. These monies are essential to getting the new farm store barn built and operational for the 2026 growing season. Click here for more information and to donate.