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Fred Elser First Sunday Science: The Indigenous Roots of Organic Agriculture

While organic growing may be a modern mainstream trend, it can trace is origins across centuries. Join Ernie Zahn, co-founder of Tse’ Nato” and producer of Indigenize the Plate. Together, we’ll explore how one Peruvian community is working to restore their organic farming practices as a way to rescue their Indigenous way of life. This program is free of charge. No beach pass is required if you are attending the Fred Elser First Sunday Science. Please let them know at…

when

May 4, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

where

10 Tods Driftway
Old Greenwich, CT 06870 United States

cost

Free

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Bruce Museum

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While organic growing may be a modern mainstream trend, it can trace is origins across centuries. Join Ernie Zahn, co-founder of Tse’ Nato” and producer of Indigenize the Plate. Together, we’ll explore how one Peruvian community is working to restore their organic farming practices as a way to rescue their Indigenous way of life.

This program is free of charge. No beach pass is required if you are attending the Fred Elser First Sunday Science. Please let them know at the gate you are attending the Bruce Museum Seaside Center lecture. First Sunday Science programs take place at the Floren Family Environmental Center at Innis Arden Cottage, Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich, CT.

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Imagination Playground

Children can build skills, solve problems, and make friends in the Court using an innovative system of large-scale, lightweight blocks designed to encourage fun and learning through curiosity-driven play. For ages 8 and under with adult caregivers. Available throughout September and October: Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri and Sat | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Sundays | 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Grace Farms

Bunny Book Group

Inspired by the season’s theme, We all build, Bunny Book Group invites children to read stories that explore how an idea can evolve into a beautiful, inspiring, and innovative creation. Each week features a different book from the Grace Farms Library paired with hands-on activities informed by the architecture, art, and landscape at Grace Farms. Fridays | 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM and 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Grace Farms

For Which It Stands…

This exhibition examines depictions of the American flag through 75 works by a diverse group of artists, beginning during WWI with Childe Hassam’s Italian Day, May 1918 and continuing to the present day, including a textile sculpture commissioned for the show from Maria de Los Angeles. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media by artists including Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, and Julie Mehretu, and challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents…

Bellermine Hall – Fairfield University

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