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Mashpee Wampanoag Honor the Earth Fair & Taste of the Earth Cooking Contest
April 20 @ 11:00 am
At the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Government Center at 29 Holland Mill Road, Mashpee (off Great Neck Road just south of #483).
The Tribe invites us to the Honor the Earth Fair featuring exhibitors and vendors with a shared mission to protect and preserve the ancestral homelands of the Mashpee Wampanoag. Free and open to the public, the Fair is co-hosted by the Native Land Conservancy (NLC) and the Mashpee Wampanoag Natural Resources Department. Festivities will include opening remarks by Chief Earl Mills, Jr, cultural crafts, traditional singing and dancing, and activities for children.
For more information on the Fair: https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/contact-us
The Taste of the Earth cooking contest will also be held during the day featuring Elspeth Hay of the WCAI Local Food Report. Taste of the Earth invites everyone from local novice foodies to restaurant chefs to compete for a first place prize of a hand crafted pot by Wampanoag artisan and NLC Founding President Ramona Peters.
The entry must be made entirely of plant based foods. Space is limited (only 11 still available as of April 2). Registration deadline is 4:00 pm, Sunday, April 14.
To register as a cooking contestant: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/foXuEqB87WChStFINx9NrA
For more information on the cooking contest: https://www.nativelandconservancy.org/
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