Deer Ridge Farm will host a community potluck at 5:45 p.m. Saturday, March 6. For interested guests, the potluck will also feature a cooking party beginning promptly at 5.

The dinner is the first in a series of farm-hosted potluck dinners organized by Windham Localvores to celebrate local foods throughout the year. The farm is located at 4057 Hinesburg Rd.

Potluck guests should bring a dish that includes one or more locally grown ingredients. “Your contribution can be something as simple as a bag of local apples, local cider or a local cheese,” said Holderness. Other seasonally available foods may include roasted root vegetables, quiche, bread made with local wheat, or dishes prepared with produce that was home-canned or frozen during the harvest season.

Guests are encouraged to bring their own plates, bowls, cups and flatware. After dinner, guests may have a chance to visit the sugarhouse, try their hand at transplanting, or shell Deer Ridge dry beans for the next potluck.

Hosts Lisa Holderness and Jerry Smith are comfortable with a bustling kitchen, as they already open their doors to share a love of farming and food with school groups and Farm Campers. Holderness is also a science and health teacher, and the founder of Farm Camp. Smith, a farmer since he was a teen, has been “the flower guy” at Brattleboro Farmers’ Market for more than 25 years. Their farm mission is to cultivate a more joyful and sustainable community through their farm and education work.

To R.S.V.P., please contact Lisa Holderness at 802-254-3540 or deerridgefarm@comcast.net. To arrange for a ride to the potluck, please contact Richard Berkfield at fsp@postoilsolutions.org or 802-348-9818.

Directions: Deer Ridge Farm (4057 Hinesburg Road) is 4.8 miles from the 7-eleven gas station off Route 9/Western Avenue. Turn onto Greenleaf Street, then turn left on Hinesburg Road (.9 mile) and stay on that paved road to the farm driveway (3.9 miles) on your left.

Visit http://www.deerridgefarmvt.com/ for more information about the farm.