Ould Lammas Fair Ould Lammas Fair The Auld Lammas Fair is a traditional fair held in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland every year on the last Monday and Tuesday of August. It is associated with the Lammas harvest festival. The fair has been running for nearly 400 years, dating back to the 17th century. Various goods are traditionally sold at the fair. These include livestock and traditional foods such as Yellowman, a local variant of honeycomb and dulse, a type of edible seaweed. A ballad written by local shopkeeper and bog-oak carver John Henry MacAuley enhanced the local fame of the fair. MacAuley
Edible Schoolyard hired Ann Cooper as head chef for the district's school food program. Cooper eliminated most processed foods from the lunch menu and introduced more local, organic, seasonal produce to school meals, which reflected the food knowledge being taught through the Edible Schoolyard. The Edible Schoolyard is also linked to school lunch through the School Lunch Initiative, which is a partnership between the Center for Ecoliteracy, Chez Panisse Foundation, and several public health research organizations. In September 2010, the Center for Weight and Health and the University of California, Berkeley, released an evaluation report of the School Lunch Initiative. The report