In 2012, the Historic Deerfield Open Hearth Cooking Program will enter its 25th year of service!  To celebrate this special occasion, the annual Winter Lecture Series is titled "Gathering, Gardening, Preserving: Exploring Local Food in New England." The lecture will be delivered by John Forti. Forti is Curator of Historic Gardens and Landscapes at Strawbery Banke Museum, and co-author of American Household Botany: A History of Useful Plants, 1620-1900. Free and open to the public. 2 p.m., Deerfield Community Center (formerly White Church Community Center) in Deerfield.