SBN is organizing a Food Safety webinar with Dr. Michele Pfannenstiel of Dirigo Food Safety. The webinar will focus on food safety for scaling food businesses and will be on Tuesday, October 30th from 12:00-1:00pm. This webinar is perfect for you if scaling your food business is your dream, moving from small production runs to serious manufacturing. Are you asking the right questions of […]
Nov 7. Tour @ Revision Urban Farm, Dorchester. Host: Joy Gary, Farm Manager Address & Directions: 38 Fabyan Street, Dorchester, MA Please check the CRAFT Visits schedule (linked below) for the most up to date information regarding the farm visits, and to check for any reschedules or cancelations.
Attention Aspiring or Beginning Farmers! There are still spots available in the Fall Exploring the Small Farm Dream course offered by MDAR When: Tuesdays 6pm-9pm, November 13th to December 11th, in Sudbury MA at the Sudbury Grange. This 5-week course, developed by The New England Small Farm Institute, is designed to guide aspiring farmers […]
This year we are pleased to announce our Annual Meeting will be held at Round the Bend Farm's new innovative & sustainable Learning Center in South Dartmouth. We will take the opportunity to recognize some exceptional folks involved in the local food movement in Southeastern Massachusetts, review some of SEMAP's accomplishments over the past year, and […]
Chuck Currie will share the different strategies employed at Freedom Food Farm, a 90 acre certified organic farm in Raynham, MA, used to feed people all year round. We will discuss the equipment, infrastructure, and regulations involved in growing root crops, greens, grain, and beans, and preserving the summer abundance through canning and fermentation. Freedom Food […]
NOFA/Mass is presenting a full-day intensive workshop on growing agricultural hemp in the Northeast. The focus of this particular workshop will be growing a hemp crop through flower into the seed phase for farmers wishing to produce an oil, seed or grain crop. The workshop will cover genetics, soil preparation, fertility needs, pest and disease management, […]
Dec 5. Potluck & Annual Varieties Discussion @ Newton Community Farm, 4:00-6:00, potluck to follow Host: Greg Maslowe, Farm Manager, Newton Community Farm Address & Parking: 303 Nahanton Street, Newton 02459. Please park on Winchester Street and walk down the path past the greenhouse to the upper level of the barn. Please check the […]
Want to increase sales for your farm or food business? Get more accounts? Attract more CSA subscribers? Do you have a plan for how to achieve your goals? A marketing plan works like a GPS to keep you headed in the right direction. Learn the four steps for creating a speed marketing plan. This interactive […]
SEMAP is calling all beginning farmers! If you are an aspiring farm operator, or you have taken ownership of a farm or stepped into a principal farm manager role between 2006 and 2018, please join us at our Beginning Farmer Focus Group. SEMAP is looking for feedback on how we can continue to support and help […]
Interested in growing hemp but not sure where to start? This information-dense full-day intensive workshop on hemp production will feature several speakers with experience in growing hemp, processing the plant for fiber and oil production, and the application requirements you'll need to meet in order to grow hemp in Massachusetts. With a new […]
The second annual Seed Sovereignty event - a three-way partnership between NOFA/Mass, Freed Seed Federation, and Young Farmer Network - is a day-long intensive designed to restore the farmer’s role as a participant in the breeding process. You will have hands-on training on how to save, improve, and breed seed on-farm with eminent organic plant […]
Calling all Green Industry professionals! Would you like to share your horticultural and agricultural know-how with our incarcerated community? If you are intrigued by the idea of teaching once a month in a prison garden in 2019, please swing by to meet with our team of Educators and find out if the experience is for […]
Join Julia Shanks Food Consulting for a live webinar on how to manage cash flow. We will cover two aspects: creating annual cash flow projections and day-to-day management. First, we will work through creating a yearly cash flow projection using historical data to lay-out cash needs on a monthly basis. We will then discuss how […]
Learn more and view all the details about the conference here. Farmers, gardeners, homesteaders, advocates, foodies, and anyone interested in local agriculture: join us for our 12th Annual Agriculture & Food Conference! We will be having 20+ workshops, a resource fair, keynote address, and an always tasty locally-sourced lunch. Hosted at Bristol County Agricultural High School […]
The Northeast Organic Farming Association of RI (NOFA/RI) Winter Conference is our largest educational and fundraising event of the year. Sunday, March 3, 2019, is our 6th annual conference with a full day of workshops with nationally recognized speakers in organic and sustainable agriculture as well as influential speakers from across Rhode Island and New England, networking […]
