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Permaculture Homestead Design: How to Assess and Plan Your Sustainable Homestead

Wildside Cottage and Gardens 37 Fisher Place Rd, Conway, MA, United States

The work of building the dream homestead starts well before the first garden is dug or the greenhouse is built. Creating an efficient and flourishing home and garden, one that yields abundantly but needs few inputs, requires skillful planning. Each element must intelligently connect with every other element in the system. This workshop, led by […]

$54 – $67

Farmer to Farmer: Profitable Pastures

Sidehill Farm 58 Forget Rd, Hawley, MA, United States

Join Amy Klippenstein and Paul Lacinski of Sidehill Farm, Eric Sheffer of Sheffer’s Grassland Dairy, and Morgan Hartman of Black Queen Angus Farm as they share insight from years of managing pastures. Topics will include land stewardship, forage growth, soil fertility, and animal health and genetics. We will discuss the ways all of these things […]

$10 – $15

Young Farmer Night

Ivory Silo Farm Corner of Hixbridge & Horseneck Rd, Westport, MA, United States

++ ABOUT THE FARM // WHAT TO EXPECT ++ Farmers Bill Braun and Dee Levanti grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers on about 5 acres at Ivory Silo Farm in Westport, MA. They grow only open-pollinated varieties, from which seed can be saved from season to season, while adhering to organic principles to regenerate the land. […]

Free
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SEMAP Event – Growing Cut Flowers: Seed to Vase

Weatherlow Florals 845 Sodom Rd, Westport, MA, United States

Managing Production of Specialty Cut Flowers for Floral Design. Tour the flower fields and hoophouses at Weatherlow Farms and learn about the ins and outs of growing specialty cut flowers for use in floral design. We'll discuss sourcing seeds and plugs, trialing new varieties, harvest and post-harvest tricks for extending vase life, and what fun […]

$5 – $20

Evolving Greens Wash Station at Wishing Stone Farm

Wishing Stone Farm 25 Shaw Rd, Little Compton, RI, United States

With FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) and CAPS (Community Accreditation for Produce Safety) compliance at our door step, we will analyze our wash rooms pros and cons and discuss food safety issues. Wishing Stone Farm's growing methods are committed to sustainable agriculture and the protection of open space, while providing food for local communities. We […]

Free

New England Pastured Poultry Day

Pat's Pastured 830 South Rd, E. Greenwich, RI, United States

Spend a day with New England pastured poultry producers. This community day is a networking opportunity to meet with other pastured poultry farmers in the region, form alliances, learn from each other, and build relationships. All experience levels welcome. If you questions about getting started or getting better, bring them. Our host farm, Pat's Pastured […]

$10 – $20

Growing and Processing Medicinal Herbs

Full Kettle Farm 111 N. Silver Lane, Sunderland, MA, United States

The demand for local, organic herbs is rapidly growing with the revival of herbalism and integrated medicine. This workshop will provide an overview of what it takes to grow and manage a successful herbal market garden. Full Kettle Farm’s Greg Disterhoft will walk us through soil, light & water requirements, cool and warm season herbs, […]

$36 – $50
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SEMAP Event – Setting the Stage for a Successful Season with Full Spectrum Fertility

Brix Bounty Farm 449 Bakerville Rd, Dartmouth, MA, United States

We’ll take a fieldwalk through the Brix Bounty Vegetable Fields surveying early season crop growth and focus our discussion on fertility steps we take at Brix Bounty to ensure crops are able to maximize growth during the longest days of the year.  From boron to zinc we’ll cover the mineral foundations we invest in each […]

$5 – $20

Water Management Twilight Meeting

Tangerini's Spring Street Farm 139 Spring St, Millis, MA, United States

FSMA and drought got you down? Come to this Twilight Meeting at Tangerini Farm in Millis, MA. Tour the newly installed irrigation system for orchard and vegetable crops built with funding support from NRCS with the designer, Trevor Hardy of Brookdale Farm, Irrigation and Row Crop Supply. Find out water sampling protocols and lab requirements […]

No-Till Market Gardening Intensive: Tools and Techniques For Vital Crops and Healthier Soils

Woven Roots Farm 12 McCarty Road , Tyringham, MA, United States

Learn techniques for intensively growing vegetables using no-till practices on a commercial scale from long-time farmers Jen and Pete Salinetti of Woven Roots Farm. Jen and Pete have managed their diversified vegetable farm for over 15 years using inexpensive, low-tech tools. Their system has built a soil with incredible structure, water-holding capacity, and the soil […]

$75 – $105

Watson Farm: Management & Forage Production for Grass Based Livestock

Watson Farm 455 North Rd, Jamestown, RI, United States

This twilight Pasture Walk at Historic New England’s Watson Farm will be led by Don Minto and Chris Dvorak, farm managers, who have been managing Red Devon Cattle and sheep on these historic grasslands for well over 35 years. This discussion and tour will feature forage management practices that have evolved and been implemented on […]

Free

Growing Cut Flowers

Norwell Farms 4 Jacobs Ln, Norwell, MA, United States

Have you dreamed of growing beautiful cutting flowers to brighten your home all season long. If so, please join Nikki Bartley of Cross Street Flower Farm to learn what to plant for cut flower growing, how to harvest for bouquets, and simple flower arranging. Cross Street Flower Farm grows over 50 varieties of specialty-cut flowers.  They […]

$5 – $10

Beekeeping

Norwell Farms 4 Jacobs Ln, Norwell, MA, United States

Join us for a 90-minute workshop on Backyard Beekeeping.  The decline of the honeybee has prompted many enthusiasts to start their own backyard beehive.  Find out if this is for you.  We will cover where to get proper training on beekeeping, costs of establishing your own beehive and basics of honeybees and honey production.  Plan […]

$5 – $10

NOFA Summer Conference

Hampshire College 900 West St, Amherst, MA, United States

At the NOFA summer conference, you may learn as much across a lunch table as you will at workshops; solve your most pressing challenge in a chance discussion with a stranger; or create the spark that is going to be your next big idea. Children and Teens also have their own conference experience with a […]

$18 – $250

Workshop: Health Care Practices for our Food Animals

University of Rhode Island, East Farm, Building 7 2163 Kingstown Rd. (Route 108), Kingston, RI, United States

A SARE Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative Workshop - a project to improve environmental quality by reducing drugs in meat production; enhance economic viability by reducing off-farm inputs and meeting increased consumer demand for local foods free of antibiotics and drugs; and respond to immediate public social concerns about the effects on humans of antibiotics in food […]

Free
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