UVM Extension is planning to offer a series of 3 webinars, each lasting from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The webinars may be a combination of pre-recorded presentations, as well as live presentations, with time for Q&A with the presenters. View the Webinar Series brochure here. The webinar events are as follows: Thursday, March 23, […]
Get out of the greenhouse and enjoy some good food and good company at SEMAP’s Farmer Social Events! Connect with fellow farmers, learn what folks are looking forward to growing and share your goals for the season ahead. This is a great opportunity to gather while there’s still time before farming really kicks off. Come […]
Join MDAR's Produce Safety Team and UMass Extension for this local training session on FSMA. Everyone who attends gets to take home a PSA manual as well. Registration closes Friday, 4/7. FSMA training is mandatory for farms covered under the PSR but it’s a great course for anybody serious about produce farming. Who Should Attend […]
Get out of the greenhouse and enjoy some good food and good company at SEMAP’s Farmer Social Events! Connect with fellow farmers, learn what folks are looking forward to growing and share your goals for the season ahead. This is a great opportunity to gather while there’s still time before farming really kicks off. Our […]
Join Western Massachusetts Fibershed and CISA for a statewide, remote networking event aimed at fiber farmers, artisans, and other stakeholders in the fiber community. This space will allow participants to share the challenges they face working with fiber in Massachusetts and share new ideas and collaborative solutions. This call will offer both full group and small group […]
Looking for a fun, easy, and compact way to recycle your fruit and vegetable waste at home? Start a worm composting bin! Join Friends of Holly Hill Farm Educator and worm-composting guru Janice McPhillips, alongside guest vermicomposters Astrid Peisch, President of the Community Garden Club in Cohasset, and Christine Becker, author of Staying Down-to Earth: A Guide […]
Join us for our first Twilight Grower Series event of 2023 at E.L. Silvia Farms in Dighton! Together with RI Cooperative Extension, Ed Silvia will demonstrate apple orchard pruning, then talk through pests, diseases, and orchard best practices. We hope to see you at this FREE hands-on workshop! All are welcome, regardless of experience. Check […]
Join Middlesex Conservation District for this informative event with Grisha Maziya of Shady Corner Farm to discuss the basics of composting: from how to, to types of setups, to fun facts and myths. This will be an interactive event, so please bring your compost questions. This event is FREE to anyone interested in attending. This […]
June 7, Wed, 4-6pm, Irrigation Systems, Tangerini’s Spring Street Farm, 139 Spring Street, Millis, MA. Host: Steve Chiarizio, Farm Manager, Owner CRAFT Liaison: Chris Yoder, Vanguarden CSA, Dover. https://www.tangerinisfarm.com/about
Join us for our Twilight Grower Series, this time at Langwater Farm in Easton! Together with MDAR's Produce Safety Team, Langwater staff will walk us through their facilities, talk about how they got there, and identify what works & what doesn't. Then we'll gather around Langwater's pizza oven and share in some delicious food & […]
Join NOFA-RI at Historic Casey Farm in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, for an enlightening one-hour workshop on bees. Hosted by NOFA RI and facilitated by Cindy Holt, an Eastern Apiculture Society certified Master Beekeeper, this event aims to broaden your perspective beyond honey bees and into the fascinating realm of solitary bees. Cindy will share her […]
Farmers are invited to Gaining Ground to learn more about the reciprocal, regenerative practices they use to grow food for hunger relief. Presented by Farm Manager Anna Kelchlin and Co-Assistant Farm Managers Kari Bender and Chrissie Edgeworth. Topics will include hand-scale bed prep, soil fertility, cover cropping, mulching, and season extension. We'll also demonstrate the […]
Join us at our Twilight Grower Series, this time about pasture-raised livestock! Led by farmers Kathryn Shepard & Erin Williams, we'll check out the hogs at Revival Farm, cattle at Bogside Acres, and broiler chickens at Plympton Poultry. They'll lead us in discussing best practices & do's & don'ts, they'll demonstrate use of their chicken […]
Registration Now Open! Online and in person at Worcester State University, Worcester, MA Online Monday, July 24 - Thursday, July 27 In Person & Online: Friday, July 28 & Saturday, July 29 The 2023 NOFA Summer Conference will take place online from July 24-27, and online and in person at Worcester State University on July 28-29. […]
USDA has announced the Resilient Food System Infrastructure (RFSI) grant program, a program created to work with states and tribal governments across the US with the goal of developing and administering coordinated initiatives to build resilience across the middle-of-the-food-supply-chain within the states. MDAR will work in partnership with USDA to make competitive subawards to support […]
