If you grow or serve local food, update your free Local Food Guide listing here before March 15th, 2020! SEMAP's Local Food Guide promotes local farms, grocers, restaurants, seafood, beer, wine, spirits and more! Serving Massachusetts counties of Norfolk, Bristol, and Plymouth.
Join SEMAP for a Twilight Workshop on Saturday, April 25, 2020 11 am - 2 pm at Bayberry Farm & Flower Co., North Dighton, MA Tom Dufault will teach introductory workshop on basic welding skills, to include ARC, MIG, and gas welding brazing, metal prep, safety, and more. Workshop price includes pair of welding goggles. […]
Date and Time: May 9 10am-12pm Location: Fairmount Fruit Farm 887 Lincoln Street Franklin, MA 02038 www.fairmountfruit.com Linda Noel, of Terrapin Farm, is pleased to present a workshop on Backyard Cannabis Growing at Fairmount Fruit Farm in Franklin, MA, to benefit SEMAP! This “twilight” workshop will cover Cannabis Growing (marijuana and/or hemp) from planting a […]
Love the local food movement? Ever thought you might like to keep your own chickens? Want to add a flock for your school or community garden? Come join a webinar by SEMAP and “The Chickeness” Khrysti Smyth Barry of Yardbirds Backyard Chickens for a rundown of housing needs and design, basic feeding and care, health, chick info and transitioning to a coop, popular breeds, and other things you might want to know about keeping your own backyard chickens. Course materials will be provided. Come find out whether keeping chickens might be a good addition to your garden, your school, your kitchen, and your community’s overall health and wellbeing.
May 20, 2020 5 pm - 7 pm Langwater Farm, 209 Washington St, North Easton, MA During the cover crop workshop, farmers at Langwater Farm will cover selection, establishment, termination and benefits of cover crops, as well as calculating plant available nitrogen. Maggie Payne from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service will talk about the […]
ome join a webinar by SEMAP and “The Chickeness” Khrysti Smyth Barry of Yardbirds Backyard Chickens for a more advanced topics in chicken care. Learn more about coop upgrades, health issues and troubleshooting, integrating replacement birds into an existent flock and whatever questions folks might have. Course materials will be provided. Come find out whether keeping chickens might be a good addition to your garden, your school, your kitchen, and your community’s overall health and wellbeing.
Join us for a celebration of SEMAP's accomplishments this year, learning from farmers and local food allies from across the region, and a presentation of awards for individuals key to the success of local agriculture in Southeastern Massachusetts in 2020. This year has been difficult for many of us, but we aim to highlight the […]
Farmers can network with each other and agricultural marketing consultant Mieko Ozeki of Radiance Studios, LLC to take their business strategies to the next level. Mieko will coach farmers on digital presence, branding, and social media strategy to create engaging online content and increase your customer base. Have questions about the best digital marketing choices […]
Spring is here, and so is the busiest time of year for many farmers, market managers, and other food system workers. When you have so many things on your To Do list, social media maintenance and online marketing can fall by the wayside. Join Mieko Ozeki of Radiance Studios, LLC to discuss the quickest and […]
SEMAP will host a free online grant writing workshop on Sept 22nd from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. This workshop will focus on the new round of Food Security Infrastructure Grant applications. Expert grant-writer and farm business planner Rose Wilson will walk you through each element of the grant, as well as provide strategies to improve […]
Join us for a celebration of SEMAP's accomplishments this year, learn more about the newly released Food System Assessment for Southeastern Massachusetts from Liz Wiley of the Marion Institute and see highlights of SEMAP's recent video projects.
SEMAP is excited to host a financing workshop for beginning farmers, fishers, and food producers in conjunction with The Carrot Project! We'll be joined and led by farmer & business expert Cian Dalzell in our conversation of bookkeeping fundamentals, basics of loans and grants, and more! All are welcome, but content will be particularly tailored […]
Sunday, February 27th is SEMAP’s 15th Annual Agriculture & Food Conference! Farmers, foodies, and agricultural advocates alike are all welcome. On-farm workshops to complement the virtual content will be held on the weekends in February preceding this virtual event. Tickets include admission to all on-farm and virtual events. Tickets will be sold on a sliding scale and you […]
Join us to network with other beginning farmers, aspiring farmers, and farmworkers! This is a perfect opportunity for farmers with less than ten years of experience to build connections. The event is free but registration is required. We will be meeting at Bristol County Agricultural High School from 3-5 p.m. More details coming soon! Register […]
Join us to network with other farmers selling directly to consumers! This will be a great space for farmers selling directly to consumers to come together to build partnerships and share experiences. The event is free but registration is required. We will be meeting at Plymouth County Extension Office from 3-5 pm. More details coming […]
