Join us for an evening in July to cut your own flowers at our farm and create a stunning summer centerpiece for your home or to gift to a friend. We'll talk about growing your own cut flowers, how to care for them to make them last, how to arrange a low, flowing arrangement in […]
Join UMass Extension and Ward's Berry Farm for a free Twilight meeting on disease reduction through the use of UV light. UV light has been used with several crops including strawberry, squash, and beet to reduce diseases like powdery and downy mildew. In this study funded by the Northeast SARE Novel Approaches for Sustainable Ag, […]
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 […]
Vegetable farms that sell their produce through farmers markets, CSA programs, on-farm stores, and other direct-market channels are the foundation of local food movements everywhere. Yet there is surprisingly little information available to help answer a basic question: Can farmers make a middle-class income selling vegetables through direct-market outlets? Pasa Sustainable Agriculture launched an ongoing study […]
GenerationNext is a series of seminars, hosted by Farm Credit East, designed to advance management skills and business knowledge. In 2022, GenerationNext courses will be offered virtually. Additionally, an in-person course will be held in the Bangor, Maine, vicinity. Courses will begin in January 2022. To sign up, contact your local office or complete the form below. […]
Kick off the new year with a solid understanding of food-related policy in the pipeline! As a follow up to November’s 2021 NH Agricultural Policy Forum, join us as we reconvene New Hampshire’s food system policy stakeholders and advocates to review, discuss, and network around the proposed agricultural legislation for the state’s 2022 legislative session. […]
Westport Grange and Freed Seed Federation are excited to offer their first-ever Seed School. The seven-week course is free, and drop-in style, so that as many are able to come as are interested, for as much or as little as they are interested in. This will be a crash course in the nuts and bolts […]
GenerationNext is a series of seminars, hosted by Farm Credit East, designed to advance management skills and business knowledge. In 2022, GenerationNext courses will be offered virtually. Additionally, an in-person course will be held in the Bangor, Maine, vicinity. Courses will begin in January 2022. To sign up, contact your local office or complete the form below. […]
GenerationNext is a series of seminars, hosted by Farm Credit East, designed to advance management skills and business knowledge. In 2022, GenerationNext courses will be offered virtually. Additionally, an in-person course will be held in the Bangor, Maine, vicinity. Courses will begin in January 2022. To sign up, contact your local office or complete the form below. […]
They Keep Bees is piloting an exciting program called "Queen School" an online, and in person Queen Rearing Series for beekeepers to learn the hows/whys of sustainable apiary management. The series kicks off with a guest lecture from Sam Comfort starting Monday 1/24 at 7 pm EST. The goal of this series is to […]
GenerationNext is a series of seminars, hosted by Farm Credit East, designed to advance management skills and business knowledge. In 2022, GenerationNext courses will be offered virtually. Additionally, an in-person course will be held in the Bangor, Maine, vicinity. Courses will begin in January 2022. To sign up, contact your local office or complete the form below. […]
• Are you thinking about starting your own farm? • Are you a beginning farmer and wonder what’s out there for assistance to fund capital improvements and upgrade your equipment? • Where can I go to get production advice/information? • Do you want to upgrade your marketing outlets but don’t know how to go about […]
Revive the Roots is hosting an on-farm workshop where you will learn to build an Arduino-powered climate control system for greenhouse production. Measure temperature and light levels and control any number of heaters, grow lights, pumps, etc. This workshop will be taught by: Andy from Nuts and Bolts Nursery Bradford from Revive the Roots The address listed […]
To help fiber farmers prepare for the upcoming shearing season, the Animal Fiber subgroup of the CCE Livestock Program Work Team is hosting a “Preparing for Shearing Day” webinar scheduled for Tuesday February 1st from 7:00 – 8:30 pm on Zoom. There are so many to-do boxes that need to be checked when it comes […]
GenerationNext is a series of seminars, hosted by Farm Credit East, designed to advance management skills and business knowledge. In 2022, GenerationNext courses will be offered virtually. Additionally, an in-person course will be held in the Bangor, Maine, vicinity. Courses will begin in January 2022. To sign up, contact your local office or complete the form below. […]
