ABOUT THE TWILIGHT SERIES

SEMAP’s Twilight Grower Series offers farmers and food producers the chance to connect with and learn from one another. This farmer-to-farmer educational workshop series takes place on farms across the region, allowing hands-on learning and networking opportunities. While this series is open to everyone, it is particularly geared towards commercial growers. Unless otherwise noted, all our Twilight events are FREE.

Previous topics for the Twilight Grower Series have included pest management, alpaca basics, high tunnel winter growing, soil health, and more! Childcare will be available for free at all SEMAP Twilight Events!

If you have a request for our next Twilight topic, or would like to host a workshop on your farm, please contact Heather Meehan at hmeehan@semaponline.org.

For more events, check out the farm visit series organized and hosted by our friends at Eastern Massachusetts CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training) and the Young Farmers’ Network Young Farmer Nights.

 

2026 TWILIGHTS:

Permanent Deer Fencing & Flower Pest Walk

Twilight

Langwater Farm, North Easton, MA

Thursday, June 18th, 5:30-7:30pm

Interested in the process of building and installing permanent deer fencing? Join us for a wagon ride around Langwater Farm in Easton to see their deer fencing in action, including post pounding and brace building demonstrations. Langwater farm has been building and maintaining permanent deer fencing on their 80 acre farm for many years. They also install fencing and other agricultural infrastructure on neighboring farms and for other clients. This is a great opportunity to get your questions answered and find out if a similar fencing system might be plausible for you. Also, UMass Extension will be leading us in a pest walk through Langwater's flower field and to help identify pests and potential issues to help you look for similar things on your farm! 
 
 
Following the Twilight, there will be delicious wood fired pizza and refreshments from the folks at Langwater! 
 
Permanent Deer Fencing
https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/2j6m5q5
Walk Behind Tractor Operation & Repair

Twilight with Young Farmer Network, Land & Sea Together, Aquidneck Community Table, Eastern RI Conservation District

Garman Farm, Middletown, RI 

Wednesday, July 15th, 5:30-7:30pm

Walk Behind Tractors are more affordable than full size tractors and have many of the same capabilities. They also have certain advantages when it comes to navigating tight spaces and diversified crops. During this Twilight, we will learn how Garman Farm grows five acres of certified organic vegetables and cut flowers using their Grillo walk behind tractor. They will touch on basic maintenance and operation, as well as how they've set up their farm systems to grow maximum produce with minimum labor. Aquidneck Community Table, who maintains a community farm and garden on the same property, will demo the capabilities and implements of their BCS tractor so that attendees can see the differences between the two major brands on the market.

 

Walk Behind Tractors
Small Scale Pest Exclusion & Pest Walk

Twilight with Young Farmer Network and Land & Sea Together

Southside Community Land Trust, Providence, RI 

Tuesday, August 18th, 6-8pm

Collaboration with the Young Farmer Network and Land & Sea Together. Fencing, whether it's for deer, rodents or other mammalian pests is very important to anyone growing things! Permanent or even semi permanent fencing is not always an option for farmers. Join us as Southside Community Land Trust and learn how the farmers there are dealing with pest exclusion and the challenges and solutions that are unique to their growing environment, but can be useful to anyone growing things anywhere! URI Extension will also be joining us to help identify pests and other issues in crops so you can quickly identify these similar things as they arise on your farm. 

 

Small Scale Pests
Temporary Fence Installation & Maintenance

Twilight 

Heart Beets Farm, Berkley, MA

Thursday, September 17th, 5-7pm

Don't have tens of thousands of dollars to drop on permanent deer fencing? Many farmers in our region find themselves in this situation or can't justify the cost of installing permanent fencing on leased land. Heart Beets Farm in Berkley MA installs and manages temporary electric fencing systems each season to protect their certified Organic produce from deer intrusion. Join us to see their setup in action and discuss the benefits and challenges of such a system. We will address fence installation, maintenance including keeping a "hot" electric line and managing weeds along the fence line, and what to do when deer intrude anyway. This is a great opportunity to see practical solutions you can employ on your own farm, and brainstorm strategies with fellow farmers. Also, UMass Extension will be joining to talk about Pepper Maggot, identification and strategies for dealing with this issue on your farm. 

 

Temporary Fencing