Join Seeds of Solidarity to learn to use a variety of hand and power tools, and gain or expand your building skills, ever-helpful to farmers, artists, or anyone seeking to increase your own DIY resources. You’ll experience the basics of wall, roof and deck framing, insulation and sheet-rock. Proper tool use and building techniques can inspire […]
$600 relief payments are available for farm workers who worked during the Covid-19 pandemic. Click here for more information on the FFWRP relief program. Application assistance is available in person today and tomorrow in Springfield. Please spread the word to eligible farm employees. ***LOCATION AND TIME CHANGE*** The event on Thursday, August 24th will now be held […]
Register here! Pre-registering will help us make sure there is plenty of food. Join CISA, Plainville Farm’s Wally Czajkowski, and other farmers for information about disaster relief options, help with applications, dinner, and time to talk to other farmers about how this year’s weather disasters have impacted your farm and how you are planning for […]
For decades, federal and state policy has been used as a tool to prop up the harmful industrial agriculture system, providing billions of dollars in subsidies and funding that leaves more humane and responsible farmers at a severe disadvantage in the marketplace. Join us for this webinar to learn how higher-welfare farmers can play a […]
Join Chris and Burnell Muse to learn how a small farm in Louisiana -Muse 3 Farm - has implemented several NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program practices to help fund and improve enhancements to their pastures to enrich the welfare of their soil, grazing animals and wildlife. There is so much to learn from these two knowledgeable […]
In 2023, the Hampden-Hampshire Conservation District (HHCD) launched the Healthy Soils Program, which provides farmers with resources to encourage and facilitate the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices, with the goal of building soil health and mitigating issues caused by conventional practices. As part of the Healthy Soils Program, HHCD offers equipment rentals, no-till mentorships, soil analysis, and educational outreach.
Are you interested in MDAR’s Climate Smart (CSAP) grant programs? Are you an APR farmer wanting to see an APR Improvement Program (AIP) grant in action? Are you interested in the APR program for your land? Join us at Warner Farm in Sunderland, where Dave Wisseman will showcase how they used their AIP and CSAP grants. We’ll look at their photovoltaic array installations funded partially by CSAP, as well as their AIP-funded infrastructure projects.
Farm Tour & Presentation @ 4:00 - 5:00 pm Join Reed Poultry Farm for a look at their new composting enterprise that adapts to climate change by diversifying income streams and reducing farm waste. Reed Poultry Farm received an adaptation grant from CISA last year and used it to attend the Maine Compost School to […]
