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Virtual info session: Volunteering at Gould Farm

Greetings from Gould Farm, a therapeutic farm community in Monterey, MA (western Massachusetts). We're hosting a virtual info session on April 5th at 12:00 PM EST for young farmers and gardeners interested in applying to our year-long volunteer program. Volunteers work on our farm, garden, bakery, kitchen, residential, and forestry teams alongside adults who are working to recover their […]

Global Agritourism Network (GAN) Launch

Remote

Register here! Leading scholars and practitioners of agritourism have joined forces to form the Global Agritourism Network (GAN). This network of agritourism stakeholders (farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural producers; researchers; educators; community planners; government entities; agricultural service providers; development organizations; tour operators; hospitality operators; event planners; among others,) aims to enhance the capacity of agritourism […]

Free

Grazing School at Gould Farm: Best Practices for Pasture Management

Gould Farm

Workshop presented by Berkshire Grown and Berkshire Agricultural Ventures: In this all-day workshop we will discuss the basics of how set up a new grazing system, and how to troubleshoot and improve an existing one.  We start the day from the perspective of pasture plants, and then shift to look at grazing from the perspective […]

$40 – $50

Nutrient management decision making based on soil testing

Remote

This webinar is part of the 2023 Tri-State SARE Project Webinar Series: Improving Pasture Management for Sustainable Livestock Production Speaker: Speaker: Heather Darby (UVM Extension) The Tri-State (CT, MA, RI) SARE Professional Development Program is planning activities for the next three years – through 2026. The project will focus on training agricultural service providers as […]

Free

Statewide Conservation Local Working Group Meeting

Remote

On April 21 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Districts will host a statewide Local Working Group meeting over Zoom. This meeting is an opportunity to provide input on natural resource priorities in their region for the NRCS and the state conservationist. Agricultural producers, owners/operators of nonindustrial private forest land, professionals representing agricultural and natural resource […]

Free

New York Nut Growers Association spring program

4-H Acres, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, NY, 14850

New York Nut Growers Association 2023 spring meeting will take place on April 22 at the 4-H Acres facility in Ithaca, NY. This meeting will address layering hazelnuts and chestnuts, an ecological approach to nut growing, and how to protect nut trees from small mammals. It will also include an update on the NYNGA English […]

$20

SNAP training for farm employees (session option 1 of 2)

Remote (Free)

Make sure your farm stand and farmers’ market staff are ready to accept SNAP this summer by having them attend this SNAP employee training. Employees will learn SNAP basics including what EBT cards look like, what items are SNAP eligible, how to run a SNAP transaction, and the differences between SNAP and HIP. Attendees will […]

Connecting Across the Fibershed

Remote

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. We will offer both full group and small […]

Free