Location: Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, 100 Bigelow St., Holyoke Did you know the word “niche” comes from the French word ‘to nest’? Niche marketing is targeting a product or service to a segment of a market that is not well served. Join us to explore and identify prospective niche markets for your farm […]
Join food service directors and staff from schools across Franklin County/North Quabbin and beyond to learn about ways to support healthy, successful students through school food, and to connect with peers and partners! Thursday January 31 from 2:00—5:30 PM (Snow date February 7) At the John W. Olver Transit Center 12 Olive St, Greenfield, MA […]
Wondering where to begin with food safety? Start here! The PSA Grower Training is currently the only official FDA-recognized produce safety training to help growers implement Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and understand their responsibilities under new Federal regulations. Whether you have a farm that is fully covered by the law or a small, exempt farm […]
At Ranch Management Consultants' week long Ranching for Profit School, you will learn... Increase your Profit! Find simple strategies to reduce your workload and increase profit. Identify and take full advantage of your ranch’s “profit drivers.” Create a plan to improve the financial health of your ranch. Improve your Management Get everyone on the same […]
Legal Food Hub Winter Webinar Series Tuesday, February 5, 12:00 PM EST: Words Matter: Protecting Your Trademarks and Copyrights. Mary Rose Scozzafava, CLF Senior Fellow, former Partner, WilmerHale. Register here.
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project is hosting a mentor training workshop in collaboration with Stone Barns, MOFGA, and Quivira Coalition through our National Ag Apprenticeship Learning Network. If you are mentoring beginning farmers, or hosting apprentices, interns, or other new-to-farming learners and trying to balance education and the work that needs to be done on […]
Location: MA Green High Performance Computing Center, 100 Bigelow St., Holyoke This hands-on workshop will help identify your farm’s unique story, and explain the steps towards shaping it into a unique brand that will be the foundation of all your marketing efforts. We’ll talk about what makes a strong brand, the essential elements of branding, […]
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) is offering 3 sessions of this workshop across the state for farmers to better understand what is involved in succession planning. Experts from Land for Good and MDAR will provide tools and resources - including the state's Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Program - to help you identify the next owner of […]