Join Boston Local Food Program for our 12th Annual Local Food Trade Show - a B2B event focused on strengthening New England wholesale connections between local food producers and buyers. Join us at our new light and life-filled location: Russell's Garden Center, home to Boston's largest winter farmers market. For questions, reach out to Greg […]
If you are a farmer interested in opening a farmstand on your property, please join us to learn about key federal, state and local regulations that impact small food producers who seek to make and sell value-added products from home. We will cover what’s allowed when selling meat, eggs, dairy, cottage foods such as pickles […]
In this two-part workshop, participants will explore what negotiation really is (and what it is not), how to prepare for and execute a successful negotiation, and how to preserve a relationship when the negotiation is not successful. You’ll have opportunities to discuss, problem solve, and practice negotiation approaches relevant to common labor management situations. You’ll […]
Are you a woman farmer new to managing employees on your farm? Maybe you are thinking about expanding and hiring staff for the first time next season? Or did you just wrap up your first year with staff and want to process what you learned and what you’ll do differently? You’re invited to participate in […]
Over the past several seasons, Sawyer Farm has been successfully growing vegetables directly in a perennial Dutch White clover sod. Lincoln Fishman will explain how the system works, and discuss its benefits and current limitations. He'll discuss no-till transplanter modifications designed to reduce soil disturbance and weed competition. Join CISA for a virtual presentation and […]
Workshop presented by Berkshire Grown: You are raising and selling local meat, but are you making a profit? Learn marketing techniques and how to use the NEW Cornell Meat Pricing Tool to develop prices that deliver a profit in every channel. Click here for more information. Presenter: Matt LeRoux, Extension Associate, Cornell University Matt has over […]
MDAR’s MassGrownWellness program will deliver a series of in-person and online training events for all Massachusetts agriculture community supporters, including all farmers, MDAR and professional staff, and partner organization advocates. Click here to view all available in-person and virtual training sessions. March 9th, 6:00pm-8:00pm - Spanish Speakers Training: This remote 2-hour session, offered in Spanish, will […]
Would you like the training to learn how to develop food safety plans? UMass is hosting an in-person Preventive Controls for Human Food training on March 14-16th at UMass Amherst. Small processors that register by Feb 24th will get $100 off the registration by using the promo code: 2023PCQI. For details, go to: Preventive Controls for Human Food | Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (umass.edu)