We The Land! A Gathering For Indigenous, Black, Latinx, Asian, SWANA & PoC Earth Workers, Land Stewards & Farmers will take place on August 2nd-4th 2024 at Smith College in Northampton, MA.  We the Land! is an invitation to our community to join us for a weekend of knowledge exchange, grassroots organizing, celebration, and ceremony and marks the Northeast Farmers of […]

Massachusetts is losing farmland faster than we can save it, and land trusts and towns can play a part in ensuring land remains available for future generations of farmers. There are many programs (and lots of funding) available to help protect farmland. This special webinar will focus on farmland protection tools and funding sources for […]

Come take a tour of Waltham Fields Community Farm on August 14th, from 4-6:30pm.  We’ll be learning about the farm operation, and digging deep into their recent tillage reduction systems. Waltham Fields Community Farm uses a perennial clover living mulch to suppress weeds, reduce plastic use, and increase soil health. After learning about how they […]

On Thursday, August 15th from 4-6pm, our Farm Manager Lee Gadway will teach a Fall Harvest Workshop on how to grow your fall harvest using minimal till practices. Cultivating for Community is the Food Bank Farm’s regenerative farming and education initiative. The farmland is a part of our second Food Bank Farm in Hadley, Massachusetts. […]