Join Liz Wills-O’Gilvie, director of the Springfield Food Policy Council and board chair of Gardening the Community, and Neftali Durán, co-founder of the I-Collective and the Holyoke Food and Equity Collective, as they discuss how equity and racism intersect at farmers’ markets and how markets can be more welcoming and inclusive. Both have extensive experience […]
Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) deadline has been EXTENDED! NSAC is presenting a webinar on March 16th at 2pm EST to 3:30pm EST for applicants. No registration link but link at that time will be this. Click here to join the meeting
Local Wood: Grow, Build, Live Webinar Series Massachusetts Woodlands Institute*, Northern Woodlands, and New England Forestry Foundation present the Local Wood: Grow, Build, Live webinar series. Join us as we explore examples of how to grow, build, and live with beautiful and sustainable local wood products at different scales—from furniture to homes to institutional buildings. […]
You are raising and selling local meat, but are you making a profit doing so? Matt LeRoux will walk participants through the recently updated Cornell Meat Pricing Tool and the supporting marketing techniques needed to command prices that deliver a profit in every channel. For those familiar with the Meat Pricing Calculator, this workshop will […]
Mass Aggie Seminars 2021 Many people do not realize that all apple varieties are reproduced by grafting - they are not grown from seed. For horticultural enthusiasts, one of the most satisfying techniques to master is grafting. Wes Autio will present a workshop on “bench grafting” and “cleft grafting” of apple trees. Other grafting techniques […]
Successful Value Add Food Product Development for Farm Businesses: Managing Food Quality and Safety This course, taught by University of Massachusetts Extension educators, is a remote 3-session program designed specifically to address product development and food safety issues faced by small value added food processors. Throughout the course, we will introduce the food science basics, […]
2021 Tri-State SARE Project Webinar Series Webinar 3: Tuesday, March 23rd Webinar 4: Tuesday, April 6th WEBINAR 3 Mapping out your grazing plan Jenn Colby (UVM) & Daimon Meeh (NH NRCS) All webinars will be held from 10 am to 12 noon Webinars are open to service providers and farmers and will be comprised of […]
Successful Value Add Food Product Development for Farm Businesses: Managing Food Quality and Safety This course, taught by University of Massachusetts Extension educators, is a remote 3-session program designed specifically to address product development and food safety issues faced by small value added food processors. Throughout the course, we will introduce the food science basics, […]