Attend the 13th Annual Local Food Trade Show! The Boston Local Food Program (a project of the Sustainable Business Network) is thrilled to invite you to the 13th Annual Local Food Trade Show, back ...
Beginning this month, the EPA’s Healthy Watersheds Program is excited to announce a new quarterly Healthy Watersheds Learning Exchange webinar series, aimed at highlighting watershed protection approaches and facilitating discussions among healthy watersheds practitioners to promote the sharing of experiences, lessons learned, and tools.
Fee: $20 Members, $30 non-members Join Berkshire Grown and Zoey Sloate to learn best practices on incorporating SNAP into your business in a way that creates a welcoming space. Attendees ...
Are you looking to increase or improve your organic growing methods? Join UMass Extension and NOFA/Mass as we review and elaborate on growing organically and up to certification standards!
Through March 31 This year’s theme, “Enhancing Habitat,” challenges us to consider how we can support our local wildlife. Deer, ducks, fish, birds, butterflies…they all rely on a healthy population ...
Learn, ask, understand, network, enjoy the day, and bring home information you can use. Connect with people from across New England working to protect wetlands and open space. Be part of the conservation community at the largest annual environmental conference of its kind in New England!
Faced with rising land costs, Massachusetts is projected to lose much of its farmland if action is not taken. The APR program provides funding directly to farmers to preserve access to farmlands for generations to come. APR has protected close to 1,000 farms totaling over 75,000 acres in its more-than 40-year history. MDAR welcomes all interested farmers and landowners to the North Hadley Sugar Shack for free breakfast, followed by a conversation about the benefits of placing land into APR.
To build our understanding of the impacts farmland conservation and conservation planning have on soil health in New England, AFT is expanding soil health testing access across the region! Over ...
This year’s workshops include: Worker Protection Standard (WPS) – Laurie Manning and Andrea Szylvian BEE-ing More Friendly Towards Pollinators – Kim Skyrm, Ph.D. Hate Ticks? – Blake Dinius 5.5 PACE ...
Applicant Webinars Attend a group session for shared learning about preparing a competitive LISFF proposal: For MA, NH & VT applicants (Register), Wednesday, March 13, 2024 1:00 PM – 2:30 ...
Are you looking to increase or improve your organic growing methods? Join UMass Extension and NOFA/Mass as we review and elaborate on growing organically and up to certification standards! A ...
Join Rich Earth Institute and three of our farmer partners to learn about urine nutrient reclamation, gain insights from twelve years of research, explore social research findings, and engage in ...
Join Doug remotely on Monday, March 18th 6:30-8:30pm from Clark University's campus Homegrown National Park; Building Networks for Life! Our parks, preserves, and remaining wildlands – no matter how grand ...
This is an opportunity to provide input to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and your local Conservation District on natural resource priorities and management strategies specific to your region.
Join us for a walk on Tuesday, March 19 from 10AM-12PM at Blackstone Gateway Park in Worcester. Joe Johnson, invasive plant specialist and dedicated Worcester Parks volunteer, will point out various ...
MDAR will be holding a webinar on these three farm viability grant programs: Farm Viability Enhancement Program APR Improvement Program Matching Enterprise Grants for Agriculture (MEGA) programs These programs all ...
Well-planned silvopasture can provide shade to improve livestock comfort & productivity, fodder in extreme weather, and beautiful habitat for wildlife. Join Joshua Greene from Trees For Graziers as he shares ...
Over 300 farm to school advocates from diverse backgrounds such as food service, education, food distribution, farms, and advocacy, to advance a strong and vibrant local food system. Participants will ...
Silvopasture (grazing livestock with trees) systems are complex, dynamic and site specific. The practice is both rooted in indigenous land stewardship and its benefits are well documented by scientific literature. Adoption by farmers ...
This is an opportunity for senior generation farmers – with or without identified successors – to talk with peers, learn from advisors, and get support on the challenging process of ...
A free, virtual webinar. Because of climate change, it can be more difficult than ever to plan for meeting the water needs of your crops. Answering questions around the nuances ...
Massachusetts Agriculture Day is the one day a year where farmers come together to focus legislative attention on our industry. On the one hand, it’s a celebration that recognizes the ...
Emily Merlino, Stewardship Manager for NCLT will discuss what has been done to improve the property and what has been successful so far. She will be joined by Tom Ashton, a ...
