Register here! Join CISA and University of New Hampshire Extension for an event exploring how farmers and others working in food systems are experiencing and coping with climate grief. Many people are suffering from emotional consequences associated with anticipated or actual environmental changes and reacting with despair, grief, or uncertainty. Farmers, ranchers, and food producers […]
Register here! Join CISA on Friday, September 26th for an all-day Agroforestry Crawl visiting three innovative western MA farms with agroforestry systems on their land. We start out at The Long Game Orchard in Northfield, a 6-acre silvopasture farm with tree crops including chestnuts, American persimmons, Asian pears, Yellowbud hickory, and pawpaws. The farm is […]
CISA and the Deerfield Tilton Library are teaming up to celebrate Halloween 2025 with a harvest flair! Join us at the CISA office at One Sugarloaf Street on Halloween, Friday, October 31st from 4-6pm for fun and games, sips and nibbles of local food, and a goodie bag of local treats for your trick-or-treat bag. […]
Register here for this free virtual workshop, which will kick off CISA's winter farmer-to-farmer series on employee management. An invested farm team is essential for farms to achieve the levels of productivity they need to succeed. Employees are motivated not only by wages and benefits, but also by opportunities to feel a sense of achievement, […]
Providing new farm employees with comprehensive orientation to your farm’s systems, policies, and work culture is a crucial step to set yourself up for a successful season. Jen Salinetti (co-director) and Aviva Klein (farm manager) of Woven Roots Farm have learned through experience the importance of making time for this early-season step. In this workshop, […]
Register here for this free virtual workshop, part of CISA’s winter farmer-to-farmer series on employee management. Conflict doesn’t tend to resolve itself, and when left unaddressed, the consequences for your farm can be far-reaching. In this session, we explore common sources of conflict on the farm, our different styles of dealing with conflict, and how […]
Register here for this free in-person discussion at the Sunderland Public Library, part of CISA's winter farmer-to-farmer series on employee management. Finding, hiring, and maintaining a great crew of employees is no small feat, and for farms and food businesses in particular it can require a lot of creativity to create desirable positions with long-term […]
Register here for this free virtual workshop, part of CISA’s winter farmer-to-farmer series on employee management. Without strong systems for communication, feedback, and decision-making, farm teams can get slowed down by unresolved frustrations or conflicts and lack of clarity around how decisions are made. This session will cover some of the strategies that even time-limited […]