Register here! Join CISA and farmers Meghan Hastings and Dave Kaskeski for a farm walk at Dave’s Natural Garden in Granby, MA, where a combined strategy of income stream diversification, forward-thinking adaptations to climate change, and a lot of hard work have led to a thriving farm business and neighborhood food hub. The event starts […]
Join us for a tour of Big River Chestnuts agroforestry farm, cohosted with Sowing Solutions Permaculture. We’ll talk about growing and caring for chestnuts, soil health, alley cropping, grazing sheep under the trees, and the future of a chestnut industry in New England and the Pioneer Valley. Plant sale: We have limited quantities of potted hybrid […]
Register here! 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 have uniquely intimate relationships to places and landscapes, and as a result, are especially vulnerable to climate-related anxiety. Berkshire Agricultural Ventures will host this introductory session with […]
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 […]
The UMass Dining Sustainability Team is excited to kick off the fall 2025 semester with a Dining for a Cooler Planet event at Berkshire Dining Commons on Wednesday, September 24. The event, Feeding the Future: Innovation, Equity, and Climate Resilience in the Food System will take place during the nationwide Climate Week and the local […]
Barstow’s Longview Farm will be offering a free walking farm tour at 10:00am with a focus toward climate. We will visit our anaerobic digester, which converts food waste and cow manure into green energy. Stand in a bunk silo and consider how dairy farms keep land open in our community. Check out the dairy barn […]
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 […]
Greenfield Community College has a small but thriving agricultural education program that utilizes on-campus gardens to teach and grow op-produce for the GCC food pantry. Please join program coordinator, Anthony Reiber and Farm and Food Systems student Michael Hannigan to tour the on-campus agriculture education resources and discuss the successes and challenges of the programs. […]