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Art in the Orchard at Park Hill Orchard
A free, self-guided exhibition of large outdoor sculptures set amongst the working orchards and fruit gardens.
Find out more »Herbalism in the Pioneer Valley: Chris Marano of Local Harmony
This unique series offers a window into herbalism from some of the foremost practitioners, teachers, growers, and product makers in our area – join us for this very special opportunity! Are you interested in herbalism? Did you know that the greater Pioneer Valley region is one of the nation’s richest resources for quality herbal health care, education, services and products? Come sit for an hour in the newly finished stone amphitheater and stunning medicinal garden outside Hungry Ghost Bread, surrounded…
Find out more »Farm-to-Table Dinner at Hancock Shaker Village
Dinner to be catered by Wheelhouse Farm. Tickets purchased in advance HERE This is in partnership with, and hosted by, Farm to Fork Fondo.
Find out more »North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival
The ‘Festival that Stinks’ has more than 100 local food, art, agriculture, and community vendors, great music on two solar-powered stages, and only three bags of trash for 10,000 people.
Find out more »Seed-saving As If Our Lives Depend on It at Wildside Gardens
Come join in at Wildside Gardens a well-established off-grid homestead and permaculture site in Conway, MA. Presented by Danny Botkin Danny of Laughing Dog Farm, is an icon of sustainable farming in the Valley. He knows what we all need to know about saving heirloom seeds, hoop house season extension, raising and taming goats, the practical art of gleaning -- and the politics of food. Workshop will be free of charge for Conway residents, with a small fee for others.…
Find out more »Women in Agriculture: Campus Farms and the Women Who Run Them
Join the Stockbridge School of Agriculture as they highlight campus farms. UMass Student Farm's Amanda Brown and Book & Plow Farm's Maida Ives will share their stories of managing campus farms in the Pioneer Valley, providing food for the institutions in which they are housed, engaging with students and conducting on-farm education and service learning in collaboration, all while collaborating with the student body. Find more info here.
Find out more »Healthy Hampshire Mobile Market Community Meeting
Healthy Hampshire will be hosting three regional meetings to hear community members' thoughts about establishing a mobile farmers market to serve Hampshire County. Ware Town Hall, Monday, 10/2, 9:30 - 11:30 am Amherst Jones Library, Wednesday, 10/4, 10 am - 12 pm Huntington Stanton Hall, Thursday, 10/5, 9:30 - 11:30 am These meetings follow a year-long inclusive community engagement process led by Healthy Hampshire to identify priority strategies for addressing food access challenges in our region. The meetings will include: A presentation from Michael Skillicorn, Director…
Find out more »Healthy Hampshire Mobile Market Community Meeting
Healthy Hampshire will be hosting three regional meetings to hear community members' thoughts about establishing a mobile farmers market to serve Hampshire County. Ware Town Hall, Monday, 10/2, 9:30 - 11:30 am Amherst Jones Library, Wednesday, 10/4, 10 am - 12 pm Huntington Stanton Hall, Thursday, 10/5, 9:30 - 11:30 am These meetings follow a year-long inclusive community engagement process led by Healthy Hampshire to identify priority strategies for addressing food access challenges in our region. The meetings will include: A presentation from Michael Skillicorn, Director…
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