Most shrubs and many trees in your landscape will benefit from yearly pruning in the early spring.
Community Events
Events
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This event will feature great workshops on the following: farm & food curriculum connections for teachers, school administrators, farmers, and parents, local food purchasing, processing & marketing tips for school food service professionals and snack program coordinators, community school gardens, classroom cooking cart & nutrition education, after school programming ideas, and much more! Click here for more information. |
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This workshop will be on siting, orientation, soil-conditions, timing, and more! |
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Participants will learn to select the right quality milk, discern what kinds of milk are appropriate for each type of cheese, and choose what kind of bacteria to use as a starter. |
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This workshop will take participants through the entire cheese-making process. |
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Hampshire College Farm offers great community farming programs during April vacation. |
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Presented by Todd Lynch, landscape architect. Restoration in the landscape typically means ecological restoration, such as the restoration of coastline after Katrina, or human health restoration through practices like horticultural therapy. A central challenge to the landscape architect is how to get people into the landscape and deepen their connections to the world around them. […] |
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Please join us for a free introduction workshop taught by the master gardeners of Western Massachusetts. Click here for more information and updates on the event |
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To hear your input on the 2013 Federal Farm Bill, The Senate Agriculture Committee will be marking up a new Farm Bill over the next two months. As the first Massachusetts Senator to sit on the Senate Agriculture Committee since 1879, Senator Cowan would like to hear input and recommendations directly from Massachusetts farmers on their […]
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Senator Cowan would like to hear input and recommendations directly from Massachusetts farmers on their priorities for the Farm Bill. |
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Your fruiting wall will produce two bushels each of five apple varieties in just 3 years! |
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The Farm Education Collaborative presents many spring children's programs including the Homeschool Planters Program |
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This workshop is designed to benefit farmers who grow vegetables, fruit and field crops, as well as grass-based livestock operations. |
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Presented by Community Action Youth Programs and Young Entrepreneurs Society, there's a special prize for agriculture! |
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Join us at Red Fire Farm as our farmstands open in Granby and Montague!
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This presentation will be given by Dr. Karrie Kalich and Carole Russell and costs $35. The target audience is GCC and FCC educators but is open to all. The Early Sprouts curriculum model is a prevention program with the following goals: - To increase young children's food preferences for and consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole […]
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One of the most challenging thing about growing your own fruit is knowing how to identify the insect pests and diseases.
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Join us for a full day of fun for the whole family! Free event. There will be over 100 vendors of sustainable goods, services, crafts and information (including CISA!). Enjoy live entertainment and workshops throughout the day. For more information click here. There will be demonstrations on pruning trees by Tree Warden Alan Snow at 10:30 […] |
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We'll have lots of cool season veggie starts like onions and greens, over 20 different culinary and medicinal herb varieties, strawberry plants, marigolds and nasturtiums, and some very cute pansies and violas.
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Bring your tools and sharpeners and bring your extra plants to openly share! |
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You are invited to a free training hosted by SPIFFY and Healthy Hampshire/MiM, facilitated by MA Farm to School, on the economic and social benefits of implementing or expanding a farm to school program.
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The Farm Education Collaborative presents many spring children's programs like the After-school Farm Club. |
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Ag Youth day is open to anyone ages 10-20 years old who wants to learn more about agriculture.
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We will be inoculating fresh oak logs with spores of Shiitake and other mushrooms. |
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The Farm Education Collaborative presents many spring children's programs including the Parent/Child Little Growers Morning Program.
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Bring family and friends for a variety of work projects, workshops, a potluck meal, and live entertainment.
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