The Art In the Orchard outdoor sculpture exhibition on the grounds of Park Hill Orchard is open every day from 9:00 until dusk. The show features 26 works by local and regional sculptors which are set in and around the working fruit fields here in Easthampton. We have ripe apples hanging low and ready for […]
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Come on down to the Monster Mash Haunted Hayride at McCray's Farm and join us for the 22nd AniverSCARY season!!! Opening night is September 27th at 5:30pm for the Munchkin Mash ($5 for all) and 7 p.m. for the Monster Mash. Ticket booth opens at 5:15pm. Adults tickets are $20. Under 52 inches is $15. […] Opening day is Saturday, September 28th, so come join us for live music, hayrides, and the Spookley the Square Pumpkin's Story Book Trail for kids! We're open Saturdays from 11am-8:30pm (bring your flashlight for late entry, which goes until 7:30pm), and 11am-5pm on Sundays. Schools and groups welcome during the week with a reservation, and […] Across the Commonwealth, school nutrition and dining services staff, teachers, students, farmers, and public officials will celebrate in many ways. We provide a variety of resource materials, help schools and colleges find locally grown products, promote farms and schools in the media, and encourage new schools and colleges to participate. Celebrate the harvest at your school and […] |
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Greetings! Laying hens, broilers, turkeys and ducks are popular enterprises on a farm, particularly to complement a vegetable or fruit enterprise. But there are many challenges to raising poultry, not least of which is making it financially worthwhile for your farm. The Cornell Small Farms Program's online course, BF 130: Poultry Production, can help you […] |
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Farmers and producers are encouraged to attend kick-off event for the 2013 Let’s Talk About Food Festival. Speakers include Chef and CEO of Wholesome Wave, Michel Nischan, MDAR Commissioner Gregory Watson, US Rep Chellie Pingree (D-ME), CityFresh president Glynn Lloyd, Timothy Griffin from Tufts, and Brian Donohue from Brandeis – all future oriented, thought provoking speakers […] |
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Come enjoy a beautiful day at the farm pressing cider, eating homemade donuts and listening to live music! Apple pressing is from 10-4 both days. Bring your own apples or pre-order apples by the bushel at the farm. Saturday features a potluck lunch, pumpkin painting for children and adults of all ages, as well and local […] Celebrate and Be Inspired; it’s the 15th year of ‘The Festival that Stinks,’ consistently rated in the Top 3 Local Festivals by the Valley Advocate ‘Best Of’ readers poll. There’s something for everyone at this fabulous family destination, held on a beautiful historic farm in Orange, MA. Buy local, be local: support the bounty of […]
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Ticket information at: http://netransitiongathering.eventbrite.com/ This is a great opportunity to meet fellow Transitioners from other initiatives and resource groups, to share skills and stories together about what works and to learn what a New England Transition Network might have to offer our local efforts. We will gather at 9:30 and begin at 10am. There will […]
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Naturalist John Root will lead an edible wild plants walk at Intervale Farm, 106 South Road in Westhampton. Informational flyers will be distributed and plants will be offered for sale. Free, all ages welcome; supported by a grant from the Westhampton Cultural Council.
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Join CISA and Franklin Land Trust at Sidehill Farm (makers of the fresh, delicious yogurt on store shelves all over Massachusetts). Pick apples on your way and bring a picnic.Then join us for an afternoon stroll, rain or shine, through their beautiful pastures. Learn how the Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Program helps farmers and landowners […] |
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The Conway Festival of the Hills is an annual fall festival Conway, Massachusetts held the first weekend in October, rain or shine. Saturday pre-festival events traditionally include a pancake breakfast, bake sale and community turkey dinner. Sunday features a 10K road race, arts and crafts exhibits, live music, activities for kids, a parade, log-splitting and […] New England’s largest one-day farmers' market and premier food event promoting the joys and benefits of eating local food. Produced by the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts, Boston Local Food Festival is a free outdoor festival that features local food vendors, farmers, fishermen, lively chef & DIY demos, butchering demos, a seafood throw-down competition, diverse music […] |
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Valley Bountiful is a tantalizing new food event that combines the region's best culinary delights with the culinary know-how of nationally-acclaimed celebrity chef Jon Ashton. Sample local fare from restaurants, food vendors and farmers. Sip local wine and spirits, shop for locally-produced food products and take in a live cooking show with Jon Ashton -- […] |
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A collaboration fundraising dinner by Chanterelle To Go at Yard Birds Farm. A 5 course dinner will feature Mycoterra Farm mushrooms and Copperhead Farm goat. Proceeds are going to the Boston Children's Hospital. E-mail us for ticket purchases, as tickets are limited.
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This workshop will be on the planting, mulching, matainence, storage, harvest, as well as what to do about scapes in relation to garlic.
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Come and Celebrate the Harvest with Valley Malt! Summer is busy for anyone growing, malting or brewing beer and this is our day to sit back and relax. Eat good food, drink good beer and enjoy our family, friends and neighbors.Thanks to our generous sponsors, Barleyfest is free and open to the public with many […]
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Russell Powell, author of America’s Apples, will be speaking, signing books, and sampling apples. Come taste heirloom varieties that are locally available and learn more about this particular fruit's history and usage through American culture. |
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This symposium is designed for farmers, foresters, researchers, policy makers, biochar producers and entrepreneurs, and especially students and citizens who want to learn about biochar as an alternative to fossil fuel-based fertilizers/pesticides and energy. More information and registration information here.
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Visit Barstow's Longview Farm in Hadley to celebrate local, sustainable dairy farming during Open Farm Sunday. Learn about "farm to fork" sustainability, try the "World's Best Cheddar," meet your local dairy farmers (and their cows) and more! If you've ever wondered why buying local is important, visit the farm. Barstow's Longview Farm are proud member-owners of Cabot Creamery […] |
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Please join CISA for a special showing of the film More Than Honey, co-presented with Amherst Cinema, that examines the mysterious decline of honeybee colonies around the world in the last 15 years. This will be followed by a panel question and answer session with CISA’s own Local Hero members Dan Conlon of Warm Colors […] |
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New Film Food For Change Examines Food Co-ops As Political & Economic Movement Food For Change, a feature-length (85 min.) documentary from Home Planet Pictures, tells the story of the co-op movement in the U.S. through a combination of interviews, rare archival footage, and commentary by co-op leaders and historians. The film will have a special pre-showing […] |
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October 18th is the last day to apply for the Fair Food Network's Fair Food Business Boot Camp, a three-day intensive program for emerging, high-potential food system enterprises in the Northeast. The curriculum will include skill-building sessions and applied projects that will offer participants new perspectives on their ventures and guide them in refining their business […] |
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Join John Green, a Hitchcock Center naturalist, for a beautiful foliage walk through Bear Swamp Orchard. Bring your own binoculars if you have them. Guided tour is $15 for Hitchcock Center members, $20 for non-members. Registration is required. Space is limited.
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Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom is sponsoring an educational day of workshops and demonstrations. Learn a variety of new skills that will help you with your school gardening efforts. The day will host twelve workshops and demonstration, including digging garden beds, constructing raised beds, gardening in containers, seeding and saving seeds, mulching, tree planting, herbs and […]
Free and open to all educators with registration
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Come help us celebrate three great years of winemaking! Back by popular demand music by "City View" (a sixties cover band). There will be food for sale provided by "Just Doggin It" and provided by Mineral Hills Winery (cheese crackers with veggies or fruit platters). Wine will also be sold by the glass. Bring your lawn chairs […]
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The USATF-sanctioned 5K running route takes you through the scenic farmlands of the Great Meadow in Hadley, and a 2-mile walking route offers a bird’s eye view of the Connecticut River. Each year, more than 500 participants join us to run or walk in support of farmland conservation. This year promises to be better than ever, […]
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Bring your lunch, buy some cider and learn different techniques for preserving apples including applesauce, apple cider vinegar and using a solar dryer. Sunday, October 20, from 11:00am to 1:00pm 303 Upper Road, Deerfield
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Come to Green Fields Market at 144 Main St. in Greenfield to attend a Food Safety Modernization Act discussion and letter-writing party. The discussion and letter writing will take place in the upstairs meeting room. Some supplies will be available, but bring your own letter-writing materials if you can! Can't make it to that one? […] |
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Come explore concepts like: equality, self-help, valuing resources, supporting locally produced, community building, green marketing, diversity, and celebration will be woven through ten short films. Local documentarian Rawn Fulton will be the MC for this event, and prizes will be given out for the top three short films in the competitive category. You can join film […] |
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It begins with an engaging tour with founders Ricky Baruc and Deb Habib at 10am. Visitors can experience and learn about Seeds of Solidarity's solar greenhouses, no-till cardboard methods for abundant low maintenance gardens, solar electric and hot water systems, energy efficient buildings, and educational programs that Grow Food Everywhere. There is no cost or […] |
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Make apple mint jelly, pear vanilla jam, quince chutney, apple butter, apple rosemary jam, and pickled Asian pears like a pro! Marissa McClellan is author of the bestselling Food in Jars: Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round and a popular blogger on her Food in Jars site, selected as one of Saveur magazine's "sites we love," where she writes […] |
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CiderDays is a community event celebrating all things apples in Franklin County, Massachusetts. 2013 marks the 19th year of this event and there will be two days (November 2nd and 3th) of orchard tours, cidermaking and tastings, workshops and much more. This is for all who love apples, fresh or hard cider, apple cuisine, apple orchards […] This is the Massachusetts fiber event of the year! Vendors selling felt, yarn, roving, fleece, and all manner of fiber products, including a number of Local Hero farmers. Demonstrations, workshops, a fashion show -- fun for fiber artists, hobbyists, and holiday shoppers alike! More details here.
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Join Gardening in the Community youth, staff and board members for an autumn morning full of homemade pancakes, music, raffles, celebration and fun at Alden Baptist Church in Springfield. We've had a bountiful growing season full of good food, youth leadership development, and community support. Come join us to celebrate the harvest and cultivate together […]
$3 – $13
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Join CISA, WGBY, and local land trusts at the Academy of Music for a showing of a recently remastered classic 1973 film documenting the lives of local farmers of yesteryear. Following the film is a panel discussion with present-day farmers Cliff Hatch of Upinngil Farm (Gill), David Fisher of Natural Roots (Conway), Chip Hager of Hager's Farm (Shelburne), […] |