Kick-off “Bee Week” in Greenfield for Children & Families & Bee-Keepers! 10-11:45 Honey Bee Tea Party Dress as a bee, flower or butterfly. Enjoy treats & face-painting. Each child takes home a “FreeBee” Gift Bag. Adults must remain with their children. 10-11 UMass Researchers Learn about bee health, colony collapse disorder and more. 11 Karen’s […]

Learn how to identify and prepare common wild plants for food and drink. Informational pamphlets will be distributed, and plants will be offered for sale. Free; all ages welcome. For information, contact Sarah Berquist at; berquist.sarah@gmail.com.

Join fellow wine enthusiasts for an incredible day of sampling up to 48 wines from some of the finest farm wineries in Massachusetts. The number of tickets sold will be limited and there will be two sessions. Both these changes will help speed entry into the festival and reduce lines at wineries for your tastings. The Massachusetts […]

Join fellow wine enthusiasts for an incredible day of sampling up to 48 wines from some of the finest farm wineries in Massachusetts. The number of tickets sold will be limited and there will be two sessions. Both these changes will help speed entry into the festival and reduce lines at wineries for your tastings. The Massachusetts […]

The Spring Farm Festival is a family-friendly event rich with activities and community. If you have not been out to the Greenfield Community Farm, don’t miss this opportunity. The Spring Farm Festival is designed to kick off the growing season and celebrate our community. With activities for all ages and interests, you won’t want to […]

Food Day is a nationwide celebration of healthy, affordable, and sustainably produced food and a grassroots campaign for better food policies. Here is the 2013 campaign report. Massachusetts was #2 in the country with 640 activities! Find out how you can get your team or organization involved! This year’s themes are focused on nutritional education, […]

Join Grow Food Amherst and the UMass Stockbridge School of Agriculture, co-sponsors of this weekly series (workshops or public activities – many of them “kid friendly”) at the Wednesday Amherst Farmers’ Market from 4:00pm – 5:00pm.  Many of our weekly events will be co-sponsored by the Massachusetts 4-H Youth Development Program.  If you would like to offer a workshop, kids events, […]

Provides strategies and techniques for preserving and storing food.  Topics include: kitchen safety, rules for food safety, canning basics, dehydration, cold storage and freezing, food selection, choosing and maintaining equipment, and awareness of local food resources.  For more information contact the instructor, Angela Roell, at roella@gcc.mass.edu. To sign up visit:  http://greenfieldcc.3dcartstores.com/Food-Preservation-and-Storage_p_741.html

Visit New Lands Farm for an open farm tour and the opportunity to see the fields, learn about our project, and meet the farmers, staff and interns! Find out more about our farming methods, the unique challenges that immigrant and refugee farmers face, and how your support of New Lands Farm is contributing positively to […]

Mary Ellen Warchol and Denise Lemay from Stockbridge Farm in South Deerfield will be presenting a cooking class at Different Drummer's Kitchen. Tired of hot dogs and burgers? Hoping for a no-fuss, do-ahead picnic menu that will make it possible for you to enjoy the party as much as everyone else? You’ve found it! Mary Ellen […]

Come join us at Sawmill Farm this Wednesday on a summer herb walk with herbalist Brittany Wood Nickerson of Thyme Herbal. Brittany will be speaking about some of the medicinal and edible plants growing at the farm.

Red Fire Farm will be open to the public for one day only pick-your-own organic strawberries, and a Farmer’s Market booth for purchasing seasonal produce and local cream. From 2pm-5pm, try free tastings of many strawberry varieties. In addition, the farm will be selling decadent desserts of strawberry shortcake and chocolate covered strawberries. Visitors can also […]

The Strawberry Soiree Feast in the Fields is a ticketed locavore dinner by chef Mary Reilly from Edible Pioneer Valley. The menu will feature Red Fire Farm seasonal organic produce and local products from other area farms. Music will be provided by the Masala Jazz Band. Tickets start at $35 with an option to also make […]

This class will focus on efforts that are happening across the country to combine the cooperative movement with creating a more just and sustainable food system, and the need for such an effort. The session will take place over three hours on June 25nd from 4 - 7 PM EST. The class will consist of […]

The Racial Equity in the Food System Working Group is committed to deepening a shared understanding of racism, how it shows up in the food system; and why food justice & racial equity are at the core of creating a healthy food system. Join the group to share/learn about the Undoing Racism Workshop organized in […]

In collaboration, the Department of Agricultural Resources and the Department of Transitional Assistance will host an event to showcase the Massachusetts’ Mobile Markets, also kicking-off the statewide 2014 Farmers’ Market Tours. The purpose of this mobile market event is to highlight the five Mobile Market models across the state; to demonstrate the kinds of healthy […]

Come for a stroll around the farm's biodiverse meadows, woods and wetlands as we meet, greet, and treat ourselves to seasonal wild edibles.  Discover what a "clear cut" area looks like after several years of regeneration and find out who lives there now by learning to identify native pollinators and their associated native and introduced […]