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SUMMARY:Food Justice: past\, present\, and future
DESCRIPTION:Who can buy healthy fresh vegetables in our region and who can’t? Why and why not? How has institutional racism shaped access to healthy food in our region and beyond? What is needed to build a resilient food system that provides for all?\n\nThe PV Grows Racial Equity in the Food System Working Group invites you to a conversation in which we will trace the practices of modern agriculture and food production back to plantation agriculture\, examine some of the policies that have shaped food chain worker conditions\, and together build tools for action in this region and beyond.\n \nThen\, we’ll imagine a Massachusetts where everyone has access to enough healthy\, fresh\, locally produced\, safe\, affordable\, culturally appropriate food and where those that grow\, harvest\, distribute\, and sell food make a living wage in a safe environment.\n \nThe Massachusetts Food Policy Council is leading a process to craft a statewide Food Systems Plan that ties together the many elements of the Massachusetts food system. The ideas generated at this event will inform the creation of an actionable plan to make our food system better serve our needs. \n\nLight refreshments will be served.\n\nClick here to RSVP\n\nVisit our website.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/food-justice-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:Holyoke Senior Center\, 291 Pine Street\, Holyoke\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150323
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SUMMARY:Maple Weekend!
DESCRIPTION:March is Maple Month in Massachusetts! Maple syrup is great for cooking and baking\, as restaurants around the state will demonstrate when they highlight menu items featuring maple syrup during maple weekend\, March 21-22. Try some maple ice cream\, a cocktail made with maple syrup\, some roast chicken with a maple glaze\, and lots more! Participating restaurants are all listed at massmaple.org. Many sugarhouses will be offering special events on maple weekend as well\, and you can find CISA’s list of sugarhouses here.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/maple-weekend/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150321T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150321T160000
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SUMMARY:Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference
DESCRIPTION:Gaining Ground: Conserving Our Common Wealth \nThis annual\, day-long training and networking event provides land trust board members and  staff\, parks administrators and advocates\, colleagues from federal\, state and local government agencies\, students\, and philanthropists an opportunity to participate in a full day of workshops and discussions that focus on fostering healthy communities in MA through land conservation. Join your colleagues in land conservation and acquire the information\, skills\, and connections you need to be most effective. \nIn 2015\, the workshop tracks will be:\n– Conserving Our Common Wealth & Emerging Issues\n– Land Management & Stewardship\n– Land Protection Tools & Techniques\n– Legal\, Tax & Compliance Matters\n– Organizational Management & Fundraising\n– Urban Conservation & Greening \nCLICK for more information.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/massachusetts-land-conservation-conference/
LOCATION:Worcester Technical High School\, Worcester
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150322T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150322T160000
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SUMMARY:Sustainability Sunday Workshop Series: Play a Local Board Game with Gabor Lukacs
DESCRIPTION:Play a Local Board Game with Gabor Lukacs: Growing Resilient/Growing Resilience.  Learn about building community and increasing your resilience by playing a board game designed right here in Amherst. During the course of the game we will learn about events triggering changes which may complicate our lives but will simplify the structure of society. We also gain experience on how to create a community which has a better chance helping us deal with those changes.  Registration Required.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/sustainability-sunday-workshop-series/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150325T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150411T150000
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CREATED:20141223T195714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150130T205429Z
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SUMMARY:Four Season Farming
DESCRIPTION:Explores strategies for extending growing seasons into the fall and winter. Includes such topics as: hoophouses\, coldframes\, raised beds\, mulch\, managing seasonal crops\, frost proofing\, cold hardy crops\, early spring greenhouse management\, winter snow removal\, and seed germination under unheated conditions. This is the credit-free offering of AGR 111.\n\n\nMeets Wednesdays 6-8:30p and Saturdays 10-3p from 3/25 – 4/11\n\nClick for more details. 
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/four-season-farming/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150327T203000
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SUMMARY:Creating Your Own Permaculture Landscape in Your Backyard with Llani Davidson
DESCRIPTION:Heard the word permaculture? Not sure what it is? In this workshop I show photos\, tell stories\, and share my experience of gardening for 10+ years. I share my approach to using permaculture design and integrating permaculture systems such as bed layout\, water systems\, forest gardens and creating multiple uses for everything! \nLlani Davidson has over 10 years of experience in organic CSA farming\, home-scale food production\, and teaching permaculture design. She is a co-founder of Broadfork Permaculture\, a cooperative landscaping business based in the Pioneer Valley\, and grows her own permaculture garden in Turners Falls\, MA. \nNo RSVP necessary\, just come and enjoy learning about permaculture!
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/creating-your-own-permaculture-landscape-in-your-backyard-with-llani-davidson/
LOCATION:Wendell Public Library\, 7 Wendell Depot Road\, Wendell\, MA\, 01379
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150328T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150328T160000
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SUMMARY:Cellars & Cave Tour of Heath with Colrain Extension
DESCRIPTION:The Heath Agricultural Society invites you to the second Cellars & Cave Tour taking place the fourth Saturday in March (3/28/15). If you have an interest in learning more about do-it-yourself skills like making cider\, cheese\, beer or preserving food in a root cellar here is your chance to see it for yourself and learn from your neighbors. New on the tour this year will be the Colrain Extension including the Stoneman Brewery and Katywil Farm Community. Returning this year will be Bourke Shire Farm\, Colonel Maxwell Farm\, and Manse Farm. Also new this year\, “Make your own” workshops will feature the basics of making cheese\, cider\, beer and cured & smoked meats. Lunch is provided for tour participants in the Community Hall. The tour has a suggested donation of $5/person. Workshops are an additional fee of $10. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Meet at the Community Hall at 9:00 am (don’t be late) \nTo RSVP\, please contact the event organizer\, Jessica van Steensburg\, via email or phone (see info. below) \nRSVP by 3/21/2015 \nSchedule: \nSign in at 9:00 – Heath Community Hall (1 East Main St.) \nTours begin promptly at 9:15 \nLunch – 1:00 – 2:00 (**bring your own bowl and utensils) \nDo-it-Yourself Workshops from 2:30 – 4:00 \n  \nTours: \nBeer Brewery – Stoneman Brewery (Colrain) \nCheese Cave – Katywil Farm Community (Colrain) \nRoot Cellar- Col. Maxwell Farm (Heath) \nCider Cellar – The Manse Farm (Heath) \nDo It Yourself Workshops: \nThese will be 60 – 90 minutes in length.  \n  \nCider: \nSpeakers: Bob Bourke of Bourke Shire Farm and Doug Mason of The Manse Farm \nDiscussion on cider making equipment\, materials and techniques from raw juice to finished product. We will briefly cover pressing\, vessels\, hydrometers\, yeasts\, additives\, fermentation\, troubleshooting\, and bottling. Samples and worksheet will be provided. 60 minutes in length \nCheese: \nSpeaker: Sheila Litchfield of Dell Farm \nIntroduction to cheesemaking with mozzarella cheese making demonstration. Recipe provided and we get to enjoy what we made!  60 minutes in length.  \nBeer: \nSpeaker: Justin Korby of Stoneman Brewery\, known for the first beer CSA in MA and also for having the smallest brewery in the state.  \n\nHome brewing workshop where you will learn how to brew your own beer in your kitchen  \nCured and Smoked Meats:  \nSpeaker: Haynes Turkle of Katywil Farm Community \nIntroduction to the ancient and delicious art of charcuterie. We will touch on the curing process\, aging\, curing caves\, and smoking. We will also discuss sausage making and fermented meats. Finally\, you will see a demonstration of how to prepare Bresaola\, a delicious Italian cured and aged meat
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/cellars-cave-tour-of-heath-with-colrain-extension/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Jessica van Steensburg":MAILTO:wecanfarminheath@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:10th Annual Diemand Farm Easter Egg Hunt: CANCELED
DESCRIPTION:We are very sad to announce that this year’s Easter Egg Hunt and activities are being cancelled. \nThis is due to the fact that there are multiple identifications of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the United States. Wild birds and domestic birds have been found to be susceptible. \nIt has been highly recommended by the Department of Agriculture that we minimize any contact our animals have with the general public. \nWhile our farmstore is far enough away from our animals to allow you to visit us there\, the amount of exposure from the Easter Egg Hunt could be devastating to our farm. \nThe spreading of the AI is believed to be the result of migratory birds and the seasonal movement of these birds. \nThe confirmed cases are in the western and central states\, not in our area. However\, we are concerned with the easy travel that everyone has now and that so many people have wild bird feeders that our farm animals could become unknowingly infected and we need to protect them to the best of our ability. \nThe threat is more intense in the colder seasons and we are looking into having an event during the warmer months after this is over\, so please watch for further information. \nPlease come and see us at the farmstore. We love seeing our customers even if we cannot allow anyone to see our baby chicks at this time. \n– Diemand Farm Facebook Posting
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/10th-annual-diemand-farm-easter-egg-hunt/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150329T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150329T160000
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SUMMARY:Sustainability Sunday Workshop Series: Learn how to make butcher's twine
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to make butcher’s twine with Sharon Raymond.  This involves two colors twisted together\, usually white and another color from recycled T-shirts (tentative).  BRING tees hirts (especially white ones).  Registration Required.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/sustainability-sunday-workshop-series-learn-how-to-make-butchers-twine/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150331T210000
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SUMMARY:Seed Saving Workshop
DESCRIPTION:With the Seed Savers of UMass\nFeaturing guest speaker Oona Coy \n\nIntroduction into seed saving\nBasic seed saving techniques\nInformational booths\nHands-on activities\nSeeds to take home\n\nThis workshop is free and open to the public\nSponsored by Grow Food Amherst and the UMass Stockbridge School of Agriculture
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/seed-saving-workshop/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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