Art In the Orchard is a walking sculpture trail which winds through our fruit gardens. The trail is a great destination for a family visit. Walking in the good air, high-minded sculpture, pick-your-own apples. Bring your friends from out-of-town and show them how we roll in the Happy Valley. Many people make an afternoon of […]
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Enter to win a wine dinner for six at Center Square Grill! Restaurateur Bill Collins will create a five-course menu based on what’s in season, including pairings from Center Square Grill’s wine cellar. Bill will be on hand to talk about the menu and the pairings. To Enter: Dine at three different Local Hero restaurants […] |
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A cooking and preserving class at the Whately Library, presented by Stockbridge Herb Farm and Different Drummer's Kitchen. Call 413-665-2170 to register |
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Slow Money Pioneer Valley invites you to an Entrepreneur Showcase on Thursday, October 1st, 5pm at the Smith Conference Center. The event will feature 4 to 6 entrepreneurs focused on the local food system here in the Pioneer Valley. During the event, each entrepreneur will have 5 minutes to present information about their business and […] |
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Rain gardens are landscaped depressions designed with soils and a variety of plants to receive and treat rainfall from rooftops, driveways, and other impervious surfaces. They help to beautify landscapes, reduce localized flooding, and prevent polluted urban stormwater runoff. Workshop begins at the Tele-classroom in Building 101, Springfield Technology Park, 1 Federal St., Springfield Landscape […]
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This workshop will cover the basics of wildcrafting including: seasonal & lunar cycles, ethics, tools & equipment, gratitude, and ecology. Each workshop includes a long walk & visit with common plants that grow abundantly in Western Massachusetts. We discuss in detail: plant identification, lore, medicinal actions, processing, nutritional profiles, botany and more! Students will become more confident and […]
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Learn to design and build rugged yet simple skiddable structures, with a focus on efficient and effective building. We’ll look at several evolutions and sizes of movable sheds on-site. Next, we’ll discuss design considerations including building materials, flexibility, bracing, designing for de-construction and re-use, and motive power available to drag the intended structure. Course participants […] |
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Women & Food ~ Writing About Our Complicated Relationship with Sustenance, a workshop with writer Jane Roy Brown
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It's been a glorious summer in gardens and farms all around the Valley, and now it's time to take a break from harvesting, canning, fermenting, and whatever else you've got going on so we can celebrate the harvest together! Bring your jam, kimchee, seeds, tinctures, plants, baked goods, anything you've got too much of, anything […]
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Join us as we partner with two local farms and prepare an exquisite garden-fresh harvest dinner. Along with the dinner, enjoy the sounds from local musicians who will play easy listening tunes. Musician for October 4 - The Beeline Ramblers Menu: Appetizers Potato Leek & Kale Soup served in Bread Bowls Rainbow Tomatoes with a […] |
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Winterberry Farm will hold its semi-annual sheep shearing, fiber celebration and open farm day, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Because they’re changing to a fall shearing system for most of the flock, Gwen Hinman the shearer will begin earlier, about 10 a.m. She’ll be shearing about 25, working until about noon. Fiber demonstrations will start […]
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Learn how to skin, dress, quarter and further butcher hoofed animals! In this workshop, we'll take apart two heritage breed pigs. Learn about butchering, charcuterie and anatomy as we transform a whole, noble cousin of ours into food for us humans. All parts of the animal will be used, including organ meats, bones and blood. […]
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Herbal medicine is the people’s medicine! Learn how you can welcome common, locally prolific herbs into your life and stock up your medicine cabinet in this experiential, introductory workshop. Students will learn to confidently identify four different plants ready to harvest late fall. We will discuss several different medicine making techniques in class including tinctures, […] |
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Mark your calendars for our annual Fall Farm Festival! Experience the magic of the fall with demonstrations, workshops, vendors, community potluck, live music, and fun for all ages! We can’t wait to see you there! Events Kids Arts and Crafts Tent Horse Drawn Hay Rides Roy Nilson returns with his draft horses Pumpkin Carving For all […] |
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Attention poultry producers and backyard poultry owners: the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) will host an informational forum on High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 6 pm in the MDAR conference room, 101 University Drive, Suite C4., Amherst. Presenters: Dr. Lorraine O’Connor, MDAR […] |
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Learn how to extend the season’s harvest to enjoy your own garden greens throughout the late fall and early spring months. Consider growing under cover in an unheated structure and learn techniques necessary for a four-season harvest. Following the lecture, Pete Salinetti will lead a field study to Woven Roots Farm in Tyringham, MA. Cost: […]
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Food Business Development Specialist, Nico Lustig, will present a step by step process for making your food business dreams a reality. This special workshop will be offered to a live audience in West Springfield, in a room wired for broadcasting and taping. |
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Biochar is yet another tool in the toolbox of regenerative agriculture! In the last two decades, Biochar has and is receiving more attention of its benefits to agriculture and of its other uses. This Biochar 2-day Workshop with Gary Gilmore will have both a lecture component and a hands-on component, where attendees will learn how […]
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Lately, herbal bitters and cordials are all the rage — and with good reason! They are an alluring intersection of medicine and drink, and can be skillfully blended to taste delicious and impart health. In this class recipes will be given and preparations will be demoed. Leave with the skills and inspiration to make your […] |
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ENTRY FEES $23 pre-registration (online or received by Friday, October 16 $45 family (2 adults & 2 children under 18) $25 race day registration $15 college students with valid ID NO BABY STROLLERS OR DOGS! Sorry, our insurance policy prohibits both. Jogging strollers are OK but need to start at back and stay to side. […]
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Pig Roast and BBQ Noon-3pm Enjoy a plate of BBQ with all the Fix’ins for $12.00- a plate includes choice of meat, cold salad, baked beans, corn bread and soda or water. Also available is an ala carte of individual items: each meat choice is $6.00 Roasted Pork, BBQ Country Style Ribs, Sweet or Hot […] |
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The official public release of draft MA Food Systems Plan! Come be part of the official presentation and an interactive Q and A activity The MA Food Plan will be available at www.mafoodplan.org for comments. More than 1,000 people have been involved so far, with input from growers, food processors, consumers, food and agricultural organizations […] |
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Experience our farm, home and education center that integrate solar greenhouses, energy efficient buildings, abundant market gardens, solar electric and hot water systems. Free tour, no pre-registration. Donations to support our youth and community programs appreciated. If you wish, bring a potluck dish to share and enjoy the abundance of our solar powered farmstand and […]
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Food Day inspires Americans to change their diets, our food policies, and to take action to solve food-related problems in our communities at the local, state, and national level.
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Celebrate fall with a festival of food, art, and activities at the Hampshire College Farm! Enjoy hayrides, hot cider, maple cotton candy, delicious local lunch, farm tours, student presentations, a recipe contest, an artisan market, and live music from talented local bands! MUSIC: Featuring Great Smokey! Enjoy live performances from talented students and local musicians […] |
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We'll be reviewing, observing and demonstrating how to build, plant and manage unheated winter gardens in high and low tunnel hoophouses, including schedules and propagation details for keeping nutrient-dense greens, alliums, brassicas, etc, alive, all winter, without the use of fossil fuel. Class includes a demo of simple pipe (EMT conduit) bending, a greenhouse tour […]
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FarmFest 2015, from 12-4 pm on Sunday, October 25, celebrates the close of the fifth harvest season at the 120-acre Northampton Community Farm in Florence. Features include food trucks using local ingredients, local beer and hard cider, cider slushies, local live music, veggie slingshot, pumpkin painting, goats and pigs, horse-drawn wagon rides, walking tours, educational […]
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Join Dylan Kessler and Willie Crosby for a walk in the woods. Participants will get to know several mushrooms fruiting right now and learn the basics of foraging. Class will meet at a TBD location on the Holyoke range. Participants will get the exact location by Thursday and this page will be updated when the exact location is […] |
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In partnership with the Office of Congressman James McGovern, Community Action of the Franklin, Hampshire and North Quabbin Regions, Massachusetts Food Banks, and social service and hunger advocacy organizations across the state, we invite you to save the date for Food for Good: Cultivating Sustainable Solutions to Hunger in Massachusetts, a statewide conference on hunger […] Registration is now open for the third annual Yale Food Systems Symposium: a student-led collaboration between Yale Law School, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale School of Public Health, and Yale College. |
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Pick out your very own pumpkin and carve a jack o' lantern! The perfect activity to celebrate fall and a great Halloween decoration. Enjoy hot apple cider and donuts throughout the day! |
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Holyoke Community College Culinary Arts and Pioneer Valley Culinary Associates ACF Chapter of Western Massachusetts will be hosting a farmer's festival this coming Sunday, November 1, 11-3, in lower parking lot J at HCC as part of this year's "One Campus, One Theme -- Food" initiative. The festival will include fresh produce and items for display and […]
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Making dairy ferments at home is a delicious, fun and cost-effective way to add probiotics to your diet, and make lactose more digestable. In this class we will cover how to make yogurt, kefir & simple fresh cheeses. We will make yogurt, kefir and one simple cheese. Taste our homemade dairy ferments during class! If […]
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The Idea We're setting the table this fall for a new kind of on-farm dinner. On November 1st, we're serving our first feast in the field: a sit-down multi-course meal featuring Brookfield Farm's own food, served in the very fields where the food was grown and raised. We're bringing the Wheelhouse Farm Truck into a […] |