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SUMMARY:Ignite Entrepreneurship - Franklin County CDC and Valley Venture Mentors
DESCRIPTION:The FCCDC is pleased to announce that they will be welcoming Valley Venture Mentors\, Springfield’s highly-regarded entrepreneurship program\, to Franklin County! \nThe FCCDC\, and InCommN\, LLC\, will co-sponsor the event featuring a  VVM-style program for the first time in the Franklin County. A key component will be a “pitch camp” event\, in which entrepreneurs will present their ideas for new ventures\, and receive “lovingly critical” guidance on how to develop their pitch and how to assess their business proposition. \nFCCDC is pleased to offer this mentorship program to supplement their long-standing business assistance and lending programs. \nVVM is the highly regarded entrepreneurship program in Springfield now in its fourth year of developing\, assisting\, incubating and accelerating new businesses and organizations in western Mass.  “Together we will simply play well together\, have fun\, stimulate thinking and develop action plans” say the organizers. \nValley Venture Mentors has made headlines this year with its stellar and unique entrepreneurship approach. It provides a five to six month free mentoring — access to over 140 experts\, business leaders\, investors\, and consultants — twice a year to start-ups which get accepted into the program.  Each 6 month cycle takes in a dozen or more start-ups to mentor and guide to a point of being prepared to launch a new enterprise. \nThe FCCDC/VVM/INCommn collaboration will expand and support the community of entrepreneurship in Franklin County. \nThey are accepting ‘pitch’ ideas from all business segments including food\, as the FCCDC is home to the Western Mass Food Processing Center\, the region’s only commercial food production and distribution facility. “Food producers come to us from as far away as Brooklyn\, to take advantage of this great food center”\, says Liz Buxton\, Food Director. \nBring your business idea and get ready for some feedback! Expect a fast paced\, high-energy evening involving a lot of interaction\, discussion\, advising\, and initial mentoring. \nRegister here.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/ignite-entrepreneurship-franklin-county-cdc-and-valley-venture-mentors/
LOCATION:John W. Olver Transit Center\, Allen Meeting Room\, 12 Olive St\, Greenfield\, MA
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Diagnosing Streams: Flood Protection Remedies for Farm and Forested Land
DESCRIPTION:Christine Hatch\, UMass Extension Assistant Professor\, Geosciences\, and Benjamin Warner\, UMass PostDoc\, Geosciences will present the latest science on “diagnosing streams” and provide best practices for farm and forest land managers to protect their land from the effects of stream flooding. Their goal is to help agriculture\, forestry\, and rural communities develop greater resiliency during extreme weather events. Christine and Benjamin are members of a New England “Fluvial Geomorphology” research group. The group has studied successes among restoration responses to Hurricane Irene in Massachusetts and Vermont and will be sharing findings from this work with Agricultural Service Providers in Massachusetts.  Register here.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/diagnosing-streams-flood-protection-remedies-for-farm-and-forested-land/
LOCATION:UMass Crop & Livestock Research & Education Farm\, 89 River Rd\, South Deerfield\, MA\, 01373\, United States
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:IPM Field Walk: Waltham Fields Community Farm
DESCRIPTION:In this series\, learn to identify and scout fruit and vegetable pests and select integrated pest management strategies that work for you whether you are a beginner\, experienced\, organically certified or not! We will walk farm fields with Extension Educators and farmers in Massachusetts\, Rhode Island\, and Vermont to learn how each farm is practicing IPM. Bring a hand lens if you have one. This series is funded in part by a Northeast IPM Center grant. \nLearn to calibrate a backpack sprayer\, select effective OMRI approved materials and calculate the economic threshold of vegetable crops after being trained to scout in the field with farmers Erin Roberts and Zannah Porter and UMass Extension staff Lisa Mckeag\, Susan Scheufele and Rich Bonanno. 2 pesticide license contact hours available in the vegetable category.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/ipm-walk-waltham-fields-community-farm/
LOCATION:Waltham Fields Community Farm\, 240 Beaver Street\, Waltham\, MA\, 02452
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:IPM Field Walk: Simple Gifts Farm
DESCRIPTION:In this series\, learn to identify and scout fruit and vegetable pests and select integrated pest management strategies that work for you whether you are a beginner\, experienced\, organically certified or not! We will walk farm fields with Extension Educators and farmers in Massachusetts\, Rhode Island\, and Vermont to learn how each farm is practicing IPM. Bring a hand lens if you have one. This series is funded in part by a Northeast IPM Center grant. \nCome to this field walk to learn how to use pheromone traps to monitor Squash Vine Borer\, use a microscope to identify plant pathogens\, and learn to scout multiple vegetable crops with farmer Jeremy Barker Plotkin\, UMass Extension staff Katie Campbell-Nelson\, Lisa McKeag and Plant Diagnostician Angie Madieras. Leave after a discussion of control strategies for these pests on organic farms. 2 pesticide license contact hours available in the vegetable category.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/ipm-field-walk-simple-gifts-farm/
LOCATION:Simple Gifts Farm\, 1089 North Pleasant St\, Amherst\, MA\, 01002\, United States
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