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SUMMARY:Slow Money Pioneer Valley Entrepreneur Showcase
DESCRIPTION: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 any current capital raising in which they are engaged. Local investors and food system supporters will then have 5 minutes to ask questions about each business. Following the presentations\, entrepreneurs\, investors\, and community members have the opportunity to meet for more in-depth discussions. \nFind more information or register here. Email Rebecca Busansky for more information.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/pioneer-valley-entrepreneur-showcase/
LOCATION:Smith College Conference Center\, 49 College Lane\, Northampton\, MA\, 01063
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:PVGrows Investment Fund Launch
DESCRIPTION:Come help us launch the PVGrows Investment Fund and hear from farm and food entrepreneurs! \nThe event will feature 6 entrepreneurs focused on the local food system here in the Pioneer Valley. During the event\, each entrepreneur will present information about their business\, their financing needs\, and any current capital raising in which they are engaged. Local investors and food system supporters will then have an opportunity to ask questions of each business. Following the presentations\, entrepreneurs\, investors\, and community members have the opportunity to meet for more in-depth discussions. \nPVGrows Investment Fund Offering Memorandum will be available for interested investors.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/pvgrows-investment-fund-launch/
LOCATION:Smith College Conference Center\, 49 College Lane\, Northampton\, MA\, 01063
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Quickbooks for Beginning Farmers
DESCRIPTION:NEW Online Course Helps Farmers Set Up QuickBooks  \nHow profitable was this market over that one? Should we raise chickens again? How is the business doing? Answers to these questions must be informed by highly organized\, detailed farm financial information. As your farm business evolves and matures\, QuickBooks most often becomes the solution of choice for storing all of your farm’s financial data and analyzing your business. \nNow farmers can get some directed and one-on-one guidance in the set up and use of QuickBooks for their farm business in an online course offered October 5 – Nov 9\, 2015\, with live Mon. evening webinars from 7-8p Eastern time. \nBF 204: QuickBooks for Farmers is led by veteran Cornell Cooperative Extension educators who will provide a combination of self-paced activities\, homework and personalized guidance to beginning farmers seeking to put QuickBooks to use for their farm business. \nThis 6-week course costs $200. Participants who complete all requirements of one or more Northeast Beginning Farmer Project online courses are eligible to be endorsed for a 0% interest loan of up to $10\,000 through Kiva Zip.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/quickbooks-for-beginning-farmers/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Twilight Meeting: Nutrient Management\, Soil & Crop Fertility
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Twilight Meeting will focus on nutrient management from the bottom up and will feature: \n\nExplanation of new statewide nutrient management regulations which will go into effect on December 5\, 2015 by MDAR\nCover crop-based fertility and on-farm composting at Langwater Farm\nCompost analysis and interpretation by Katie Campbell-Nelson\nWeed management by Rich Bonanno\n\nLangwater Farm is a 50 acre certified organic farm in Southeastrern MA run by Kevin O’Dwyer. Before starting Langwater in 2010\, Kevin was head grower at Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon\, where he started farming at age 14.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/twilight-meeting-nutrient-management-soil-crop-fertility/
LOCATION:Langwater Farm\, 206 Washington Street\, North Easton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Forum: High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Poultry
DESCRIPTION: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. \nPresenters: Dr. Lorraine O’Connor\, MDAR Chief Veterinarian Health Officer\, Dr. Lauren Harris & Lech Szkudlarek\, USDA – APHIS. \nMDAR & APHIS are seeking to educate poultry owners about the risk HPAI poses to their birds in hopes that owners will take every precaution to prevent their flocks from being exposed. Additionally\, we want poultry owners to understand what will happen if their flock becomes infected. \nFind FAQs about Avian Flu here.\nFind more information about how to protect your flock here. \nQuestions specifically about your bird’s health should be directed to Esther Wegman\, Animal Health\, 617- 626-1795. \nRSVP or question about the forum to Julia Grimaldi\, 617-626-1763.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/forum-high-path-avian-influenza-hpai-and-poultry/
LOCATION:MDAR Amherst Office\, 101 University Drive\, Suite C4\, Amherst\, MA\, 01002
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Starting a Food Business Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Starting a Food Business Workshop \nBrought to you by SCORE Western Mass & \nthe Western MA Food Processing Center \nFood 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.  The technology will allow for the presentation will be simultaneously broadcast to locations in Northampton\, Greenfield and Pittsfield. Plan to join any one of the 4 locations as each location will be hosted with a SCORE mentor who would distribute any handouts and collect questions for the presentation in real time. \nThis is a great opportunity for you to learn about the food processing center\, without traveling too far from your home. \n\nRegister here!
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/starting-a-food-business-workshop/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Farmer Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Nico":MAILTO:nicol@fccdc.org
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SUMMARY:Workshop: No-Till & Intensive Vegetable Production
DESCRIPTION:NOFA/Mass is offering a daylong seminar with Bryan O’Hara on October 25th at Heifer Farm in Rutland MA.  Bryan will provide mountains of details in the concise\, practical and cohesive manner that we have come to appreciate from him over the years. He will take participants through his whole production system\, which has been profitable and sustainable for over 20 years at Tobacco Road Farm in Lebanon\, CT. \nIn addition to the various steps of a no-till transition\, Bryan will also focus on building soil and fertility; season extension techniques to grow crops year round; multicropping; cropping schedules; mowing; solarizing (using plastic to scorch crop residue); weed-free composting; mulching; broadcast seeding; weed and pest control; irrigation; harvest techniques; and efficient decision making tips. \nNo-Till & Intensive Vegetable Production: Tools & Techniques Sun.\, October 25\, 9:00am – 5:00pm at Heifer Farm in Rutland\, MA \nCosts: NOFA Member – $75\, Non-member – $94 50% scholarships are available for Beginning Farmers. \nPre-registration is required. Click here to register and for more on these and other on- farm events\, or contact Glenn Oliveira.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/workshop-no-till-intensive-vegetable-production/
LOCATION:Heifer Farm\, Rutland
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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