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SUMMARY:UMass Class on Post-harvest Handling of Fruits and Vegetables
DESCRIPTION:One of our best instructors\, Dr. Susan Han\, was recognized with the UMass College of Natural Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award this past May. \nDr. Han will be teaching STOCKSCH 322 – Post-harvest Handling of Fruits and Vegetables ONLINE this summer.  This is a practical class that is important for anyone growing fruits and vegetables for market.  Classes start on July 10 and registration is open now. \nFor more information\, see: https://sustfoodfarm.org/online-classes/postharvest-handling/
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/umass-class-on-post-harvest-handling-of-fruits-and-vegetables/
LOCATION:Online Course
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:How to Build a Healthy and Successful Food Business
DESCRIPTION:Business Planning for a Food Business: Anita Eliason\, MSBDC\nCreating a Value Added Food Product: Joanna Benoit\, WMFPC\nFood Industry Overview: Chef Bill Collins \nWednesday July 12\, 2017 \n5:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nTD Bank Conference Center\n441 Main Street\nSpringfield\, MA \nThanks to our Host and Food Sponsor\, TD Bank\, this workshop is FREE but Registration is required. \nRegister at: https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/FranklinCountyCommunityDevelo/HealthyFoodBizFree.html
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/how-to-build-a-healthy-and-successful-food-business/
LOCATION:TD Bank Conference Center\, 441 Main St\, Springfield\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Farmer to Farmer: Profitable Pastures
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is SOLD OUT!\n\nJoin Amy Klippenstein and Paul Lacinski of Sidehill Farm\, Eric Sheffer of Sheffer’s Grassland Dairy\, and Morgan Hartman of Black Queen Angus Farm as they share insight from years of managing pastures. Topics will include land stewardship\, forage growth\, soil fertility\, and animal health and genetics. We will discuss the ways all of these things and more affect the cost of production and improve your bottom line. Jump at the chance to learn from these Northeast farmers as well as each other. We will begin with a pasture walk of Sidehill Farm. Snacks provided. \nAbout the presenters: \nAmy Klippenstein & Paul Lacinski\, Sidehill Farm: Operating on 225 acres of certified organic pastures and hayfields\, woodlands\, and big sky\, with a herd of 80 grass-fed Normande and Jersey cows\, Sidehill Farm produces nearly 1500 gallons of yogurt per week. They have been in operation as a farm since the early 2000’s\, taking over a farm previously growing hay and potatoes in 2012. Sidehill Farm was a New England Green Pastures Outstanding Dairy Farm award winner for 2015. \nEric Sheffer\, Sheffer Grassland Dairy: Sheffer’s Grassland Dairy is a seasonal grazing farm owned and operated by Wally Sheffer and his son Eric Sheffer. They began milking cows in the spring of 2008 after Eric graduated from Cornell University. Before this time the family farm functioned as a crop growing and heifer raising facility.  The Sheffers have grown to 240 cows. They manage 250 acres of intensive grass and run an additional 350 acres of crop ground\, which is primarily made into baleage. \nMorgan Hartman\, Black Queen Angus Farm: Morgan is the managing partner of Black Angus Queen Farm in Berlin\, NY. The farm focuses on the development of a world class registered breeding stock herd under a commercially oriented\, Holistically Managed\, least-cost production paradigm. Morgan is a founding member of the annual Winter Green-Up Grazing Conference in Albany. He will present on planned and adaptive grazing with emphasis on production per unit of land area vs. production per animal. A component of this comes down to genetic selection under a given farmer’s production paradigm on THEIR farm and the inherent conditions there of; soils\, aspect\, slope\, existing vegetation\, AND above all\, Holistic Context.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/farmer-to-farmer-profitable-pastures/
LOCATION:Sidehill Farm\, 58 Forget Road\, Hawley
CATEGORIES:CISA Events,Farmer Events,CISA Workshops for Businesses
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SUMMARY:Adams Farm Slaughterhouse workshop
DESCRIPTION:The head meat cutter and one of the owners of Adams Farm Slaughterhouse will give a practical demonstration of how to breakdown beef\, pork\, and lamb/goat carcasses\, plus a demonstration of how hanging carcasses will vary. As they break them down they will explain how they fit into the cut sheet with practical examples: how one cut\, which may be highly priced\, will ruin two or three other cuts\, or the way that taking a cut from a smaller animal will not yield a significant enough size of meat to be saleable. They will supply written material for the participants to take with them as reference to what they should be looking at in balancing the demands of their customers with the reality of their carcass. Adams Farm will also supply all protective and sanitary clothing. \nFor more information please call 978-249-9441 and ask for Melissa Frost \nScholarships to Attend Adams Farm Slaughterhouse Workshop\nCISA has two scholarships available to Local Hero members to cover the attendance fee (an $80 value). For more information\, contact stevie@buylocalfood.org. Scholarships will be awarded based on need.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/adams-farm-slaughterhouse-workshop/
LOCATION:MA
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