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SUMMARY:UMass Student Farm: Approaches to Pest Management
DESCRIPTION:In our visit\, we will tour the Agricultural Learning Center and discuss the Student Farm’s approach to pest management. We will briefly discuss Integrated Pest Management\, its meaning\, and how it is applied on our farm. We will also discuss management roles on the farm\, specifically around the role of our IPM management role taken on every year by one of our interns. \nThe UMass Student Farm is truly a student-run farm.  Each season\, up to 15 undergraduate students participate in the cooperative planning and management of our 20-acre vegetable farm\, certified with Baystate Organics as well as the Real Organic Project. Our student farmers represent a variety of backgrounds and come from many departments on campus as well as from the other Five Colleges in which they receive college credit for their participation. The Student Farm has been under the direction of Amanda Brown since 2007 and has been managed by Jason Dragon since 2019. Our primary markets are UMass community members via a 100-plus member CSA\, the four UMass dining halls\, and student-run businesses on campus. Also\, the farm’s only off-campus sales come from working with and selling to four local Big Y supermarkets. \nDate: Monday\, July 8\, 4pm-7pm \nLocation: UMass Student Farm\, 911 North Pleasant St. Amherst\, MA
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/umass-student-farm-approaches-to-pest-management/
LOCATION:UMass Student Farm\, 911 North Pleasant St\, Amherst\, MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Hazelnut Agroforestry Field Tour
DESCRIPTION:Register here! \nAre you excited about the possibility of growing climate resilient tree crops for our local food system?  Do you have dreams of a perennial\, climate resilient\, dynamic agroforestry farm\, but are struggling to take the steps to put your aspirations into action? \nJoin Nutwood Farm and NOFA/Mass to explore a small commercial hazelnut orchard and learn what it takes to transition land to tree crops\, from developing a site plan\, testing your soil\, clearing land\, selecting species of plants and animals\, to working with mistakes and thinking ahead. They’ll walk us through how they got started and where they’re headed next\, including embarking on investing in processing infrastructure and developing value-added food products as well as other marketable agroforestry products. \n\nThroughout the day we will: \n\nTour the farm to see hazelnut hedgerows\, earthworks\, and livestock\nAsk critical and inspiring implementation questions\nEngage in rich discussion about agroforestry development in the Northeast\nReview the various entities and organizations that have supported this work\nMeet and mingle with others who might also be in your shoes!\n\n\nClick here for more information. \nQuestions? Contact Ruben at events@nofamass.org
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/hazelnut-agroforestry-field-tour/
LOCATION:Nutwood Farm\, 76 Porter Hill Rd\, Cummington\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Events,Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Berkshire-Taconic Grazing Tour with Sarah Flack
DESCRIPTION:With generous funding from the National Grazing Lands Coalition\, Berkshire Agricultural Ventures in partnership with Berkshire Grown will host a two-day Berkshire-Taconic Grazing Tour on July 15th & 16th with grazing expert Sarah Flack. Click here for more information. \nThe goal of the grazing tour is to educate grazing land managers and new graziers about sustainable grazing techniques\, to demonstrate different approaches to climate-smart grazing\, and to identify opportunities to improve grazing practices. We also intend this tour to be a place for graziers to connect with each other and with conservation technicians\, to create ongoing educational and networking value. \nMonday\, July 15th – Day 1 will feature grass-based and organic livestock production consultant Sarah Flack\, to deliver a Sustainable Grazing Management workshop at Gould Farm in Monterey\, MA\, followed by guided pasture walks at Gould Farm and at The Farm in New Marlborough\, MA. As the workshop concludes for the day\, we invite you to stay and join us for a networking dinner BBQ at The Farm New Marlborough\, featuring their meats\, local side dishes and beverages. \nTuesday\, July 16th – Day 2 will be a tour to 3 grass-fed livestock farms across the Taconic region of NY: \n\nChaseholm Farm\, Pine Plains\, NY\nKinderhook Farm\, Valatie\, NY\nHarrier Fields Farm\, Schodack Landing\, NY\n\nTo register\, please click here.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/berkshire-taconic-grazing-tour-with-sarah-flack/
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Tillage Reduction Systems and Equipment: Living Mulch and Strip-Till
DESCRIPTION:Register here! \nCome check out Atlas Farm’s 3 acre experiment with strip-tilled winter squash in a perennial clover living mulch\, and living clover/rye pathways in five acres of tomatoes. We’ll look at a no-till drill\, strip-till equipment\, and strip-cultivation equipment. Atlas Farms’ trials have implications for tillage reduction and soil health for conventional and organic growers at all scales. Following the talk and tour\, there will be a light dinner at 6 PM. We hope to see you there! \nThis event is co-sponsored by CISA\, Momentum Ag\, the Hampden-Hampshire Conservation District\, and UMass. \n\nDate: Thursday\, July 25th\, 4-6pm\nLocation: Atlas Farm\, 595A River Rd\, Deerfield\, MA 01342\n\nContact climate@buylocalfood.org with questions.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/tillage-reduction-systems-and-equipment-living-mulch-and-strip-till/
LOCATION:Atlas Farm trial fields\, 595A River Rd\, Deerfield\, MA\, 01342\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Events,CISA Events,Farmer Events,CISA Workshops for Businesses
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SUMMARY:Woven Roots Farm: Hand Scale Farming and Community Care
DESCRIPTION:Situated on 10 acres\, our farm has 2.5 acres in cultivation in a permanent bed\, hand-scale farming system. This system is managed by a dynamic team of 10 farmers that grow over 70 different crops throughout the year. Our produce\, herbs\, and flowers connect with over 250 families annually\, mostly through our low/no-cost solidarity share program. This visit will provide an overview of our farming practices and how our work has evolved over the last two decades in response to our community. \nWoven Roots Farm is a traditional\, hand-scale vegetable farm\, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program\, and education center located on unceded Mohican homelands in the so-called southern Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts. Through a deep relationship with the land and one another\, we commit to feeding\, educating\, and empowering our community members by co-creating equitable pathways to become healthier individuals\, ethical growers\, and caretakers of the earth and one another. \nWe celebrate that agriculture itself is rooted in the long-standing cultural practices within communities of Indigenous people\, people of color\, and immigrants. We acknowledge that the US was built on stolen land and that all US systems are built on the stolen labor of Black\, Indigenous\, Latinx\, Asian\, and other people of color. \nOur agricultural practices are centered in the ancestral ways of acknowledging nature as a part of us\, just as much as we are a part of nature. We recognize the interconnectedness of all life—soil\, plants\, microbes\, insects\, and animals. We embrace these connections and seek to enhance them\, not to disturb them. In direct opposition to colonized agriculture\, we move through a space of reciprocity that prioritizes our responsibility as land stewards and caregivers. Click here for more information. \nFarm Tour: Monday\, July 29 – 4PM-6PM  \nDiscussion and Potluck: Monday\, July 29\, 6PM – 7PM  \nLocation: WOVEN ROOTS FARM\, 12 McCarty Rd\, Tyringham\, MA 01264
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/woven-roots-farm-hand-scale-farming-and-community-care/
LOCATION:Woven Roots Farm\, 12 McCarty Road\, Tyringham\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Farmer Events
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