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SUMMARY:Building Better Pastures and Hay Fields: Soil Health\, Grazing\, and Forage Improvement
DESCRIPTION:Title: Building Better Pastures and Hay Fields: Soil Health\, Grazing\, and Forage Improvement \nDate: Tuesday\, August 25th\, 3-6:30 PM \nLocation: Kinne Brook Farm\, 481 Kinne Brook Rd\, Worthington \nLink: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/building-better-pastures-and-hay-fields-soil-health-grazing-and-forage-improvement \nJoin staff from American Farmland Trust and the Hampden-Hampshire Conservation District at Kinne Brook Farm to learn strategies for improving pasture and hay field productivity. We will learn how to evaluate the health and productivity of pasture and hay fields and address common challenges such as soil pH imbalances\, biology limitations\, compaction\, and undesirable plant species. We will cover approaches to reseeding and overseeding pastures\, planning rotational grazing systems\, managing rest periods\, and using soil and forage testing to make informed management decisions\, and will discuss the USDA NRCS Pasture Condition Score (PCS) system. \nKinne Brook Farm is a diversified family farm that raises Highland cattle for beef and focuses on regenerative land stewardship and implementing management-intensive rotational grazing and silvopasture practices. \nFood and beverages will be provided. Please register so that we know how many people to expect. We look forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/building-better-pastures-and-hay-fields-soil-health-grazing-and-forage-improvement/
LOCATION:Kinne Brook Farm\, 481 Kinne Brook Rd\, Worthington\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Food Safety Farm Tour at Red Shirt Farm
DESCRIPTION:Food Safety Farm Tour at Red Shirt Farm with Lisa McKeag (UMASS Amherst) and Ben Comeau (MDAR)\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\n\nFollowing good agricultural practices starts with understanding the potential hazards to\nfresh produce and assessing the risks they might pose on your farm. At this meeting Lisa\nMcKeag\, from UMass Extension\, will talk about the basics of farm food safety—why we\ncare about it and what to look for and think about when conducting a risk assessment\,\nincluding common risks related to land\, water\, wildlife\, hygiene\, equipment\, and harvest\npractices. Ben Comeau\, from the MDAR Produce Safety Program will share insights from\nhis own experiences as an inspector for the FSMA Produce Safety Rule as well as an\nauditor for Massachusetts voluntary certification program\, Commonwealth Quality (CQP). \n\n\n\n\nAugust 31st\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4 -6 pm (tour) | 6 – 7 pm dinner & networking\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRed Shirt Farm – 60 Williamstown Rd\, Lanesborough MA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$20 Berkshire Grown Members\, $30 non-members (sliding scale tickets available)\n\n\n\n\nRegister here!
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/food-safety-farm-tour-at-red-shirt-farm/
LOCATION:Red Shirt Farm\, 60 Williamstown Rd\, Lanesborough\, MA\, 01237
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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SUMMARY:Natural Disaster Recovery II Program application support and info session
DESCRIPTION:Need help applying for the new disaster relief funding available to farms through the Natural Disaster Recovery II Program? CISA has been working hard to clarify the details of this new program and is hosting this application and info support session to help ensure local farms can access this funding before the September 30th deadline. The session will start with a brief presentation about the program’s eligibility criteria and application process and a question and answer session\, after which dinner will be provided and farmers will have the opportunity to get one-on-one application support from CISA staff. \nPlease register here to let us know you will attend — this event is free\, but registration is required. \nInformation about the Natural Disaster Recovery II Program: \nThis program is administered by MDAR and funded through a federal block grant. The $42 million available through this program is earmarked to help compensate local farmers for crop and infrastructure losses resulting from extreme weather events in 2023 and 2024. This is a significantly larger amount of funding than was available to farms through earlier disaster relief programs\, so this funding can provide additional relief for farms that were only partially compensated earlier for their losses. It can also cover a wider range of extreme weather events — covering not just flooding and frost damage but also weather events like drought\, heat\, and storms — as well as a wider range of related losses like infrastructure losses and excess labor expenses. \nThere is no minimum farm size to be eligible for funding through this program\, but farmers must have lost experienced an eligible loss of at least $2\,500\, and there are specific eligibility criteria associated with each loss — for example\, the value of crop losses must represent at least a 15% loss of value of the damaged crops and the value of infrastructure losses must represent at least a 15% loss to the value of the infrastructure that was damaged. The kinds of losses that this program can cover include the following: \n\nLosses from crops that were damaged\, destroyed\, or unmarketable (including human food crops\, ornamentals\, and many value-added products)\nLosses from perennials in need of replanting (to compensate for production losses during years before maturity of new planting)\nDamaged infrastructure (including crop-related structures\, livestock housing\, plasticulture\, maple equipment\, irrigation\, and farm roads)\nExpenses for practices to mitigate land loss (including mowing/harrowing lost crops\, cover cropping\, grading land\, restoring ditches\, and providing emergency water for crops or livestock in drought)\nTimber losses (for those with over 10 acres of continuous forest in an active forest management plan)\n\nA video presentation about the program\, including a walk-through of the application form\, is available here\, and other program details are available here. Contact Kristen with any questions about this session.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/natural-disaster-recovery-ii-program-application-support-and-info-session/
LOCATION:Deerfield Tilton Library\, 75 North Main Street\, South Deerfield\, MA
CATEGORIES:CISA Events,Farmer Events,CISA Workshops for Businesses
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SUMMARY:Chainsaw Safety for Women\, Female Bodied\, Nonbinary & Trans Folx
DESCRIPTION:Chainsaw Safety for Women\, Female Bodied\, Nonbinary & Trans Folx with Women’s Tree Climber Workshop (WTCW)\n\n\n\n\nOctober 24\, 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:30 AM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoots Rising Farm & Education Center\, 923 Barker Rd\, Pittsfield MA 01201\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$157.50 ($150.00 + $7.50 booking fee)\n\n\nRegister Here! \n\n\n\n\nFarmer Discounts:\n\n\n\n\nA limited number of discounted tickets (total $101.50) may be available for farmers who are members of Berkshire Grown. If interested\, contact Alyssa at Berkshire Grown to inquire: alyssa@berkshiregrown.org \n\n\n\n\nDetails:\n\n\n\n\nLunch included\, equipment provided. Dress in long pants\, sturdy over the ankle boots\, and preferably long sleeves. \nDress for weather and bring your water bottle. \n\n\n\n\nOther Details:\n\n\n\n\n\nChainsaws and safety equipment will be provided.\nIf you have your own\, you are encouraged to bring to class\n\n\n\n\n\nChainsaw Safety Course (Level 1 & 2):\n\n\n\n\nClassroom: Safety Statistics\, Chainsaw Use at work vs. home \n\nIdentify the parts of a chainsaw – including its safety features\nChainsaw PPE\, fitment\, and why\nHow to prepare a chainsaw to run (power source\, oil\, chain tension)\nIdentifying reactive forces of the chainsaw\nStarting\, operating\, and maintaining working order\nWhat tools & equipment to have while you operate a saw\n\n\n\n\n\nLunch Break – Thank you to our sponsors!\n\n\n\n\nIn the Field: Bucking & Cutting \n\nTools & cut types to aid and/or relieve binds while bucking wood\nLearning reactive woods: tension & compression\nClass will be divided into groups to work on chainsaw skills: bucking; limbing; small tree felling; accuracy; notches and more.
URL:https://www.buylocalfood.org/event/chainsaw-safety-for-women-female-bodied-nonbinary-trans-folx/
LOCATION:Roots Rising Farm & Education Center\, 923 Barker Rd\, Pittsfield\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Farmer Events
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