Webinar: Business Basics for Beginning Farmers
If you’re interested in starting a farm enterprise, or know someone who is, tune into Business Basics for Beginning Farmers as Chris Laughton, Director of Knowledge Exchange at Farm Credit […]
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GAPs and FSMA Workshop for Produce Growers
American Legion (Brattleboro) 32 Linden Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesThis training will introduce basic produce safety concepts and practices, and will help growers understand and implement FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements and prepare to write a farm food safety plan. Sections of the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements will be outlined within each module. This workshop will satisfy the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement for growers who are covered by FSMA outlined in § 112.22(c) that requires ‘At least one supervisor from the farm must complete food safety training at least equivalent to the standardized curriculum recognized by the FDA’. The AFDO certificate demonstrates you have met this requirement. Day 1 (Nov. 16) of this event is for both growers and trainers who are seeking to become certified. Ag. service providers and trainers must also attend Day 2 if seeking to become a Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Trainer. Find more info and register here.
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Green Your Bottom Line in Food and Beverage Processing: An Energy and Environmental Workshop
UMass Springfield 1500 Main Street, Springfield, MAAn interactive workshop on opportunities for food and beverage processors to reduce operating costs, improve operations and prevent pollution through energy efficiency and renewable energy, waste reduction, and safer cleaning […]
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Shelburne Falls Autumn Farmers’ Market
Buckland Shelburne Elementary school 75 Mechanic St, Shelburne Falls, MA, United StatesEvery year, the Shelburne Falls Farmers Market hosts a special Autumn market event. This year, the market will be held on the weekend before Thanksgiving. Sunday, November 20th at the […]
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SNAP Sign-Up Day for Farmers and Farmers Market Managers
Boston Marriot Peabody 8 Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA, United StatesA drop-in information session where you can get your farm, farm stand or farmers’ market authorized for SNAP (formerly food stamps) and receive your USDA FNS Number the very same […]
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New England Vegetable & Berry Growers Winter Meeting
Holiday Inn - Portsmouth 300 Woodbury Avenue, Portsmouth, NH, United StatesFIVE HUNDRED and NINETY-SECOND MEETING New England Vegetable and Berry Growers' Association and New England Cooperative Extension present an ALL DAY MEETING Saturday, December 3, 2016 Holiday Inn Portsmouth 300 […]
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6th Annual Soil & Nutrition Conference
Kripalu Center 57 Interlaken Road, Stockbridge, MA, United StatesNature As Solution: Cultivating synergy to put nutrition and flavor back on the table
Join us for this one-of-a-kind gathering of farmers, agronomists, researchers, doctors, nutritionists, and health-conscious consumers.
Featuring over 27 speakers, including: Joel Salatin (keynote speaker), Mark Fulford, Vail Dixon, John Kempf, Guido Mase, Jean-Martin Fortier, Lane Selman, John Navasio, Kathleen DiChiara, Julie Rawson and Jack Kittredge.
The Soil & Nutrition Conference brings together the collective knowledge of the food movement from the perspectives of successful farmers, leading researchers, healthcare practitioners, and pioneers of food quality to delve deeper into the connections and importance of soil and nutrition. Join us to explore how the intersection of the farm and human ecosystems hold the key to environmental sustainability, quality food, and overall well-being.
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Workshop: Assessing Pasture Soil Fertility and Forage Quality
Clover Springs Farm 234 Ragged Hill Road, West Brookfield, MA, United StatesThe health of ruminant animals is directly connected to the health of the pastures on which they graze and the supplemental hay they eat. But how do you know whether […]