Workshop: Assessing Pasture Soil Fertility and Forage Quality
The 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 […]
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Clover Springs Farm 234 Ragged Hill Road, West Brookfield, MA, United States
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Registration Deadline: NOFA/Mass Beginning Farmer Mentorship Program
NOFA/Mass is seeking beginning farmers with some experience who are in the beginning stages of, or preparing to take on, farm ownership or a leadership position, and those interested in […]
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Young Farmers Conference
Stone Barns Center Pocantico Hills, NY, United StatesEvery December, hundreds of beginning farmers from across the United States gather at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York to learn from agricultural luminaries, […]
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Workshop: Municipal Farmland Leasing and Protection
John W. Olver Transit Center, Allen Meeting Room 12 Olive St, Greenfield, MALeasing municipally owned land to farmers can be a great way to add to your town’s revenues while helping to keep farms in farming. In our December Municipal Official Continuing […]
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Disaster Assistance for Drought & Other Losses
CISA Office 1 Sugarloaf Street, South Deerfield, MA, United StatesJoin us to learn about the financial assistance available to help farms cope with 2016 losses and plan for the future. This workshop will discuss the direct financial compensation for […]
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Deepening Roots, Growing Success Business Training – First Monday Evening Session
Hibernian Hall Ballroom and Conference Room 184 Dudley Street, Roxbury, MA, United StatesThe Carrot Project is excited to announce Deepening Roots, Growing Success, a business training program for current or aspiring urban farmers and locally-sourced food processing business operators. Training is open […]
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FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Certification Training
UMass Amherst Amherst, MA, United StatesThe Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Food FDA regulation is intended to ensure safe manufacturing/processing, packing and holding of food products for human consumption in the United States. The regulation requires that certain activities must be completed by a “preventive controls qualified individual” who has “successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls.” This course developed by the FSPCA is the “standardized curriculum” recognized by FDA; successfully completing this course is one way to meet the requirements for a “preventive controls qualified individual.” To complete the course, a participant must be present for the entire workshop and participate in the exercises. Click here to register!
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Winter Vegetable School
TBDAttention Growers! Leave winter school ready for a Commonwealth Quality Program (CQP) audit and the peace of mind that you are prepared to handle the requirements of: the Food Safety […]