Register here! Join one of the three upcoming webinars that provide an overview of the Climate-Smart Farming & Marketing Program, led by Pasa Sustainable Agriculture. Northeast regional project partners from Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), NOFA-MA, NOFA-VT, Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, and Maine Farmland Trust will explain the enrollment process and review the 26 climate-smart […]
Register here! Come tour the Hampshire College Farm! We are a small, diversified vegetable and livestock farm right on the Hampshire College Campus and we are trialing ways to build resiliency into our day to day farming practices. Come chat with the farm staff and students about projects we are working on to help diversify […]
Register here! Join Reed Farm for a look at their composting enterprise that adapts to climate change by diversifying income streams and reducing farm waste. Reed Farm received an adaptation grant from CISA in 2022 and used it to attend the Maine Compost School to learn about turning their farm's "waste" into compost and a […]
Register here! Come join members of the volunteer management committee for the Fort River Community Garden for a tour of the garden space! You will learn how the sociocratic model is used to run the garden, and some history of how the garden came to be. It is situated on conservation land that was donated […]
Register here! As the climate changes, western Mass is expected to have more days with temperatures in the 90s, new pests, wetter springs, more intense rain events, and decreased soil moisture during the summer. We’re channeling our climate anxiety into efforts to build our soils and increase our biodiversity to make our farm more resilient–-join […]
Don't Miss The “Festival that Stinks” Sept 28/29 It's a fabulous family friendly destination held amid the fall foliage on a historic farm in Orange, MA. Wander among over 100 exhibitors: amazing art, farm-fresh products and food, healing arts, and community organizations. Three stages delight with music, performance, and spoken word. Travel the globe with […]
Big skies and soaring views beckon from Apex Orchards. CISA is heading to the beautiful Shelburne hills to join in Gathered Farms, at Apex Orchards, on Sunday, September 29th from 10am-noon for a morning of fun activities for families! Girls test apple varieties at Making Food Fun at the Farmers' Market at Forest Park. Photo […]
Noontime Puppet Parade with MuZen Puppets and The Expandable Brass Band. Live music stage featuring The Johnny Memphis Band, Auyon & Harris, Katz/Stevens, & others. Bread, pastries and pizza, and signing of the newly published Hungry Ghost Bread Book! Free to all! Date: Sunday, Sept. 29th, 11am-6pm Location: Hungry Ghost Bread, 62 State Street, Northampton […]
