The fifth annual Pumpkinfest will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2015 on Avenue A in Turners Falls. The event is FREE to the public. Just bring cash for food, beer, and fun! The event runs from 2-9pm, with FREE shuttling from Turners Falls High School and Sheffield School! The event takes place on public […]
NOFA/Mass is offering a daylong seminar with Bryan O'Hara on October 25th at Heifer Farm in Rutland MA. Bryan will provide mountains of details in the concise, practical and cohesive manner that we have come to appreciate from him over the years. He will take participants through his whole production system, which has been profitable […]
We'll be reviewing, observing and demonstrating how to build, plant and manage unheated winter gardens in high and low tunnel hoophouses, including schedules and propagation details for keeping nutrient-dense greens, alliums, brassicas, etc, alive, all winter, without the use of fossil fuel. Class includes a demo of simple pipe (EMT conduit) bending, a greenhouse tour […]
FarmFest 2015, from 12-4 pm on Sunday, October 25, celebrates the close of the fifth harvest season at the 120-acre Northampton Community Farm in Florence. Features include food trucks using local ingredients, local beer and hard cider, cider slushies, local live music, veggie slingshot, pumpkin painting, goats and pigs, horse-drawn wagon rides, walking tours, educational […]
Join Dylan Kessler and Willie Crosby for a walk in the woods. Participants will get to know several mushrooms fruiting right now and learn the basics of foraging. Class will meet at a TBD location on the Holyoke range. Participants will get the exact location by Thursday and this page will be updated when the exact location is […]
In partnership with the Office of Congressman James McGovern, Community Action of the Franklin, Hampshire and North Quabbin Regions, Massachusetts Food Banks, and social service and hunger advocacy organizations across the state, we invite you to save the date for Food for Good: Cultivating Sustainable Solutions to Hunger in Massachusetts, a statewide conference on hunger […]
Registration is now open for the third annual Yale Food Systems Symposium: a student-led collaboration between Yale Law School, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale School of Public Health, and Yale College.
Pick out your very own pumpkin and carve a jack o' lantern! The perfect activity to celebrate fall and a great Halloween decoration. Enjoy hot apple cider and donuts throughout the day!