The UMass Dining Sustainability Team is excited to kick off the fall 2025 semester with a Dining for a Cooler Planet event at Berkshire Dining Commons on Wednesday, September 24. The event, Feeding the Future: Innovation, Equity, and Climate Resilience in the Food System will take place during the nationwide Climate Week and the local […]
Barstow’s Longview Farm will be offering a free walking farm tour at 10:00am with a focus toward climate. We will visit our anaerobic digester, which converts food waste and cow manure into green energy. Stand in a bunk silo and consider how dairy farms keep land open in our community. Check out the dairy barn […]
Register here! Walk the vegetable fields of Hampshire College Farm to look closely at the various living cover trials with white Dutch clover. Engage in conversation with the Hampshire farmers and folks from Momentum Ag to better understand the trial process, the learning goals and take always about tools, weed management and more when working […]
Register here! Join CISA on Friday, September 26th for an all-day Agroforestry Crawl visiting three innovative western MA farms with agroforestry systems on their land. We start out at The Long Game Orchard in Northfield, a 6-acre silvopasture farm with tree crops including chestnuts, American persimmons, Asian pears, Yellowbud hickory, and pawpaws. The farm is […]
Greenfield Community College has a small but thriving agricultural education program that utilizes on-campus gardens to teach and grow op-produce for the GCC food pantry. Please join program coordinator, Anthony Reiber and Farm and Food Systems student Michael Hannigan to tour the on-campus agriculture education resources and discuss the successes and challenges of the programs. […]
Now in it's 27th year, the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival unites the farmers, artists, civic organizations and individuals whose livelihoods are connected to the land and the arts and invites both local residents and those who do not live in the region to experience the richness and resiliency of rural life in western […]
Register Here Curious about biochar and how it supports soil health and climate resilience? Join us at Big River Chestnuts in South Deerfield to learn about the benefits of this carbon-rich soil amendment. We’ll discuss how biochar is made, how it can enhance soil health and water retention, and what to consider when using it […]