This presentation will explore how fruit can be incorporated into an edible landscape setting. Participants will talk about common fruit like strawberries and blueberries and also more unusual fruit like Aronia and Lingonberries. Participants will learn what these plants can contribute to a home landscape and what it takes to grow them successfully. The end […]
The Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) is offering our 7th Specialty Crop and Local Food Trade Show. The 2018 Local Food Trade Show is designed to facilitate connections and stimulate business relationships between producers and wholesale buyers of local food, with a focus on specialty crop food products in Massachusetts. At this event, buyers will have the unique opportunity to meet nearly 100 farmers and producers who grow and craft some of New England’s finest foods.
This event is ideal for restaurants, retailers and institutional buyers interested in trading with local food suppliers and who desire to buy more locally produced products from growers, fishermen, and value added producers from Massachusetts and New England.
Free registration, lunch provided. Please join the UMass Extension Crop, Dairy, Livestock, & Equine team for a multi-state collaborative event that focuses on innovations in sustainable forage production, featuring presentations from several distinguished professors and professionals in the Northeast. Featured Topics: Perennial Forage Variety Selection (Dr. Heather Darby, UVM; Double Cropping: Making Money on Both […]
Stop by to try Bar Bites by Bella Foodie, enjoy a raffle, and try an excellent selection of locally brewed beer from Iron Duke!
Under the Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA,certain activities must be completed by a "preventive controls qualified individual" who has successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventative controls, intended to ensure safe manufacturing, processing, packing, and holding of food products for human consumption. This course meets the standardized curriculum recognized by […]
Marketing can help you decide what to grow or produce, choose where and how you want to sell it, differentiate yourself from other farmers, and make effective use of social media and other marketing tools. Learn the basics to doing your own direct marketing or supervising someone else. This series of 4 workshops is designed […]
This event was originally scheduled for March 7th. It has been rescheduled for March 21st due to snow. Organized by farmers, for farmers. On Wednesday, March 21st at 6:00pm the Greenfield Farmers Cooperative Exchange will host an event for farmers who are carrying on their family business. The organizers, who are next generation farm owners […]
(THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED TO MARCH 22ND) Develop effective communication tools and explore strategies to improve our relationships with, and the well-being of farm employees. Presenter, Mary Jo Dudley of the Cornell Farmworker Program will address how to create a positive workplace and reduce communication misunderstandings including tips and tools for employers of foreign […]