Learn how lactic acid fermentation works and make two ferments, one pounded (like sauerkraut) and one brined (like dilly beans). Specific recipes used will vary from class to class depending on seasonally available produce. Go home with one jar of each of the ferments we make in class! Fermenting Vegetables is part of a 3 session fermentation […]
Dinner to be catered by Wheelhouse Farm. More details TBA. Tickets purchased in advance TBD. This is in partnership with, and hosted by, Grow Food Northampton.
September 12, 8:30am-6:00pm UMASS Amherst Campus Center In September 2017, all food manufacturers with more than $1 million in annual sales will be required to comply with the Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation of the Food Safety Modernization Act. That means you need to have a "qualified individual" responsible for writing your Food Safety Plan. In […]
When: Tuesday September 12th, 2017, from 4 pm to 7 pm Where: UMass Crop Research and Education Center, 91 River Rd. Deerfield, MA 01373 Join UMass Extension educators and specialists at the UMass Crop Research and Education Center to tour our ongoing research and participate in a roundtable discussion where you can get crop or pest management […]
HILLTOWN CHAUTAUQUA RETURNS TO CUMMINGTON, SEPT. 15–16, WITH FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ, FOR FESTIVAL ON ‘FOOD, FARMS, AND THE FUTURE’ Frances Moore Lappé, a pioneer writer and thinker about food and social justice, and author of Diet for a Small Planet, will be the keynote speaker at the Hilltown Chautauqua’s second Earthcare festival on Sept. 15–16, […]
This unique series offers a window into herbalism from some of the foremost practitioners, teachers, growers, and product makers in our area – join us for this very special opportunity! Are you interested in herbalism? Did you know that the greater Pioneer Valley region is one of the nation’s richest resources for quality herbal health […]
Each September, Bonita & Dan Conlon invite friends and customers to the annual Warm Colors Honey Festival. We began this event in 2001 as a way to celebrate the importance of the honeybee, pollinators’, introduce beekeeping to non-bee people, and offer tastings of our new honey crop. Visitors can taste honey, sample mead (Green River […]
Join thousands of spicy-food lovers for a great line-up of bands, fabulous food, and local-ingredient beers. Sample exotic hot peppers grown on the farm in Sunderland, a chili cook-off, and a hot sauce competition.