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.
September 17, 11:00am-5:00pm Rose F Kennedy Greenway The 8th Annual Boston Local Food Festival is quickly approaching, don't miss your chance to reach over 40,000 New Englanders, hungry for local food! As New England's largest Farmers Market, the Festival is ideal for: * Farmers * Local Restaurants * Food Trucks (sold out!) * Specialty […]
Come join in at Wildside Gardens a well-established off-grid homestead and permaculture site in Conway, MA. Presented by Luc Bodin Luc, originally from France and a master of many trades, moved from Boston to the Valley 25 years ago. He has studied at the Kushi Institute. His approach to food preservation using lacto- fermentation draws […]
If you are a farmer who is thinking about adding new marketing outlets to your farm's line up, come check out this workshop being offered by New Entry in partnership with Mass Farmers Markets and Mass Farm to School. Hope to see you there! Tour a diversified vegetable and livestock farm while learning from Farm […]