The Farm Business Planning course will be offered once in the fall and once in the winter. The course meets for 8 evening sessions filled with information and activities that will help you write your farm business plan.The Farm Business Planning course is designed to help you create a written plan to start or expand […]
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Location: Franklin County CDC, 324 Wells St., Greenfield, MA OR webinar ***REGISTRATION FOR THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW CLOSED. EMAIL STEVIE@BUYLOCALFOOD.ORG WITH QUESTIONS. CHECK OUT THE NEXT UPCOMING WINTER WORKSHOPS HERE. *** ************************************************************************************************* This 1-hour presentation will give you an overview of the essential tools you need to get more customers with online marketing, while also teaching […] |
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Windham Grows is now accepting applications for the fourth cohort of our food and agriculture business accelerator! Join the program that has brought in over $1.5 million in outside investments to businesses that graduated from the program thus far. You will learn how to grow your socially conscious food-focused business. Our mentors and specialized support […] |
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Farm Credit East to Host 2019 Dairy Outlook Webinar With large milk supplies, low prices, processing constraints and trade disruptions, the last several years have been challenging for the Northeast dairy industry. To gain insights about what to expect for 2019, producers can participate in Farm Credit East’s 2019 dairy outlook webinar on Tuesday, January […]
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Excel can be a powerful tool as you manage your cash, plan for growth and test the feasibility of new opportunities. It compliments the reporting you get from QuickBooks to do more thorough planning and analysis. In this webinar, we’ll walk through the basics of excel and spreadsheets, and learn how to build dynamic spreadsheets […]
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Location: Click Workspace, 9½ Market St., Northampton Talk to any marketer and you will hear "it's noisy out there." There seem to be more and more opportunities to market our products: e-commerce, social media, institutions, grocers, pop-ups, subscription clubs, FPF...But all these opportunities are complicated to navigate and create a lot of competitive noise for […] |
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Ever wonder what is missing from your digital marketing skills? - What you can do in 2019 to grow your business? Here is an amazing opportunity to improve your digital marketing skills - learn the language of websites, social media, and content marketing. This 16 week training series will take your digital marketing skills to […] |
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Plants need their seeds to move around so they can propagate the next generation. In this session, participants learn how plants have adapted a variety of ways to disperse their seeds. After a lecture on seed and fruit structures, the class studies examples of some of the adaptations using hand lenses and microscopes. |
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Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) is offering three sessions of this workshop across the state for farmers to better understand what is involved in succession planning. Experts from Land for Good and MDAR will provide tools and resources - including the state's Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Program - to help you identify the next owner of […] |
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MDAR has updated its business planning course (previously “Tilling the Soil of Opportunity”) to a new, hands-on course to help established farmers develop a business plan and financial projections for their farm business. The course has been updated to meet the current needs of farmers. It will be offered once per week this winter on […]
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Location: CISA Office, 1 Sugarloaf St., South Deerfield In this workshop we will discover how to create a comprehensive organizational or business story, and use it to launch or strengthen your brand. In this workshop participants will create a story outline, and mock up their story via social media or direct marketing. Participants will leave […] |
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Regional Conference with Farmers and Ag Coms 1. Building Local Markets for All Farmers - Margaret Christie, CISA 2. Forest Health and Invasives - Polantin & Andrew Morrison, Polatin Eco System 3. Solar Development and Agriculture - Gerald Palano, MDAR Please ALSO Join Us at the MAAC Annual Meeting on Feb 23rd! CLICK HERE TO […] |
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Location: Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, 100 Bigelow St., Holyoke Did you know the word “niche” comes from the French word ‘to nest’? Niche marketing is targeting a product or service to a segment of a market that is not well served. Join us to explore and identify prospective niche markets for your farm […] |
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Join food service directors and staff from schools across Franklin County/North Quabbin and beyond to learn about ways to support healthy, successful students through school food, and to connect with peers and partners! Thursday January 31 from 2:00—5:30 PM (Snow date February 7) At the John W. Olver Transit Center 12 Olive St, Greenfield, MA […] |
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Wondering where to begin with food safety? Start here! The PSA Grower Training is currently the only official FDA-recognized produce safety training to help growers implement Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and understand their responsibilities under new Federal regulations. Whether you have a farm that is fully covered by the law or a small, exempt farm […]
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The First Annual Greenfield Winter Fare was held in 2008, sparked by Juanita Nelson's desire to get more people in Franklin County to eat local food year-round. Farmers' Markets had been popular in the summer months, but during the winter, most people went back to buying trucked in vegetables from the grocery store. The Greenfield […]
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Food Justice, HipHop, and Race, A conversation with Gardening the Community Co-Executive Director Ibrahim Ali. Ibrahim will speak about his understanding of food justice, the important link between hiphop and food, and how race and racism play out in his role at Gardening The Community. Saturday, February 2, 2019 10:15 a.m.— 12:15 p.m., doors open […] |
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At Ranch Management Consultants' week long Ranching for Profit School, you will learn... Increase your Profit! Find simple strategies to reduce your workload and increase profit. Identify and take full advantage of your ranch’s “profit drivers.” Create a plan to improve the financial health of your ranch. Improve your Management Get everyone on the same […] |