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The Benefits and Pitfalls of Borrowed Land – Resource Sharing and Leasing Land for your Farm

Many Forks Farm 1360 River Rd, Clarksburg, MA

Molly Comstock, formerly of Colfax Farm, and now the new steward of Many Forks Farm, has leased land four different times and locations during her farming career. We will tour the farm and have a brief discussion of the growing practices here and how they are tied to secure land access. We will then take […]

Free

Food preservation

Many Hands Sustainability Center 411 Sheldon Road, Barre, United States

Register here! We preserve hundreds of pounds of food each year enough to fill 7 freezers, 400 mason jars, a root cellar, and cupboards with dried foods. Join us at the height of the food preservation season to preserve our way through the day. We will freeze vegetables, can tomatoes and grape juice, make applesauce, […]

$50 – $100

Brookfield Farm: Business Management and Tractor Cultivation

Brookfield Farm Hulst Rd, Amherst, MA

This visit will be an overview of the major areas of business management that we rely on to make our farm economically functional. We will cover planning (including budgeting), bookkeeping & accounting, marketing, insurance & administration, communication (website, email, and database). We will consider this a “survey” and give lots of information on all of […]

Free

Rich and Healthy: No-till for Successful Farms and Gardens

Seeds of Solidarity Education Center 165 Chestnut Hill Road, Orange, MA

Are you a farmer or market gardener seeking to start or transition to no-till methods that use simple tools, build healthy soil, reduce labor and cost inputs, promote climate resilience and increase your connection to the land? You’ll learn several no-till, climate resilience techniques in this experiential, day-long workshop with seasoned farmer Ricky Baruc and […]

$65 – $95