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  • Marketing Your Farm

    Free Webinar! The International Workshop on Agritourism is hosting a free webinar on Marketing Your Farm. A farm marketing consultant and two agritourism farmers will discuss the three essential components […]

  • MACD Statewide Local Working Group

    Virtual

    About the Statewide Local Working Group Purpose Local Working Groups (LWG) provide essential input to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on the most important natural resource concerns and […]

  • (Nearly) Fall Meadow Stroll

    Checkerspot Farm 30 Jacksonville Rd., Colrain, MA, United States

    (Nearly) Fall Meadow Stroll  Sunday, September 17, 12:00 – 2:00 pmCheckerspot Farm30 Jacksonville Rd., Colrain Franklin Conservation District announces the last outdoor event of the year in our Native Plants education series. Join Jocelyn […]

  • Local Farming in the Climate Crisis – Panel and Action Circle

    Main Sanctuary, Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew 8 Church St, Greenfield, MA, United States

    On September 17, 2023, the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew and CISA are hosting a panel to discuss the challenges of farming in the climate crisis, the Massachusetts government response, […]

  • Building Soil Health and Climate Resilience with No-till Practices

    Simple Gifts Farm 1089 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA, United States

    REGISTER HERE! In 2023, the Hampden-Hampshire Conservation District (HHCD) launched the Healthy Soils Program, which provides farmers with resources to encourage and facilitate the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices, with […]

  • MDAR Climate and APR Farm Grants Showcase at Warner Farm

    Warner Farm 23 South Main Street, Sunderland, MA, United States

    Register Here! Are you interested in MDAR’s Climate Smart (CSAP) grant programs? Are you an APR farmer wanting to see an APR Improvement Program (AIP) grant in action? Are you interested in the APR […]

  • HHCD Native Plant Sale

    Hadley Pulic Library 50 Middle St, Hadley, MA, United States

    Location: Hadley Public Library, 50 Middle Street, Hadley 01035 Pickup Time: September 23, 10am-12pm Inside, you will find flowering perennials, beautiful grasses, shrubs, and trees that are right at home […]

  • Meadow Stroll & Seed Collecting

    That's A Plenty Farm Hadley, MA, United States

    Join Tom Sullivan at Cathy and Michael Katz's Farm in the historic landscape of The Great Meadow of Hadley. Tom will draw our attention to the bees visiting the farm's […]

  • Financial Literacy 101

    Nichols College Dudley, MA, United States

    Are you thinking of starting a small farm?Do you already run a farm and are hoping to expand? Invest in yourself and watch your returns grow through this 7-week course. Click […]

  • MDAR Growing Your Farm Business Planning Course

    MDAR Office 138 Memorial Ave, Suite 42, West Springfield, MA, United States

    Course Details: When: Tuesdays, January 9 – March 5, 2024, 6-8:30pm Where: MDAR office in West Springfield, or alternate western MA location dependent upon interest Registration: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. $150 […]

    $150

  • Crop Insurance 101: An Introduction

    Virtual

    An overview of insurance programs relevant to vegetable and small fruit producers in New England. This workshop is intended for those with little to no prior experience with insurance and […]

    Free

  • Options for On-Farm Solar

    Virtual

    Are you interested in learning more about solar options for your farm? As solar panel costs have lowered and incentives have increased, more farms are turning to solar to offset electricity […]

    FREE

  • Author Talk: Lawns Into Meadows author Owen Wormser

    Hadley Pulic Library 50 Middle St, Hadley, MA, United States

    Author Talk:  Lawns Into Meadows author Owen Wormser Sat., Feb. 10,  1:00-3:00 pm Hadley Public Library (HHCD) Tues., Feb. 13, 6:00 - 7:30 pm Storr’s Library in Longmeadow (HHCD) Intended […]

    FREE

  • Irrigation System Efficiency Webinar

    Virtual

    With our unpredictable drought-flood cycle, irrigation has become a necessity for many vegetable operations to weather the summer. Choosing the right system to fit your operation’s needs can be costly […]

    FREE

  • Rescheduled – Lawns Into Meadows with author Owen Wormser

    Storr's Library 693 Longmeadow St, Longmeadow, Massachusetts

    Author Talk:  Lawns Into Meadows author Owen Wormser Sat., Feb. 10,  1:00-3:00 pm Hadley Public Library (HHCD) Rescheduled due to inclement weather - New date, Wednesday, Feb 21st, 6:00 - […]

    FREE

  • Statewide Local Working Group

    Virtual (Zoom)

    PurposeLocal Working Groups (LWG) are a key part of NRCS’ locally-led conservation process. They provide essential input to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Conservation Districts (CDs) […]

    FREE

  • High Tunnel Energy Efficiency On-Farm Tour

    Dog Days Farm 72 Jaffrey Rd, Fitzwilliam, NH, United States

     This on-farm tour will focus on energy use and conservation in high tunnel and greenhouse production. Energy costs can be substantial in a smaller diversified production system and reducing electric […]

    FREE

  • Welcoming Pollinators Home

    Hadley Pulic Library 50 Middle St, Hadley, MA, United States

    Presenter: Tom Sullivan of Pollinators Welcome landscape design Thursday, Jan. 25, 10:00 - 11:00 Bernardston Senior Center (Franklin CD) Thursday, Feb. 22, 6:00 - 7:00 PM Northfield Public Library (Franklin […]

    FREE

  • Welcoming Pollinators Home

    Storr's Library 693 Longmeadow St, Longmeadow, Massachusetts

    Welcoming Pollinators Home Presenter: Tom Sullivan of Pollinators Welcome landscape design Thursday, Jan. 25, 10:00 - 11:00 Bernardston Senior Center (Franklin CD) Thursday, Feb. 22, 6:00 - 7:00 PM Northfield […]

  • Maintaining Agricultural Ditches: Workshop and Farm Walk

    Hadley Senior Center 46 Middle St, Hadley, MA, United States

    Register Here Please join us on Wednesday June 26th at 6pm at the Hadley Senior Center for a workshop on ditches and storm water management in agricultural settings. This workshop is […]

    FREE

  • Agroforestry & Climate Adaptation: A Tour of Big River Chestnuts

    Big River Chestnuts 195 River Rd, Sunderland, MA, United States

    Date: Saturday, June 29, 2024. Rain Date: Saturday, July 13Time: Farm Tour from 9:30 to 11:30. Socializing from 11:30 to 12:30.Cost: FreeLocation:195 River Rd, Sunderland, MA With each year that […]

    FREE

  • Tillage Reduction Systems and Equipment: Living Mulch and Strip-Till

    Atlas Farm 595A River Rd, Deerfield, MA, United States

    Register here! Come check out Atlas Farm’s 3 acre experiment with strip-tilled winter squash in a perennial clover living mulch, and living clover/rye pathways in five acres of tomatoes. We’ll […]

    FREE

  • Let Compost Happen: Setting up an effective at-home system

    Jones Library 43 Amity St, Amherst, MA, United States

    Date: Saturday, July 27th, 10:30-11:30AM. Location: Jones Library, 43 Amity St, Amherst To register, send an email to : Programs@Joneslibrary.org Just because food is not consumed, doesn’t mean it is […]

    FREE

  • Less is More: Eco-Friendly Fall Garden Cleanup free webinar

    Virtual (Zoom)

    Less is More: Eco-Friendly Fall Garden Cleanup free webinar with Heidi Dollard of the Massachusetts Pollinator Network Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7:00 PM Re-think your fall cleanup to benefit pollinators, […]

    FREE

  • Transform Your Yard to Support Pollinators:

    Zoom - VIRTUAL EVENT

    A 12 Step Program Description: Many people now realize the importance of pollinators and other essential wildlife. They want to make their yard pollinator-friendly, but don’t know where to start. […]

  • Gardening for Biodiversity with Native Plants

    Westfield Athenaeum 6 Elm Street, Westfield, MA, United States

    The “little things that run the world” are in big trouble: Insect populations are plummeting, and many species are headed for extinction. This spells disaster for our food supply, our […]

  • Gardening for Biodiversity with Native Plants

    Zoom - VIRTUAL EVENT

    In this talk, Amy will focus on the current biodiversity crisis; the evolutionary history among native plants, insects, birds and fungi, and how these interdependent relationships among diverse species are […]

  • Beyond Flowering Plants: Helping Pollinators Thrive Year Round

    Zoom - VIRTUAL EVENT

    This talk includes a brief introduction to the biodiversity crisis, explaining why providing habitat for pollinators is essential for maintaining a sustainable ecosystem. Amy will show that pollinators not only […]

  • Environmentally Friendly Lawns and Lawn Alternatives

    Westfield Athenaeum 6 Elm Street, Westfield, MA, United States

    Lawns are ecological dead zones. 40 million acres are devoted to lawn in this country; the largest irrigated crop. Mowers emit at least 16 million tons of CO2 per year. […]

  • Working with Weather Extremes

    Sunderland Public Library 20 School Street, Sunderland, Massachusetts

    Join staff from the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS), Mass Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), Mass Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), and the Hampden-Hampshire Conservation District (HHCD), to discuss strategies […]

  • Working with Weather Extremes

    Munson Memorial Library 1046 S East St, Amherst, Massachusetts

    Join staff from the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS), Mass Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), Mass Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), and the Hampden-Hampshire Conservation District (HHCD), to discuss strategies […]

    FREE

  • Environmentally Friendly Lawns and Lawn Alternatives

    Zoom - VIRTUAL EVENT

    Lawns are ecological dead zones. 40 million acres are devoted to lawn in this country; the largest irrigated crop. Mowers emit at least 16 million tons of CO2 per year. […]

  • Transform Your Yard to Support Pollinators: A 12 Step Program

    Hubbard Library (Ludlow) 24 Center Street, Ludlow, MA, United States

    Many people now realize the importance of pollinators and other essential wildlife. They want to make their yard pollinator-friendly, but don’t know where to start. This talk will step you […]

  • Managing Invasive Plants – the Why and How

    Zoom - VIRTUAL EVENT

    Invasive plants are one cause of declining pollinator populations, loss of native plants, and are hastening the extinction of many animal species.. Learn which plants are invasive and how to […]

  • Beyond Flowering Plants: Helping Pollinators Thrive Year Round

    Westfield Athenaeum 6 Elm Street, Westfield, MA, United States

    This talk includes a brief introduction to the biodiversity crisis, explaining why providing habitat for pollinators is essential for maintaining a sustainable ecosystem. Amy will show that pollinators not only […]

  • Field Walk at Bardwell Farm

    Bardwell Farm 49 Main St., Hatfield, MA

    Join us for a soil health field walk on June 12 from 4:30-6 pm at Bardwell Farm. With the utilization of limited tillage, zone tillage, no till and cover cropping, […]

    FREE

  • Soil Health Field Walk: No Till and Microbial Layers

    Astarte Farm 123 West St,, Hadley, MA

    Join us for this free on-farm event, where we’ll be reviewing soil management techniques, complemented by revealing their microscopic allies. We’ll start with a field walk to discuss practices such […]

    FREE

  • Canceled! Clover Living Mulch Field Walk

    Hampshire College Farm 793 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Register here! Unfortunately, we have decided to CANCEL tomorrow’s field walk at Hampshire College Farm due to weather concerns. We will be in touch with information about a rescheduled event when […]

    FREE

  • Pruning with a Purpose: Foundations of Fruit Tree Pruning

    Hampshire College Amherst, Massachusetts

    Register Here Dormant season pruning of fruit trees is one of the best tools farmers and gardeners have in maintaining and optimizing orchard and fruit tree health! It is also […]

  • Local Working Group

    Hadley Pulic Library 50 Middle St, Hadley, MA, United States

    Registration Required - Register Here The Hampden-Hampshire Conservation District (HHCD) is hosting a Local Working Group - because no one understands the challenges facing our land and natural resources better […]

    FREE