• Designing with Native Plants

    Zoom - VIRTUAL EVENT

    Do you want to use native plants in your yard, but don’t know how to find, choose, and place them in your landscape? This talk will cover how to use them in your garden to best effect for both humans and biodiversity, with examples from historic styles and current garden trends. We’ll also discuss how […]

  • Windbreak Workshop for Farmers

    Astarte Farm 123 West St,, Hadley, MA

    Workshop will cover the basics of wind breaks, how they will help conserve your soil and how to start your own windbreak. RSVP by December 23, 2019 to hampdenhampshireconservation@gmail.com or (413) 923-3238

  • Tour of Yellow Stonehouse Farm’s Innovations for Resilience & Sustainability

    Yellow Stonehouse Farm 354 Root Rd, Westfield, MA, United States

    Join Connie Adams and John Keilch of Yellow Stonehouse Farm in Westfield, MA for a tour of the first organic vegetable farm and CSA in Hampden County. We will share the innovations we have implemented to improve climate resiliency and sustainability, demonstrate the new, lightweight equipment we use in our High Tunnels, and how we […]

  • Tours of Maple Corner Farm’s Energy Efficient Evaporator

    Maple Corner Farm 794 Beech Hill Road, Granville, MA, United States

    Leon & Joyce Ripley & Sons of Maple Corner Farm (Granville, MA) will open their sugarhouse to show how, through their new reverse osmosis process and energy efficient evaporator with preheater, they produce maple syrup in less time saving firewood and energy overall. This event is being held in collaboration with the Community Involved in […]

  • Tours of Maple Corner Farm’s Energy Efficient Evaporator

    Maple Corner Farm 794 Beech Hill Road, Granville, MA, United States

    Leon & Joyce Ripley & Sons of Maple Corner Farm (Granville, MA) will open their sugarhouse to show how, through their new reverse osmosis process and energy efficient evaporator with preheater, they produce maple syrup in less time saving firewood and energy overall. This event is being held in collaboration with the Community Involved in […]