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SUMMARY:Safely Selling Local Food at Farm Stands and CSAs during COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY\, MAY 6\, 2020 – 12:00PM TO 1:00PM\n\nThis webinar comes from NOFA Vermont\, who have come up with a timely presentation for farms that are trying to figure out how to get their food ‘out there’. Many Vermont farms are heeding the call to feed their communities. They have adapted time and again to the evolving COVID-19 situation to ensure the safety of their food\, customers\, employees\, and farms. They are even selling products from other farms\, along with their own meat\, dairy\, produce\, maple\, etc. Join us for a discussion about COVID-19 best practices for farmstands and CSA models. Presenters from Vermont farms will give an update on the latest guidelines; whatever they are on May 6. \nPresenters include:\nSara Armstrong Donegan and James Donegan from Trillium Hill Farm in Hinesburg: https://www.trilliumhillfarmvt.com/\nAshlyn Bristle from Rebop Farm in Brattleboro: https://www.rebopfarm.com/\nAlissa Matthews from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture: https://agriculture.vermont.gov/\nBill Cavanaugh from NOFA-VT Farmer Services: https://nofavt.org/
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/safely-selling-local-food-at-farm-stands-and-csas-during-covid-19/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Partner events,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200506T120000
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SUMMARY:Safely Selling Local Food at Farm Stands and CSAs during COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY\, MAY 6\, 2020 – 12:00PM TO 1:00PM\n\nThis webinar comes from NOFA Vermont\, who have come up with a timely presentation for farms that are trying to figure out how to get their food ‘out there’. Many Vermont farms are heeding the call to feed their communities. They have adapted time and again to the evolving COVID-19 situation to ensure the safety of their food\, customers\, employees\, and farms. They are even selling products from other farms\, along with their own meat\, dairy\, produce\, maple\, etc. Join us for a discussion about COVID-19 best practices for farmstands and CSA models. Presenters from Vermont farms will give an update on the latest guidelines; whatever they are on May 6. \nPresenters include:\nSara Armstrong Donegan and James Donegan from Trillium Hill Farm in Hinesburg: https://www.trilliumhillfarmvt.com/\nAshlyn Bristle from Rebop Farm in Brattleboro: https://www.rebopfarm.com/\nAlissa Matthews from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture: https://agriculture.vermont.gov/\nBill Cavanaugh from NOFA-VT Farmer Services: https://nofavt.org/
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/safely-selling-local-food-at-farm-stands-and-csas-during-covid-19-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Partner events,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T143000
DTSTAMP:20200507T130428Z
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SUMMARY:Composting At Home - Webinar
DESCRIPTION:An Introduction to the Basics. \nAre you sheltering-in-place at home? Looking for a way to recycle your food scraps? Interested in producing your own “black gold” for your yard or garden? Need an activity to do with your children? Want to avoid greenhouse gases from landfills and incinerators and store carbon in local soils?  \nLearn how to home compost!  \nThere’s never been a better time. By composting at home\, you can protect the planet and improve your soil while practicing safe physical distancing. Join this webinar to learn how to successfully compost at home. This webinar will cover the basics of hot composting outside and worm composting or vermicomposting inside. \n  \nPresenters\n\n\n\n\n\nRhonda Sherman\nNorth Carolina State University\nExtension Specialist\, Department of Horticultural Science\nRaleigh\, N.C.\nRhonda Sherman is a leading authority on vermicomposting. Rhonda is the founder and director of a 2‐acre Compost Learning Lab (CL2) at NC State’s 1\,500-acre Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory. The CL2 has a 40‐ft by 30‐ft Worm Barn\, an equipment shed\, and a covered teaching shelter. There are 26 types of composting and vermicomposting bins and areas for hands‐on training activities. She has taught composting and vermicomposting in Guyana\, the Dominican Republic\, Argentina\, Chile\, and throughout the United States. She has authored over 65 publications on vermicomposting\, composting\, recycling and waste reduction. More information available at the North Carolina State Extension website on vermicomposting.\n\n\n\n\nBrenda Platt\nDirector\, Composting for Community Initiative\nInstitute for Local Self-Reliance\nWashington\, DC.\nBrenda and her team at ILSR are supporting community-scale composters via forums\, webinars\, podcasts\, guides\, policies\, trainings\, and more. She has been a home composter for more than 30 years and is a lead trainer for ILSR’s Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders Composter Train-the-Trainer Program. In 2017\, the US Composting Council awarded her its H. Clark Gregory Award for outstanding service to the composting industry through grassroots efforts. In 2019\, BioCycle magazine featured Brenda as one of its organics recycling trailblazers.
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/composting-at-home-webinar-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar,Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T143000
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SUMMARY:Composting At Home - Webinar
DESCRIPTION:An Introduction to the Basics. \nAre you sheltering-in-place at home? Looking for a way to recycle your food scraps? Interested in producing your own “black gold” for your yard or garden? Need an activity to do with your children? Want to avoid greenhouse gases from landfills and incinerators and store carbon in local soils?  \nLearn how to home compost!  \nThere’s never been a better time. By composting at home\, you can protect the planet and improve your soil while practicing safe physical distancing. Join this webinar to learn how to successfully compost at home. This webinar will cover the basics of hot composting outside and worm composting or vermicomposting inside. \n  \nPresenters\n\n\n\n\n\nRhonda Sherman\nNorth Carolina State University\nExtension Specialist\, Department of Horticultural Science\nRaleigh\, N.C.\nRhonda Sherman is a leading authority on vermicomposting. Rhonda is the founder and director of a 2‐acre Compost Learning Lab (CL2) at NC State’s 1\,500-acre Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory. The CL2 has a 40‐ft by 30‐ft Worm Barn\, an equipment shed\, and a covered teaching shelter. There are 26 types of composting and vermicomposting bins and areas for hands‐on training activities. She has taught composting and vermicomposting in Guyana\, the Dominican Republic\, Argentina\, Chile\, and throughout the United States. She has authored over 65 publications on vermicomposting\, composting\, recycling and waste reduction. More information available at the North Carolina State Extension website on vermicomposting.\n\n\n\n\nBrenda Platt\nDirector\, Composting for Community Initiative\nInstitute for Local Self-Reliance\nWashington\, DC.\nBrenda and her team at ILSR are supporting community-scale composters via forums\, webinars\, podcasts\, guides\, policies\, trainings\, and more. She has been a home composter for more than 30 years and is a lead trainer for ILSR’s Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders Composter Train-the-Trainer Program. In 2017\, the US Composting Council awarded her its H. Clark Gregory Award for outstanding service to the composting industry through grassroots efforts. In 2019\, BioCycle magazine featured Brenda as one of its organics recycling trailblazers.
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/composting-at-home-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T173000
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SUMMARY:Tomatoes 101
DESCRIPTION:Join this video conference to learn the basics of growing organic tomatoes. \nIn this informal workshop\, Red Wagon owner Julie Rubaud will discuss various tomato varieties and give you some professional tips for planting\, feeding\, trellising\, pruning\, and harvesting. This will be a great way to get your tomato questions answered and to get started on these delicious summer crops.
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/tomatoes-101-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T173000
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SUMMARY:Tomatoes 101
DESCRIPTION:Join this video conference to learn the basics of growing organic tomatoes. \nIn this informal workshop\, Red Wagon owner Julie Rubaud will discuss various tomato varieties and give you some professional tips for planting\, feeding\, trellising\, pruning\, and harvesting. This will be a great way to get your tomato questions answered and to get started on these delicious summer crops.
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/tomatoes-101/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T193000
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SUMMARY:SOIL TESTING FOR FARMERS WEBINAR MAY 20
DESCRIPTION:NOFA’s own Caro Rozell of NOFA Mass will lead a workshop on May 20th. The intention is to share our NOFA approach developed by our own team.  The webinar is designed to teach farmers the methodologies so they can test their soil on their own.   It’s free to farmers but does require registration.\nRegister here
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/soil-testing-for-farmers-webinar-may-20/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T193000
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SUMMARY:SOIL TESTING FOR FARMERS WEBINAR MAY 20
DESCRIPTION:NOFA’s own Caro Rozell of NOFA Mass will lead a workshop on May 20th. The intention is to share our NOFA approach developed by our own team.  The webinar is designed to teach farmers the methodologies so they can test their soil on their own.   It’s free to farmers but does require registration.\nRegister here
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/soil-testing-for-farmers-webinar-may-20-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T193000
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SUMMARY:Virtual No-Till Field Day at Assawaga Farm
DESCRIPTION:Click here to join the webinar\nJoin Yoko and Alex for a ‘virtual tour’ of their 3/4 acre intensive no-till Farm in Putnam CT. Assawaga Farm is a shining example of how to work with Nature to create a natural food growing environment where plants and people thrive.  Topics to be covered during the ‘tour’ include the following:\n\n\n\n5 pm:  – Virtual Tour of Assawaga Farm with an in-depth look at no-till methods\, including no-till cover crops\, soil coverage\, inoculants\, intercropping\, bed prep.\, small tools\n\n\n6 pm: – Supper on the Farm – your no-till small farm questions answered.\n\n\n6:30 – Carbon Proxy Testing – how it’s done and what it teaches us (hosted by Caro Roszell\, NOFA MASS)\n\n\n  \nJoin us at any time during the workshop! \n  \nThis workshop is made possible in part by funding from the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/virtual-no-till-field-day-at-assawaga-farm/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T193000
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SUMMARY:Virtual No-Till Field Day at Assawaga Farm
DESCRIPTION:Click here to join the webinar\nJoin Yoko and Alex for a ‘virtual tour’ of their 3/4 acre intensive no-till Farm in Putnam CT. Assawaga Farm is a shining example of how to work with Nature to create a natural food growing environment where plants and people thrive.  Topics to be covered during the ‘tour’ include the following:\n\n\n\n5 pm:  – Virtual Tour of Assawaga Farm with an in-depth look at no-till methods\, including no-till cover crops\, soil coverage\, inoculants\, intercropping\, bed prep.\, small tools\n\n\n6 pm: – Supper on the Farm – your no-till small farm questions answered.\n\n\n6:30 – Carbon Proxy Testing – how it’s done and what it teaches us (hosted by Caro Roszell\, NOFA MASS)\n\n\n  \nJoin us at any time during the workshop! \n  \nThis workshop is made possible in part by funding from the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants
URL:https://ctnofa.org/event/virtual-no-till-field-day-at-assawaga-farm-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar,Workshops
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