Events
Grow Food Everywhere: No-Till Gardening & Farming with Cardboard, Tarps & Cover Crops
OnlineIf you have always wanted to start a garden but don’t want to do a lot of backbreaking sod-busting or rototilling, come learn a better way! NOFA MASS brings us this exciting webinar, with host Ricky Baruch, the originator of the ‘Cardboard Method’. Join Ricky to learn about how to use three simple tools—cardboard, tarps…
Management Intensive Grazing at Cricket Creek Dairy
Cricket Creek Dairy 1255 Oblong Road Williamstown, MA 1255 Oblong Road, Williamstown, MA, United StatesCricket Creek Farm is a small grass-based cow dairy producing a variety of products including raw-milk, grass-fed meat and seven varieties of artisanal farmstead cheeses. They use high density groups of cows rotated through temporary paddocks within their pastures, allowing for the most efficient use of available forage and maximizing the benefit to livestock and…
Management Intensive Grazing at Cricket Creek Dairy
Cricket Creek Dairy 1255 Oblong Road Williamstown, MA 1255 Oblong Road, Williamstown, MA, United StatesCricket Creek Farm is a small grass-based cow dairy producing a variety of products including raw-milk, grass-fed meat and seven varieties of artisanal farmstead cheeses. They use high density groups of cows rotated through temporary paddocks within their pastures, allowing for the most efficient use of available forage and maximizing the benefit to livestock and…
Pasture Management and Silvopasture at Square Roots Farm
OnlineJoin NOFA/Mass and Michael Gallagher of Square Roots Farm to explore his intensively managed livestock systems. By rotating dense herds through temporary paddocks within a pasture, livestock will eat a variety of forage, are more robust, and can sequester considerable amounts of carbon in the soil. Square Roots Farm comprises about 185 acres of hilly fields…
Pasture Management and Silvopasture at Square Roots Farm
OnlineJoin NOFA/Mass and Michael Gallagher of Square Roots Farm to explore his intensively managed livestock systems. By rotating dense herds through temporary paddocks within a pasture, livestock will eat a variety of forage, are more robust, and can sequester considerable amounts of carbon in the soil. Square Roots Farm comprises about 185 acres of hilly fields…
Pests and Diseases of the Vegetable Garden
OnlineDue to current requirements regarding social distancing, NOFA Vermont will be holding workshops seminars as video conferences. For this course on Pests and Diseases NOFA VT will send an email with instructions ahead of time and will provide you with technical support to make your experience as smooth as possible. Our goal is to keep…
Pests and Diseases of the Vegetable Garden
OnlineDue to current requirements regarding social distancing, NOFA Vermont will be holding workshops seminars as video conferences. For this course on Pests and Diseases NOFA VT will send an email with instructions ahead of time and will provide you with technical support to make your experience as smooth as possible. Our goal is to keep…
Rotational Grazing at Sky View Farm: Meat CSA and Small-Scale Dairy
OnlineAre you looking to improve your pasture management and learn more about rotational grazing? Join NOFA/Mass and Sky View Farm for this online event and discussion of how rotational grazing provides their livestock with healthy forage while minimizing inputs and improving soil health. Rotational grazing is a system that mimics the ecology of natural grasslands. By rotating densely…
Rotational Grazing at Sky View Farm: Meat CSA and Small-Scale Dairy
OnlineAre you looking to improve your pasture management and learn more about rotational grazing? Join NOFA/Mass and Sky View Farm for this online event and discussion of how rotational grazing provides their livestock with healthy forage while minimizing inputs and improving soil health. Rotational grazing is a system that mimics the ecology of natural grasslands. By rotating densely…
Virtual Tour of the CT NOFA EcoType Project
OnlineJoin The Ecotype Project of CT NOFA for a virtual tour of the EcoType Project at The Hickories and Highstead with our lead seed collector, Geordie Elkins and founder plot coordinator at The Hickories, Jean Linville. Learn why we collect wild seed and how we grow ecotype plants to make them available to you! Come see…