Events
Introduction to Managing Soil Fertility: Understanding Your Lab Soil Test Reports
OnlineJoin NOFA MASS for another of our free weekly Resiliency Skills Online Gatherings on Friday, May 22nd, at 5:30pm. We will have an Introduction to Managing Soil Fertility: Understanding Your Lab Soil Test Reports.Getting a soil test done is an important step in creating a successful garden, and nutrient levels can change over the years as some minerals leach or are taken up by plants, while others build with…
“Hands-on” Tomato Trellising with Pest and Disease Mgmt Tips
OnlineJoin NOFA NY for this virtual “hands-on” workshop to learn the nitty gritty of all things tomatoes! This webinar is designed for beginners learning how to trellis and care for tomatoes in high tunnels and/or out in the fields. The session was organized by Future Harvest and will be lead by Quarter Acre Farm, Terp…
“Hands-on” Tomato Trellising with Pest and Disease Mgmt Tips
OnlineJoin NOFA NY for this virtual “hands-on” workshop to learn the nitty gritty of all things tomatoes! This webinar is designed for beginners learning how to trellis and care for tomatoes in high tunnels and/or out in the fields. The session was organized by Future Harvest and will be lead by Quarter Acre Farm, Terp…
Getting Started with Preserves: Quick Pickles and Refrigerator Jams
OnlineSummer has finally arrived and with it, a bounty of fresh produce! NOFA MASS brings us this timely webinar so that we can plan what to do with our bounty this season. To extend the life of fresh vegetables and fruit, transform them into easy quick pickles and refrigerator jams. In this webinar Afton Cyrus will demonstrate…
Getting Started with Preserves: Quick Pickles and Refrigerator Jams
OnlineSummer has finally arrived and with it, a bounty of fresh produce! NOFA MASS brings us this timely webinar so that we can plan what to do with our bounty this season. To extend the life of fresh vegetables and fruit, transform them into easy quick pickles and refrigerator jams. In this webinar Afton Cyrus will demonstrate…
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…
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…