Events
Review of Top 10 Issues on Veg Farms in 2019: Pests, Disease, Soils, Climate Change, Oh My!
Brainerd Memorial Library 920 Saybrook Rd., Haddam, United StatesTraining Objective: Matt DeBacco and Kip Kolesinskas have spent years monitoring disease and pests through IPM and evaluating soil conditions (respectively) on Connecticut farms. This training will include side-by-side presentations by each of them on the Top 10 Issues they have seen on vegetable farms. We will also discuss the overlap of the problems identified, many…
Farm & Garden Conference at Common Ground
Common Ground High School 358 Springside Ave, New Haven, CT, United StatesEvery Summer, Fall and Winter The Common Ground Farm and Schoolyards Program hosts a day of learning perfect for the School Educator, Backyard Gardener, small scale Farmer, curious Food Explorer or Food Justice Activist! We are thrilled to feature a KIDS TRACK for children, ages 5-12.* WINTER 2020 Join us for a half or full…
Farm & Garden Conference at Common Ground
Common Ground High School 358 Springside Ave, New Haven, CT, United StatesEvery Summer, Fall and Winter The Common Ground Farm and Schoolyards Program hosts a day of learning perfect for the School Educator, Backyard Gardener, small scale Farmer, curious Food Explorer or Food Justice Activist! We are thrilled to feature a KIDS TRACK for children, ages 5-12.* WINTER 2020 Join us for a half or full…
Market Access and Food Safety: The potential for Farm to School to scale up your business
Market Access & Food Safety: Farm to School Trainers: Indu Upadhyaya is the Food Safety Extension Educator with UConn Extension. She completed her PhD from UConn in Animal Science with a focus on Food safety and Microbiology. Before coming back to UConn as faculty, she worked in collaboration with the USDA Agricultural Research Service Poultry Production…
Market Access and Food Safety: The potential for Farm to School to scale up your business
Market Access & Food Safety: Farm to School Trainers: Indu Upadhyaya is the Food Safety Extension Educator with UConn Extension. She completed her PhD from UConn in Animal Science with a focus on Food safety and Microbiology. Before coming back to UConn as faculty, she worked in collaboration with the USDA Agricultural Research Service Poultry Production…
Farmland Access
Hartford County Extension Center Suite 262 Building 4, 270 Farmington Ave, FarmingtonFarmland Access Training Objective: Farmland access is often cited as a major barrier to new and beginning farmers, and the multitude of components that make up farmland access can cause farmers to stop in their tracks. This session will break down several of these components in an attempt to make searching for farmland more exciting…
Farmland Access
Hartford County Extension Center Suite 262 Building 4, 270 Farmington Ave, FarmingtonFarmland Access Training Objective: Farmland access is often cited as a major barrier to new and beginning farmers, and the multitude of components that make up farmland access can cause farmers to stop in their tracks. This session will break down several of these components in an attempt to make searching for farmland more exciting…
Maple Tapping Workshop
Massaro Farm Massaro Community Farm, 41 Ford Rd Woodbridge, CT, United StatesOutdoor hands-on workshop to teach you the basics of tapping your very own maple trees and making delicious maple syrup! Walk the Massaro Nature trail and learn about each step in creating maple syrup, including tapping a maple tree and boiling down the sap. Each participant will receive a tapping kit to take home, with…