VIDEO – Virtual Tour of Massaro Community Farm – No Till Practices
September 28, 2020
The Virtual Tour of Massaro Community Farm is now available on CT NOFA’s YouTube Channel.
Here’s the LINK
The 1 hour video includes visits to Assawaga Farm and Sub Edge Farm, also participating as No-Till Research Farm Sites across Connecticut.
There is also a Rain Simulator presentation by Emily Cole, Climate and Agriculture Program Manager at American Farmland Trust. To view Emily’s entire presentation here’s the LINK
This event was funded by an NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant exploring best practices for tillage reduction on organic farms, managed in partnership between CT NOFA, NOFA/Mass, and NOFA-NJ.”
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