August 2, 2016 4:30pm to 7:30pm This free Field Day with Andy Fellenz from Fellenz Family Farm (Ontario County) will start with identification of common high tunnel pests and diseases and review effective organic control strategies, including spraying. Fellenz has developed and will demonstrate a boom-style high tunnel sprayer, and discuss the proper use of […]
November 17, 2015 10:00am to 3:00pm Labelle Winery, Amherst, NH The New Hampshire Food Alliance will host a statewide gathering this fall to share our Farm, Fish, and Food Enterprise Viability Initiative. Together we will strengthen the entrepreneurial backbone of our food system while improving the health of our communities and sustaining our vibrant working […]
November 17, 2015 10:00am to 3:00pm Labelle Winery, Amherst, NH The New Hampshire Food Alliance will host a statewide gathering this fall to share our Farm, Fish, and Food Enterprise Viability Initiative. Together we will strengthen the entrepreneurial backbone of our food system while improving the health of our communities and sustaining our vibrant working […]
Future Harvest, Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (FHCASA) provides education, networking, and advocacy to build a sustainable Chesapeake foodshed from farm and fishery to table. We seek a full-‐time, energetic, self-‐motivated, highly organized, and visionary manager to operate field programming for FHCASA’s Foodshed Field School.The Foodshed Field School offers peer-to-peer and expert-led education programming on […]
Future Harvest, Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (FHCASA) provides education, networking, and advocacy to build a sustainable Chesapeake foodshed from farm and fishery to table. We seek a full-‐time, energetic, self-‐motivated, highly organized, and visionary manager to operate field programming for FHCASA’s Foodshed Field School.The Foodshed Field School offers peer-to-peer and expert-led education programming on […]
December 10, 2015 8:00am to December 11, 2015 12:00pm This event marks the final year of the Enhancing Food Security in the Northeast (EFSNE) Project, a five-year project funded by the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). EFSNE has brought together researchers, educators, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from our twelve-state Northeast region. We have engaged […]
December 10, 2015 8:00am to December 11, 2015 12:00pm This event marks the final year of the Enhancing Food Security in the Northeast (EFSNE) Project, a five-year project funded by the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). EFSNE has brought together researchers, educators, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from our twelve-state Northeast region. We have engaged […]
August 6, 2015 9:00am to August 7, 2015 5:00pm This two-day in-depth learning experience will dive into practical and effective practices to build and maintain soil health on your farm. Lead speaker Gary Zimmer of Midwestern BioAg brings extensive knowledge on biological farming, and will share practical methods to work with nature – feeding soil […]
August 6, 2015 9:00am to August 7, 2015 5:00pm This two-day in-depth learning experience will dive into practical and effective practices to build and maintain soil health on your farm. Lead speaker Gary Zimmer of Midwestern BioAg brings extensive knowledge on biological farming, and will share practical methods to work with nature – feeding soil […]
November 4, 2015 8:00am to 4:00pm American Farmland Trust is excited to announce that the next Harvesting Opportunities in New York Conference will be held November 4th in Albany! This conference is for people who care about New York agriculture and want to work together to grow local food economies, protect farmland from development, promote […]
November 4, 2015 8:00am to 4:00pm American Farmland Trust is excited to announce that the next Harvesting Opportunities in New York Conference will be held November 4th in Albany! This conference is for people who care about New York agriculture and want to work together to grow local food economies, protect farmland from development, promote […]
For Immediate Release: June 5, 2015 Contact: Tracy Lerman, Communications Manager 650-867-0389 | [email protected] Civil Rights Activist Shirley Sherrod to Deliver Keynote Address at annual NESAWG Conference Irvington, NY – Shirley Sherrod, former Georgia director of Rural Development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will deliver the keynote address at the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture […]
(reposted with minor adaptations from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition’s blog) With a new president and the 115th Congress recently sworn in, farmers and sustainable agriculture advocates around the country have been asking: What does this new Administration and Congress mean for agriculture and food policy? How can we most effectively advocate and continue to […]
(reposted with minor adaptations from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition’s blog) With a new president and the 115th Congress recently sworn in, farmers and sustainable agriculture advocates around the country have been asking: What does this new Administration and Congress mean for agriculture and food policy? How can we most effectively advocate and continue to […]
