August 5, 2017 3:00pm to 5:00pm Held at Groundswell Incubator Farm EcoVillage Ithaca, 100 Rachel Carson Way (follow signs to incubator farm) Ithaca, NY 14850 Learn from Cornell Research Technician Sandra Wayman and Fay Benson of Cornell Cooperative Extension Small Farms Program with their Soil Health Mobile Trailer. This event will be translated into the […]
April 1, 2017 9:00am to 5:00pm Come learn the nutritional side of holistic orcharding through the lens of healthy plant metabolism with Michael Phillips. Join us for this introduction to a whole-system based approach for producing nutritionally-dense fruits and berries by this nationally recognized guru of holistic orchard management. Please place your reservations by March 25 to […]
April 1, 2017 9:00am to 5:00pm Come learn the nutritional side of holistic orcharding through the lens of healthy plant metabolism with Michael Phillips. Join us for this introduction to a whole-system based approach for producing nutritionally-dense fruits and berries by this nationally recognized guru of holistic orchard management. Please place your reservations by March 25 to […]
More Info Instructor: Deborah Shapos, BS MBA CHA Cost: $710-$795 ***** PLEASE NOTE: Attendees must attend ALL THREE DAYS of this workshop in order to recieve “Preventive Controls Qualified Individual” (PCQI) certification.***** INTRODUCTION: The new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation, is now in effect. The regulation requires that certain activities must be […]
More Info Instructor: Deborah Shapos, BS MBA CHA Cost: $710-$795 ***** PLEASE NOTE: Attendees must attend ALL THREE DAYS of this workshop in order to recieve “Preventive Controls Qualified Individual” (PCQI) certification.***** INTRODUCTION: The new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation, is now in effect. The regulation requires that certain activities must be […]
March 4, 2017 12:00pm to 3:00pm North Star Orchard, 3232 Limestone Rd., Cochranville, PA 19330 KIMBERTON, PA — Caring for fruit trees means that you also have to prune them, but pruning can sometimes be intimidating, even for experienced growers. If you have a backyard orchard (or just a tree or two) and want to […]
March 4, 2017 12:00pm to 3:00pm North Star Orchard, 3232 Limestone Rd., Cochranville, PA 19330 KIMBERTON, PA — Caring for fruit trees means that you also have to prune them, but pruning can sometimes be intimidating, even for experienced growers. If you have a backyard orchard (or just a tree or two) and want to […]
April 9, 2017 12:00am to April 29, 2017 12:00am As part of a commitment to racial equity and food justice, the Food Solutions New England (FSNE) network is dedicated to normalizing conversations about race and racism. We believe it benefits us all to have greater collective capacity in our region to identify and address the […]
April 9, 2017 12:00am to April 29, 2017 12:00am As part of a commitment to racial equity and food justice, the Food Solutions New England (FSNE) network is dedicated to normalizing conversations about race and racism. We believe it benefits us all to have greater collective capacity in our region to identify and address the […]
August 15, 2017 12:00am to August 17, 2017 12:00am Poughkeepsie Farm Project 51 Vassar Farm Lane, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Educational gardens serve as a natural context for connecting with others and promoting dignity and the joy of meaningful collaborative work. Through the critical lenses of social justice, equity, and inclusion, we will focus on the ways […]
August 15, 2017 12:00am to August 17, 2017 12:00am Poughkeepsie Farm Project 51 Vassar Farm Lane, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Educational gardens serve as a natural context for connecting with others and promoting dignity and the joy of meaningful collaborative work. Through the critical lenses of social justice, equity, and inclusion, we will focus on the ways […]
Resistance and Healing Amidst Crisis and Injustice These past 13 months have challenged us in ways many couldn’t have imagined: the Covid-19 pandemic; long-standing, anti-Black police brutality; attempts to undermine our election; the insurgency in the Capitol; widespread violence towards Asian-Americans; and numerous natural disasters. These crises have laid bare and deepened the injustices BIPOC […]
Jamie Christian is the Executive Director and founder of Lettuce Turnip the Beet Sustainability Collective©(2020) and co-founder and Executive Director of its predecessor Lettuce Turnip the Beet CSGA©(2015). LTBCSGA began as a school garden initiative and has bloomed into an organization that provides sustainability and regenerative agriculture education to schools and communities in South Western […]
NESAWG’s annual It Takes a Region Conference brings together farm and food systems practitioners across the 12-state Northeast region to learn, debate, collaborate, and innovate solutions to critical food systems issues. Each year, we look at the trajectory of the food and farm movement and the role our network can play in shaping its future. We offer […]
