July
- July 22 - Notice of Public Hearing - Massachusetts Prohibited Plant List - 1:00 - 2:00pm. Hearing details here.
- July 22 - UMass Twilight Meeting - Sprayer Calibration - 2:00 - 5:00pm, Blackbirch Vineyard, Hatfield. Learn about sprayer calibration. Twilight details here.
- July 24 - MNLA's Down to Earth Summer Conference & Trade Show - Topsfield. Great opportunity to recognize, empower and thank your teams by giving them access for networking, professional development and fun. Conference details and updates here.
- July 31 - SEMAP Twilight Meeting - Pest Management on Corn & Irrigation Control - 4-6 pm, Four Town Farm, Seekonk. Twilight details here.
- July 31 - Clover Living Mulch Field Walk - 5:00pm - 7:00pm. Hampshire College Farm, Amherst - Living mulch trials, discuss equipment, timing and strategies, and do an In Field Soil Health Assessment to discuss how these practices are impacting soil quality. For growers at all scales, growers interested in strip-tillage and crimping generally, and growers interested in Clover Living Mulch. Clover walk details here.
August
- August 2 - UMass Research Farm Field Day - 9:00am - 2:00pm, UMass Crop and Animal Research and Education Farm, S. Deerfield. Free, no registration required. Field Day details here.
- August 3 - 9 - Farmers Market Week - Celebrate by visiting a farmers market near you. Learn more here.
- August 10 - 16 - Urban Agriculture Week - Week long events celebrating and spotlight Urban Ag farms - Learn more here.
- August 13 - Twilight Meeting at Reed Farm – Compost Production and Use - 4:00 - 6:00pm, Sunderland. For farmers who use compost, make compost or want to make compost. Reed Farm pasture-raised poultry farm that produces compost using materials generated on the farm. Topics cover considerations for successful composting, using compost as a soil amendment, weed management and MDAR's Ag Composting Program and Composting Improvement Grant. Compost twilight meeting details here.
- August 15 – Honey Bee Education Days at the State Apiaries - Summer Management & Fall Prep - 1:00pm - 3:00pm. Free and open to the public, rain or shine. Join the MDAR Apiary team at the UMass and Bristol State Apiaries for tour of live honey bee colonies, hands-on demonstrations related to colony management, and exposure to the latest information on how to best sustain bee health in the Commonwealth. Apiary workshop details.
- August 19 - Twilight Meeting at Ogonowski Farm - Sprayer Calibration - 2:00 - 5:00pm, Ogonowski Farm, Dracut. Free, but register in advance. Register for Twilight meeting here.
- August 28 - SEMAP Twilight Meeting: Reducing Off Farm Inputs, Increasing On Farm Fertility - 6:00 - 8:00pm, Benson's Pond Cranberries, Middleboro. Focus on techniques to maximize fertility using farm produced inputs, rather than purchased fertilizers. Learn how Benson’s Pond’s has been able to transition to Organic growing practices and how that has affected their NPK numbers. Info. not cranberry specific and can be implemented on any crop. Twilight details here.
September
- September 11 - SEMAP Twilight Meeting - Livestock Fencing for Rotational Grazing - 5-7 pm, Freedom Food Farm, Raynham. Presented with Young Farmer Network. Twilight details here.
- September 11 - Family-friendly Activities on your Farm - 5:00pm - 7:00pm, Fletcher Farm, Southampton. Join CISA for a farm tour and workshop about how to make your farm a destination for families and school groups. Whether your farm has been hosting school groups and families for years or you are thinking about getting started at any scale, bring your questions and stories. Register for workshop here.