August
- August 3 - 9 - Farmers Market Week - Celebrate by visiting a farmers market near you. Learn about Farmers Markets here.
- August 4 - NOFA/Mass Soil Health Community Call - 7:00 - 8:00pm. Free, online. Soil Health Community Call details here.
- August 6 - 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 8 - Sustainable Landscaping Techniques: Improve Your Soil - 1:00 - 4:30pm. Weston Nurseries, Hopkinton. Sustainable Landscaping Techniques details here.
- August 10 - 16 - Urban Agriculture Week - Week long events celebrating and spotlight Urban Ag farms - Urban Ag Week details here.
- August 12 & 14 - Cavicchio Greenhouses Trial Garden Tours - 5:00pm, Sudbury. RSVP Kerri at: kstafford@cavicchio.com
- August 13 - MDAR's Spotted Lanternfly Quarterly Update - 10:00am - 11:15am. Webinar provides the green industry, environmental groups, and other interested parties with the latest information about spotted lanternfly occurrences, survey updates, and more. Eligible for education credits. Details and webinar registration 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 - 40th Massachusetts Tomato Contest - Boston Public Market - Contest details here.
- 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 19 - Farm Bill: Farmer Listening Session - 7:00pm. Free, online. Listening Session details here.
- August 20 - Growing Organically Together Monthly Calls: Soil Fertility Practice Standards - Organic Certified - More than just avoiding synthetic pesticides. Free, 6:30 - 7:30pm, online. Growing Organically Together Monthly Calls details 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.
- August 31 - Rich and Organic Soils on your Small Farm - iSe ofrece en español! Free. 10:00am - 2:00pm, Late Bloom Farm, Haverhill. Rich and Organic Soils on your Small Farm details here.
September
- September 5 - Agriculture Day at the Park
- 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.
November
- November 12 & 13 - 2025 Northeast Greenhouse Conference and Expo - Manchester, NH. Co-sponsored by New England Floriculture - a group of grower representatives from the Northeast, augmented by University and Cooperative Extension staff in each state who specialize in greenhouse crops and management. Conference details here.