The Marbleseed (formerly MOSES) Organic Farming Conference is widely known as the largest organic farming conference in the United States. Every year regenerative and organic farmers from a wide range of farm sizes, experiences, and backgrounds gather to learn the latest in organic farming methods, build community, and shape the future of the organic farming movement.
Whether you’re certified organic, using organic practices on your regenerative farm, or considering the switch to organic, you’ll find the people, partners, and skill-building opportunities to help your farm business thrive. This year&#8217;s theme is Roots and Rhizomes: Growing Together. Early Bird Registration will open December 5.

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Marbleseed’s 35th Organic Farming Conference

Are you thinking about transitioning to organic farming or are you a newly certified organic farmer? Please mark your calendar for this one-day conference hosted by UNL Extension. Come, learn, and mingle with other growers, vendors, and educators. This event is free and includes a free lunch. All are welcome to attend. Registration link coming soon.

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Transition to organic farming workshop

Northeast/Mid-Atlantic

Hudson Valley Farm Fest

Adirondack Harvest Festival

North End Cooperative Market – Fall Harvest

Beginning Farmer Mixer & Launch Party

Sustainable Farming through Preventative Techniques

Conservation on the Farm and How to Fund It

Seed Breeding and Plant Selection

Join Grain Place Foundation Board Member Kathleen Delate, Professor of Organic Farming at Iowa State University as she discusses 25 years of research on organic systems.

Live Webinar – “Transitioning to Organic: Tips from 25 Years of Research”

The Seed Farm – Field Walk

Join us for a FREE in-person seminar on the transition to organic process, what to expect from your annual inspection, and programs available to help fund your organic journey!

Organic Transition Seminar

Join us for a morning of conversation, coffee and muffins.

Grower Gathering

Join us outside Raymond, Nebraska (20 minutes from Lincoln) to visit Common Good Farm. You can self-tour the farm &amp;/or join together on the patio to chat, you are welcome to bring friends and enjoy the ambiance of Common Good Farm and its farmers&#8230;we look forward to coffee and tea on their farmhouse patio to visit about this diversified certified organic farm.

Riley Reinke grows diverse organic produce, raises laying hens, and tends to beehives on his family farm in Gage County Nebraska. Cottage Hill Farm is the manifestation of Reinke’s passion for small, regenerative farming, a passion he found while in engineering and Ag school. Join us on Riley&#8217;s farm outside Filley to walk his farm, hear his stories, learn from his experience and enjoy a special guest chef to finish up our tour. She&#8217;ll explain the Local Food System and is bringing along a healthy lunch for you!

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We are hosting a Grower Gathering at the Hub Farmers Market on September 20 from 5-7 pm. Join us, shop the market, enjoy a beverage and food and a great discussion.  You do not need to be a grower to attend, we&#8217;d love to have your voice in our conversation.

See the Long Term Agroecological Research Plots(LTAR), the second oldest organic conventional comparison in the nation. Lean about Hybrid Rye and hear about TOPP a new program to increase organic acres in the nation!

ISU Organic Ag Program Neely-Kinyon Research Farm Field Day

Participants will learn about the MOC research projects focused on organic agriculture and tailored for farmers in the Midwest. This event is ideal for researchers, students, educators and all farmers, interested in learning more about organic farming.

Rodale Midwest Organic Center Field Day

Learn about the latest commercial organic corn varieties from Albert Lea/Blue River and Prairie Hybrids, plus the organic hybrids under development by breeders at ISU and USDA, in addition to a discussion on best practices for organic corn production.

ISU USDA Organic Corn Variety Trial Field Day

Live demonstrations about soil health, farm tour, talks about cover crops, no-till vegetables.

Specialty Crop Producer Series: Soil Health Field Day

Lightning Round presentations from agencies and technical assistance providers highlighting underutilized services and programs available to the public. Tradeshow afterward.

Specialty Crop Producer Series: Underutilized Public Resources

Learn about organic orcharding and agritourism with Maury Wills of Wills Family Orchard. Learn about the goals and lessons of managing this multifaceted operation and how the farm has grown and changed over time.

Agritourism and Organic Orcharding Field Day at Wills Family Orchard

ISU Organic Ag Program and Practical Farmers of Iowa present an organic no-till field day with, Noah and Caleb of A&amp;W farms. They will discuss how they relay-crop rye and soybeans in their organic no-till system.

No-Till Organic Relay Cropping Field Day

Differences abound between input use choices in organic and conventional farming, but all agree that we need to improve soil health. Join us for a webinar with Chuck Porter [NRCS, Unadilla, NE], David Meyer [Plant Breeder, Corteva, retired] and Chuck Francis [UNL Professor emeritus] on September 27th, 11:30 to 12:30 at this link, or view later on Grain Place Foundation website: https://grainplacefoundation.org.

Organic and Conventional Agriculture: Find Common Ground Promoting Soil Health

Join OCIA Nebraska&#8217;s annual chapter meeting for a series of 20-minute presentations with opportunities for Q&amp;A on organic statistics, marketing, fertilizers, NRCS and UNL resources, and an organic farmer panel discussion.

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Learn about organic no-till vegetable production at the Grow: Johnson County farm.

Grow Johnson County Organic No-Till Vegetable Field Day

OAK’s 13th Annual Organic Farming Conference will convene 450+ attendees to participate in half-day pre-conference workshops, educational sessions, panels, hands-on demonstrations and farm tours covering topics from organic transition to agroforestry and organic no-till to high tunnel management. Join farmers and local food system professionals, connect with inspiring speakers, hear updates on current organic research, and meet peer farmers and regional input suppliers.

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Organic Association of Kentucky (OAK) Organic Farming Conference

The Iowa Organic Conference is the largest university-sponsored organic conference in the country, with over 30 exhibitors. Workshops range from new markets for organic crops to soil health Initiatives and alternative crops.

Current Poster Conference – Josiah Pollock

Iowa Organic Conference

A conference workshop focusing on Integrated Pest Management for transitioning veggie producers

IPM for Transitioning Veggie Producers

A workshop for organic and transitioning producers who want to know more about the Strengthening Organic Enforcement rule.

SOE Informational Workshop

A two day conference and networking opportunity focused on organic and transitioning grain growers.

Organic Grain Conference

In this pre-conference workshop, certification specialists and sustainable ag educators will help you work through your Organic Systems Plan in preparation for submission.

OSP Help Shop

The Annual OGRAIN Conference is an opportunity for organic grain growers to learn from other organic grain growers, hear about the latest research, and connect with other organic, transitioning-to-organic, or inquisitive-about-organic grain growers and end-users.

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OGRAIN Winter Conference 2024

The field day connects farmers, machinery manufacturers, and the allied trades for a single day event that draws farmers from all over the US and Canada – because it is THE place to see weeding tools. The morning features a trade-show where companies can connect one-on-one with farmers, and educational sessions, and the afternoon features field demonstrations in vegetable and row crops.

General admission $50 Free for Illinois Farmers Lunch is included with the cost of registration Register by September 24, 2023 – Jesse Schaffer

Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day

Join your peers and colleagues in 2023 for a FREE workshop to support organic and regenerative growers. Register for this innovative leadership program that will help farmers and ranchers be better managers, leaders, marketers, and changemakers. Limited to 15 per program.

2023 Think Regeneration Leadership Program

Join your peers and colleagues in 2023 for a FREE workshop to support organic and regenerative growers. Register for this innovative leadership program that will help farmers and ranchers be better managers, leaders, marketers, and changemakers. Limited to 15 per program.

Join your peers and colleagues in 2023 for a FREE workshop to support organic and regenerative growers. Register for this innovative leadership program that will help farmers and ranchers be better managers, leaders, marketers, and changemakers. This program is in partnership with the Fuller Field School, leading a one-day workshop focused on farmer resilience and mental health.

2023 Healing the Farmer Workshop & Leadership Program

The second webinar in this four-part educational series in partnership with USDA&#8217;s TOPP Plains Program will focus on the financial resources, funding opportunities, and grants/government programs that provide financial assistance to farmers transitioning to organic.
Led by world-renowned experts in organic agriculture: Brandon Welsh, Jayce Hafner and Tripp Wall. Moderated by Steven Hoffman and Mark Retzloff

‘Focus on the Farmer’ Webinar #2: WHERE’S THE MONEY?

Casual equipment and crop discussion focused on organic transition challenges, reduced-till organic grain, and soil health. Small group to encourage sharing of experiences/ideas.
Contact: Ben.Lehman@rodaleinstitute.org

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Organic row crop field walk with Knuth Farms and Rodale Institute Consulting Services

This is a free event. The field day will include field walks, sessions on organic agronomy, soil health and soil testing, strategic decision making focusing on business plans, record keeping, marketing, conservation planning and funding opportunities for organic, as well as an opportunity to have lunch with mentors.
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Intro to Organic Ag Field Day

This event is a space for BIPOC farmers to explore connections with customers, markets and soil health. Together, we’ll look at the strengths, needs and opportunities within our farms, including discussions on the option of organic certification. We’ll develop an understanding around the intersections of our financial investments, love for farming and desire to serve our communities. Bring questions or interests about certification and whether it’s right for your farm.
This is a free event for Black, Indigenous and Person of Color (BIPOC) farmers only. Dinner, interpreting and childcare will be provided. Come early for a farm tour or join when you can for networking!
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Growing Organic Together: a networking event for BIPOC farmers

The field day connects farmers, machinery manufacturers, and the allied trades for a single-day event that draws farmers from all over the US and Canada – because it is the place to see weeding tools. The morning features a trade show where companies can connect one-on-one with farmers, and educational sessions, and the afternoon features field demonstrations in vegetable and row crops.

Continuing our homestead slaughtering series from last year, we will be start-to-finish harvesting a hog with Holt Akers-Campbell and Katie Willis at Camp McDowell with lunch provided. In this workshop, you’ll learn butchering and processing techniques in addition to organic and sustainable livestock practices you can implement with the animals on your farm. This is a **limited-space** workshop. Ten farmers can be hands-on for the butchering portions of the workshop and then a small number of additional farmers on the waitlist will be invited to observe. Please only sign up if you can make it!

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On-Farm Hog Slaughtering and Butchering

Dr. Srinivasa Rao Mentreddy of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Alabama A&amp;M University will speak on turmeric varieties for commercial production in AL and exotic plant cultivation with sustainable and organic growing techniques. Additionally, the Organic Guru, Guru Maya, will share his findings from growing Southeast Asian plant varieties in Northern AL. For breakfast, we&#8217;ll share food customary to South India as well as pancakes! Yum! Hosted by Alchemy Farms and Plants in Hampton Cove, AL.

Southeast Asian Crops in AL Teach-In and Northern Farmer Breakfast

Come to Sarah Bell&#8217;s farm, The Nesbitt Farm, and learn about SRI Rice production while visiting with farmers and friends from your area. We&#8217;ll talk about methods, sourcing, water management, and the successes and challenges Sarah has experienced in growing rice so far. We&#8217;ll learn about the sustainable SRI method of rice cultivation and talk about how this and soil health are relevant to farmers who are considering organic growing practices. After, we&#8217;ll kick back with a potluck and good company!

Alabama Rice Production and Southern Social

In collaboration with Tuskegee University, come out to Marie McGruder’s historic farm, McGruder Farms in Sawyerville, AL, to learn about how hemp production can work for you. McGruder Farms is a family-owned full-scale all-natural regenerative farm. The  land has been in the McGruder family since 1877 and it had been passed down by the ancestors and the indigenous people who are the original land stewards. In this workshop, you’ll learn the ins and outs of Hemp and how to make all that biomass work for your farm. We’ll discuss Organic practices and the Organic Certification process. We’ll wrap our day up with a special Organic Food Tasting in collaboration with the amazing Chef Yawah. Tuskegee University is an Equal Opportunity employer and provider.

Hemp, Compost, and Organic Food Tasting Workshop

Georgia Organics is hosting an Organic Growers Farmer Field Day (OGFFD) at Grateful Pastures Farm in Mansfield, GA. Organic Growers Farmer Field Days are educational workshops specifically geared towards transitioning and Certified Organic farmers. The field day will include a farm tour and an educational session, where Patrick Dost, an Organic Inspection Manager from Quality Certification Services (QCS) will join Shaun Terry, owner of Grateful Pastures, to talk about Organic certification, Organic livestock production (covering poultry, ruminants, swine, and dairy), and building a profitable, Certified Organic business. Georgia Organics hopes that this Field Day will support transitioning and current Certified Organic growers looking to start or expand their livestock production and learn more about the Organic Certification process.

Organic Growers Farmer Field Day: Raising Profits & Organic Livestock

Are you considering USDA Organic Certification but need more clarification about the requirements and process? Becoming a Certified Organic farm is a significant commitment, but it can have tremendous advantages, from increased market competitiveness, improved recordkeeping, and additional access to funding and technical assistance. This full-day workshop brings together industry leaders from certifiers, Extension, farmers, and CFSA staff to walk participants through the process, dispel myths, and answer questions about the USDA National Organic Program. The workshop provides an overview of the regulations and the certification process, including completing an organic system plan, recordkeeping requirements, land management practices, post-harvest handling and storage protocol, and what to expect during an inspection. Presenters also share resources that will help farmers successfully navigate the certification process.

Sustainable Agriculture Conference, Full Day Workshop: ‘Demystifying Organic Certification’

Mr. Raul Rosado, owner of Desde mi Huerto, will give a presentation, and exchange ideas and impressions with other farmers interested in organic transition. Mr. Rosado is one of the two certified organic producers on the island. His insight and experience will be of great value for the objectives of our project.

First Meet and Greet of Organic and in Transition Farmers

Join the Rodale Southeast Organic Center for a transformative day at the Transition to Organic Symposium on October 18th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the heart of Georgia at Serenbe. This exciting event will delve into the world of organic farming and provide valuable information for anyone wanting to make the transition.

Transition to Organic Symposium

Join MOFGA&#8217;s annual celebration of rural living featuring over 1000 exhibitors and speakers who promote vibrant communities, sustainable living, and local economies through organic agriculture.

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2023 Common Ground Country Fair

Join us for a fun-filled, family-friendly day that includes a farm tour, farmers market, vendor marketplace, meetups, activities for the kids, food, drinks, live music, and more!

The Grassfed Exchange Conference is a gathering of regenerative ranchers, dairymen, and sustainable food supporters from across the world who come together to network and exchange ideas. We desire to help producers and consumers grow in their knowledge of the grass-fed industry.

Grassfed Exchange Conference

This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Farming with Financial Clarity, Confidence and Optimism (without digging the hole deeper)&#8221;, aimed at providing organic dairy farmers with valuable insights and strategies to increase profits and make solid business decisions by focusing on the financial side of their farms.

NODPA Field Days

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, held annually for three days in August, is Pennsylvania’s largest outdoor agricultural exposition. With over 400 exhibitors from the United States and Canada, there is something for everyone to enjoy at no cost as parking and admission are free. The show is hosted by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences and showcases educational programs, current research, and the latest innovations in agricultural equipment and technology.

Penn State Ag Progress Days

Farmers and community members are invited to join Rodale Institute’s researchers, consultants, and staff for our upcoming Organic Field Day located at our Headquarters in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
Rodale Institute, known for its cutting-edge research and educational programs in organic farming, is hosting this yearly event to bring together hundreds of passionate individuals like yourself, who share a deep interest in regenerative organic agriculture. This year’s Field Day promises to be a memorable experience.

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Rodale Annual Field Day

The Wayne County Fair Board extends a warm invitation for you to attend, exhibit, and participate in the upcoming 2023 Wayne County Fair.
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Wayne County Fair

Gates are set to open for the 98th Annual State Fair of West Virginia on Thursday, August 10, 2023, at 8 AM, with carnival rides opening at 11 AM. To celebrate the return of the state’s largest multi-day event, catch opening day specials including $8 gate admission and a $25 all-day ride pass.

West Virginia State Fair

The annual West Virginia Women in Agriculture Conference provides research-based and practical educational opportunities for agribusiness women while fostering networking and leadership development. Workshops focus on the five areas of risk management and production enterprises. Farm tours highlight successful operations and provide opportunities for participants to learn from others’ experiences. The conference rotates annually to demonstrate the diversity of agricultural enterprises throughout West Virginia.

Women in Ag Conference

Learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply for USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) direct or guaranteed loans as well as programs, service and cost-share opportunities from other USDA agencies. Beginning, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers can get help to prepare applications for farm ownership and operating loans and learn about the requirements for borrowing.

USDA Information Session

This two-hour Zoom course is for new farmers with zero to five years of experience operating a farm. Derrick Cladd, state program assistant for the VSU Small Farm Outreach Program, will walk attendees through the process of how to develop a productive and profitable farm. Participants will receive a Small Farm Orientation manual.

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Small Farm Orientation

Chris and Kelly Shepherd, owners of What The Farm, incorporate farming and grazing practices that rebuild the soil organically while restoring degraded soil biodiversity in hopes to improve soil health. What The Farm is on a 33-acre plot with approximately 10 wooded acres used for agroforestry. They specialize in Dexter cattle, Dorper and St. Croix hair sheep, Duroc pigs, Cornish Cross chickens, and white turkeys. The Shepherds believe there is a better way compared to commercial farming operations and have focused on a simple mission of: serve the SOIL, serve the ANIMALS, serve the COMMUNITY.

Agroforestry Farm Tour

Learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply for USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) direct or guaranteed loans as well as programs, service, and cost-share opportunities from other USDA agencies. Beginning, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers can get help to prepare applications for farm ownership and operating loans and learn about the requirements for borrowing

This two-hour Zoom course is for new farmers with zero to five years of experience operating a farm. Brent Noell, regional program assistant for the VSU Small Farm Outreach Program, will walk attendees through the process of how to develop a productive and profitable farm. Participants will receive a Small Farm Orientation manual.

Come join the Bramble Hollow Farm Farm Tour/TA Training program on July 18, 2023, for a farm tour. This is a good chance for new farmers to learn about farming techniques and to network with other new farmers and service providers.

Bramble Hollow Farm Farm Tour/TA Training

Due to the weather, this workshop has been canceled.

Plastic-Laying Demonstration

Calling all natural resource professionals who work with land managers! We are offering an agroforestry training program designed just for you, to help expand your knowledge of agroforestry so you can better serve your clients and community.
This program will offer a series of in-person workshops combined with online courses, all designed to be a la carte, so you attend whichever sessions you choose.

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Alley Cropping Fundamentals

Silvopsture Fundamentals

Forest Farming Fundamentals

NOFA is a non-profit organization of over 5,000 small-scale farmers, gardeners, consumers, and food system reformers. We promote healthy food, organic regenerative farming practices, and climate disruption solutions through soil management strategies.

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NOFA Summer Conference

MH CRAFT tours are open to farmers of all ages and skill levels and are free to attend. All organizers, hosts, and attendees are expected to abide by our community agreements.

CRAFT – Next Steps

This event exposes farmers in training to a variety of seed-saving farming practices and offers opportunities to develop practical skills and network with other farmers and apprentices.

CRAFT – Seed Saving

In order to supplement the education Glynwood apprentices receive in our fields and in the classroom, Glynwood participates in and provides support for the Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT), a model for sharing complementary farm training among a network of participating farms.

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CRAFT No-Till Market Gardening

Join us for an introduction to agroforestry to learn how these practices can diversify farms of all styles, shapes, and sizes. Learn from Mark Krawczyk and Ammy Martinez, who steward 52 acres of field and forest at Valley Clayplain Forest Farm where they grow shiitake mushrooms, berries, and fruits while maintaining a uniquely diverse set of agroforestry installations that support wildlife, build soil, slow and infiltrate runoff, and much more.

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Workshop: Applying Agroforestry Practices in Vermont

Join us for farm-fresh pizza and a celebration of <a href="https://www.milkweedfarmvt.com/">Milkweed Farm</a>, a small organic vegetable and flower farm in Westminster West.
Owners Jonah Mossberg and Emily Hartz care deeply about building resilient local communities and focus on building soil biology through low and no-till practices

Social: Milkweed Farm

Join us for farm-fresh pizza and a celebration of <a href="https://www.understoryfarmvermont.com/">Understory Farm</a>, a small family flower farm in Bridport.
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Social: Understory Farm

Join us for a tour at <a href="https://www.gagnemaple.com/">Gagne Maple</a>, a fifth-generation wood-fired sugaring operation certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF) and a sugarhouse food safety program participant with the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers&#8217; Association (VMSMA). Jason Gagne will lead a tour following the flow from sap to syrup while we discuss relevant organic and food safety requirements along the way. This workshop will be geared toward maple producers and those in a related field interested in the topics and an educational organic sugarhouse tour.

Workshop: Maple Regulations: Organic Certification and Food Safety

Learn about an array of practices to protect riparian areas on your farm or property by strategically planting trees and shrubs next to water bodies. See examples of this agroforestry practice at work at Boneyard Farm, a diversified farm in Cambridge, and check out their processes for establishing stream buffers, in-stream wood additions, livestock exclusion fencing, and planning hedgerows of native plants. Representatives from NOFA-VT, the Vermont Land Trust, and Franklin County Natural Resources Conservation District will attend as additional resources

Workshop: Protect Waterways With Riparian Buffers

Learn the basics of harvesting and saving seeds with Toni of West River Seeds at this workshop co-hosted by NOFA-VT and the Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District. Discover how to choose, collect, clean, and store your seeds. Additionally, explore the importance of seed saving for food security and sovereignty, discuss cross-pollination, and understand plant quantities to prevent inbreeding depression. This workshop is applicable for gardeners, homesteaders, and small-scale farmers just getting started with seed saving.

Workshop: Intro to Seed Saving

Farmers, start putting together a team today! At this annual, very silly event, farm teams compete in both physical and brainy activities before enjoying dinner from the NOFA-VT pizza oven. Come join us for a much-needed break from work, an evening out with other farmer friends, a little bit of competition, delicious pizza, and camaraderie.

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Join us to understand the benefits and techniques of organic production through a farm tour at <a href="https://www.1000stonefarm.com/">1000 Stone Farm</a>, a small four-season farm in Brookfield that is certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF).

Workshop: Organic Certification for Vegetable Farms

Join us for farm-fresh pizza and a celebration of <a href="https://www.anandagardens.com/">Ananda Gardens</a>, a diverse, small-scale farm in Montpelier with the goal of wellness in connection with food and nature.

Social: Ananda Gardens

Are you looking for ways to create a rich landscape for bees and other beneficial insects? Join NOFA-VT, University of Vermont Extension, and Vermont Vegetable and Berry Growers Association for this hands-on workshop at Luna Bleu Farm in South Royalton to increase your understanding of wild pollinators and how to support them in diversified agricultural landscapes. Leave with a better understanding of how your farm can support its own pollinator community. This workshop is geared toward commercial growers and people who work with them.

Workshop: Pollinator Habitat

Join us for farm-fresh pizza and a celebration of Calabash Gardens, a regenerative agriculture saffron farm and wildcrafted apothecary in Wells River.

Social: Calabash Gardens

Experience a small scale no-till production farm firsthand. Breadseed Farm&#8217;s one-acre market garden in Craftsbury focuses on regenerative practices and building soil health. Farmers Kayleigh Boyle and Douglas Wolcik have fifteen years of growing experience, with the past six years focused on exclusively no-till growing, and will guide gardeners, homesteaders, and small-scale commercial growers through using no-till practices to reduce erosion, increase water-holding capacity, and foster biodiversity.

Workshop: No-Till Vegetable Production

Tour Flywheel Farm, a diversified fruit and vegetable farm in Woodbury, and learn from farmers Justin Cote and Ansel Ploog’s experiments in building biodiversity and improving soil health. These practices include living pathways of clover between permanent beds, selective mowing for habitat preservation, intercropping annual crops together, perennial plantings, mulching with wood chips and straw, and other low-impact growing methods. This workshop will appeal to growers of any size looking to improve the health of their soil.

Workshop: Soil Health For Veggie Growers

This pizza social has been canceled due to the recent flood.

Social: Naga Bakehouse

Join us for a hands-on baking workshop at Brot Bakehouse School and Kitchen in Fairfax to learn all about the beauty (and challenges) of natural bread making with local grains. This workshop is perfect for anyone who would like to start baking and selling directly to customers, supplement your CSA, bake for a farmers market, and open up a small cottage bakery, as well as home bakers.

Workshop: Cottage Baking With Local Grains

Social: Foote Brook Farm

CRAFT is in its fifth season and we have an exciting plan of workshops for the year. Each program will be a great opportunity to learn from your peers, network with the community, and support farming in New Hampshire. This season we have also invited various organizations in the state to partner with us on specific workshops.

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Strategies for Growing Potatoes on Small and Medium-Sized Farms

CRAFT is in its fifth season and we have an exciting plan of workshops for the year. Each program will be a great opportunity to learn from your peers, network with the community, and support farming in New Hampshire.

Intensive Rotational Grazing and Grassland Management

Come join the Boots-2-Bushels farm training program on August 22, 2023, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Grace Pond Farm in Thomaston, Maine for a farm visit about Poultry Production with Rhiannon and Greg of Grace Pond Farm. This is a good chance for new farmers to learn about Poultry Production techniques and to network with other new farmers and service providers.

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Poultry Farming

Come join the Boots-2-Bushels farm training program on July 11, 2023, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Rustic Roots Farm in Farmington, Maine for a farm visit about Small Tools to use in Small-Scale Farming with Erica Emery of Rustic Roots Farm. This is a good chance for new farmers to learn about small-scale tools and to network with other new farmers and service providers.

Small Tools for Small-Scale Farming

Come join the Boots-2-Bushels farm training program on June 21, 2023, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Stonecipher Farm in Bowdoinham, Maine for a farm visit about no-till farming techniques with Ian Jerolmack of Stonecipher Farm. This is a good chance for new farmers to learn about no-till farming techniques and to network with other new farmers and service providers.

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Join us for dozens of in-person workshops in Skowhegan, Maine.
Enjoy demos, panels, and discussions led by grain leaders from around the world!

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The Kneading Conference

The Starting Your Farm workshop is a three-part Zoom series. Designed for participants who have attended sessions one and two of the workshop series, this workshop will cover how to create a production plan for your first year. We will be joined by MOFGA’s Production Specialist, Mariam Taleb. This interactive workshop will guide you through the process of developing your first production plan and offer chances to connect with other beginning farmers in similar enterprises as you.