Here is a quick reference guide of adult workshops by category. Check under the "Workshop Descriptions By Time Slot" section for further details about each workshop. Remember to check your addendum and the chalkboard at the registration tent for any last minute changes or cancellations.
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Biomass Charcoaling Possibilities: Friday 1:30 PM
Biodiesel 101: Friday 1:30 PM
Ecological Footprinting: Reducing Impact: Friday 1:30 PM
Peak Oil & Sustainable Agriculture: Friday 3:30 PM
The Laundry Line: Hanging It Out To Dry: Friday 3:30 PM
Greenhouse Gases And Climate Change: Part 1: Saturday 8:00 AM
Everyday Living As If The Earth Matters: Saturday 8:00 AM
Climate Change - Impacts On Agriculture: Part 2: Saturday 10:00 AM
Are You Conscious of What You Consume?: Saturday 10:00 AM
Energy, Greenhouse Gases,And Farming: Part 3: Saturday 1:00 PM
Solar Hot Water: Sunday 8:00 AM
Farming, Climate Crisis and Solutions: Sunday 8:00 AM
Rainwater Collection For Home And Farm: Sunday 10:00 AM
Sustainability: Earth Charter & L.I.F.E.: Sunday 1:00 PM
ANIMALS
How to Think Like a Homeopath: Friday 1:30 PM
Feeding Weeds And Crops To Animals: Friday 3:30 PM
Integrative Vet Medicine For Animals: Friday 3:30 PM
City Chickens: Keeping Urban Hens: Friday 3:30 PM
Small Scale Aquaculture: Saturday 8:00 AM
Homestead Dairy Goats: Saturday 8:00 AM
Grass-Fed Beef Production & Marketing: Saturday 10:00 AM
Chickens: From Day Old To Stew Pot: Saturday 1:00 PM
Sheep Breeds For Wool (And More!): Saturday 1:00 PM
How To Get Started In Beekeeping: Saturday 1:00 PM
Hands-on Draft Horses: Saturday 1:00 PM
Range Feeding Meat Birds: Sunday 8:00 AM
Organic Beekeeping: Sunday 10:00 AM
Breeding And Managing Organic Sows: Sunday 10:00 AM
Livestock For The Homestead: Sunday 1:00 PM
CROPS
On-Farm Seed Saving: Friday 1:30 PM
Grow and Savor Magnificent Tomatoes: Friday 3:30 PM
Growing Great Lettuce: Saturday 8:00 AM
Growing Great Fall Brassicas: Saturday 10:00 AM
Introduction To Hay And Haying: Saturday 1:00 PM
Research to Improve Organic Crop Systems: Sunday 8:00 AM
Growing Root Crops: Sunday 8:00 AM
Innovative and Extensive Cover Cropping: Sunday 10:00 AM
Small Scale Grain Raising: Sunday 1:00 PM
FARM ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Financial Decisions for the Farm: Friday 1:30 PM
Two Homesteads: Shovel Or Checkbook: Friday 3:30 PM
On-Farm Trainees, Employment Law & You: Saturday 8:00 AM
Starting A CSA: Saturday 8:00 AM
MPPU's:The Massachusetts Model: Saturday 10:00 AM
Manage your Mind - Manage your Business: Saturday 1:00 PM
Business Planning for Farmers: Sunday 8:00 AM
Buying The Tractor That Is Right For You: Sunday 10:00 AM
From Garden To Commercial Farm: Sunday 10:00 AM
Youth-Lead Co-operative Business: Sunday 1:00 PM
FARMING AND THE COMMUNITY
Homestead Discussion And Idea Exchange: Friday 1:30 PM
Living Lightly in a Heavy World: Saturday 10:00 AM
Radical Urban Sustainability: Saturday 10:00 AM
Homestead From Scratch On Marginal Land: Saturday 10:00 AM
Tierra de Oportunidades Project: Saturday 1:00 PM
Farmer Teams With Resort To Grow Organic: Sunday 8:00 AM
Horticultural Therapy: Sunday 10:00 AM
Race, Class:An Urban Organic Challenge: Sunday 10:00 AM
FOOD AND FAMILY
Make Your Own Flavored Oils and Vinegars: Friday 1:30 PM
Goat Milk Products: Friday 1:30 PM
Dehydration - A Great Way To Preserve: Friday 3:30 PM
Introduction to Teenage Homeschooling: Friday 3:30 PM
Tempeh Making: Friday 3:30 PM
Organic Baby Food: Saturday 8:00 AM
Foolproof Homemade Country Wine: Saturday 10:00 AM
Raising Children In A Troubled World: Saturday 10:00 AM
Indian Cooking: Saturday 10:00 AM
Traditional Whole Foods Nutrition: Saturday 1:00 PM
Homemade Dairy Products: Saturday 1:00 PM
Miso-Making At Home: Sunday 8:00 AM
EASY - Home Cheesemaking: Sunday 8:00 AM
Advanced Lacto-Fermentation (Vegetables): Sunday 1:00 PM
FOOD AND FARMING EDUCATION
Farm Based School Programs: Part 1: Friday 1:30 PM
Starting A School Composting Program: Friday 3:30 PM
Farmwork-Based Summer Programs: Part 2: Friday 3:30 PM
Managing Successful Farm Internships: Saturday 8:00 AM
Youth, Land And Learning At Smokey House: Saturday 10:00 AM
Building A Non-Profit Educational Farm: Saturday 1:00 PM
Gardens For Learning: Part 1: Sunday 8:00 AM
The Village Approach To Growing Gardens: Part 2: Sunday 10:00 AM
Homeschool Gardens: Sunday 1:00 PM
Growing Together;Youth Garden Programs: Sunday 1:00 PM
FRUITS,NUTS AND TREES
Nuts For The Northeast: Friday 1:30 PM
Energy Flow For Trees And Associates: Friday 3:30 PM
Getting The Most From Your Woodlots: Saturday 8:00 AM
Special Pruning Techniques: Saturday 8:00 AM
Maple Sugaring At Hampshire College: Saturday 10:00 AM
No-Spray Fruits: Saturday 1:00 PM
How to Grow Strawberries: Sunday 8:00 AM
Portable Sawmills: Sunday 10:00 AM
GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
A Victory Garden For The 21st Century: Friday 1:30 PM
You Too Can Grow Shitake!: Friday 3:30 PM
Perennial Vegetables: Friday 3:30 PM
Cinder Block Gardening: Saturday 10:00 AM
Season Extensions In The Garden And CSA: Saturday 1:00 PM
Victory Gardens: Sunday 8:00 AM
Native Plants For Your Garden: Sunday 8:00 AM
Questioning Invasive Species Paradigms: Sunday 1:00 PM
Greenhouse Cultivation Of Ginger In NE: Sunday 1:00 PM
HERBS AND FLOWERS
Flavored Eating: Growing And Using Herbs: Friday 1:30 PM
Weed Wisdom Walk: Friday 3:30 PM
Make A Simple Herbal Salve And Lotion: Saturday 8:00 AM
Medicinal Herbs Of New England: Saturday 10:00 AM
Herbal Remedies 101:A Demonstration: Saturday 1:00 PM
Small Scale Cut Flower Production: Sunday 10:00 AM
Creating Your Own Herbal Medicine: Sunday 10:00 AM
Flower Essences For Emotional Healing: Sunday 1:00 PM
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE
Agribusiness,Trade and Farm Movements: Friday 1:30 PM
Cuba Update: Friday 3:30 PM
Sustainability In Ladakh, India: Saturday 10:00 AM
Gardening, NOFA, & Global Health: Sunday 8:00 AM
Is Organic Farming In China's Future?: Sunday 10:00 AM
LAND CARE
Dealing With Deer: Friday 1:30 PM
Transitioning Grounds & Fields To OPM: Friday 1:30 PM
Ecosystem Gardening and Landscaping: Friday 3:30 PM
Soils,Water & Plant Relationships: Saturday 8:00 AM
21st Century Sustainable Landscapes: Saturday 10:00 AM
Water-Friendly Landscaping: Saturday 10:00 AM
Crop Stresses From Plant's Point Of View: Saturday 1:00 PM
The Edge Where the Garden Meets the Wild: Sunday 8:00 AM
Estimating Process/Attracting Employees: Sunday 10:00 AM
Organic Lawn Care: Sunday 1:00 PM
MARKETING
Workplace CSAs: Friday 1:30 PM
Successful Farm Promotion Ideas: Friday 3:30 PM
Effective Product Marketing: Saturday 8:00 AM
Grant Writing For The Farm: Saturday 10:00 AM
Can We Eat "Local" Year Round?: Saturday 1:00 PM
NESFP Overview / World Peas Cooperative: Sunday 1:00 PM
NUTRITION AND HEALTHCARE
The Health Remedies Of Edgar Cayce: Friday 1:30 PM
The Truth About Carbohydrate Confusion: Friday 3:30 PM
Health-Focused Dentistry: Saturday 8:00 AM
Yo! U R what U 8!: Saturday 8:00 AM
Muscle Testing:Why Does It Work?: Saturday 10:00 AM
Iridology:Why Does It Work?: Saturday 1:00 PM
Understanding Stress: Sunday 8:00 AM
Massage For The Upper Extremities: Sunday 10:00 AM
VisionCraft:An Optical Fitness Workshop: Sunday 1:00 PM
OF THE SPIRIT
Farm Photographer:Art For Activism: Friday 1:30 PM
A Sacred Earth Circle: Saturday 8:00 AM
Understanding Complexity: Part 1: Saturday 10:00 AM
Mapping Complexity: Part 2: Saturday 1:00 PM
Singing For Love Of Land And Life: Sunday 10:00 AM
Alternatives for Mind, Body And Spirit: Sunday 1:00 PM
POLITICS AND POLICY
USDA Accountability: Friday 1:30 PM
2007 Census Of Agriculture: Friday 3:30 PM
Who Decides? Establishing Local Control: Saturday 8:00 AM
Domestic Fair Trade: Saturday 10:00 AM
Organic Grassroots At The National Level: Saturday 1:00 PM
Basic Tools For Ag. Political Activism: Sunday 8:00 AM
Organizing Against NAIS & GMOs In MA: Sunday 10:00 AM
Food Sovereignty And Food Democracy: Sunday 1:00 PM
PRACTICAL SKILLS
Waste Equals Food: Sustainable Homestead: Friday 1:30 PM
Mud Walls: Natural Paints and Plasters: Saturday 8:00 AM
Excavation 101: Dig with Respect: Saturday 10:00 AM
Wheat Weaving For Beginners: Saturday 1:00 PM
Using A Scythe: Sunday 8:00 AM
Primitive Weaving: Part 1: Sunday 8:00 AM
Seed Saving: Sunday 8:00 AM
Farm And Garden Hand Tool Sharpening: Sunday 10:00 AM
Primitive Weaving: Part 2: Sunday 10:00 AM
Reclaiming Abandoned Farmland: Sunday 1:00 PM
Renovating An Old Barn: Sunday 1:00 PM
Basic Felting: Sunday 1:00 PM
SOIL AND FERTILITY
Growing Fertile Soil: Friday 3:30 PM
Humanure: Compost Your Waste!: Saturday 8:00 AM
Soil Fertility,Trace Elements & Health: Part 1: Saturday 10:00 AM
Building Homes for Essential Biologicals: Saturday 1:00 PM
Remineralization & Nutrient Dense Crops: Part 2: Saturday 1:00 PM
Indoor Composting With Redworms: Saturday 1:00 PM
Managing Soil Moisture: Too Much And Too Little: Sunday 8:00 AM
Mycroremediation Of Contaminated Water: Sunday 8:00 AM
TOURS
Hampshire College Farm Tour: Friday 1:30 PM
Nasami Farm Tour: Friday 3:30 PM
Tour Of Red Fire Farm: Saturday 8:00 AM
Food Bank Farm Tour: Saturday 10:00 AM
Tour Of The Hampshire College CSA: Saturday 1:00 PM
Simple Gifts Farm Tour: Starting A CSA: Sunday 8:00 AM
Brookfield Farm Tour: Sunday 10:00 AM
Edible Forest Garden For Your Backyard: Sunday 10:00 AM
Sidehill Farm Tour: Sunday 1:00 PM
WEEDS, INSECTS AND DISEASE
Intermediate / Advanced Plant Disease ID: Saturday 8:00 AM
Live Beneficial Insect Demo: Saturday 8:00 AM
Beneficial Nematodes: Saturday 1:00 PM
Biological Control:Worth The Money?: Sunday 10:00 AM
Deer Ticks And Lyme Disease: Sunday 10:00 AM
Insects:Amazing AND Delicious: Sunday 1:00 PM
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