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Call legislators to cosponsor NOFA/Mass priorities
By Marty Dagoberto, NOFA/Mass Policy Director Now is the time: we need all NOFA/Mass members and supporters to contact their state legislators to ask them to cosponsor our legislative priorities for the 2021-22 legislative session. The House is just starting the budget process and we also have 2 priorities [...]
Making Maple Sugar at Home
By Christy Bassett, NOFA/Mass Communications Director and Homesteader at Barefoot All Natural Farm If you live in New England and enjoy making and preserving your own food, trying your hand at maple sugaring is a must. Whether you tap one tree in your backyard, or spring for a full-on sugar [...]
Key Insights from the Climate Adaptation Fellowship: Part 2
We Need to Talk About Nitrous Oxide Emissions By Caro Roszell, NOFA/Mass Education Director and Soil Carbon Program Coordinator In our February newsletter, I shared some takeaways and resources around Massachusetts and New England based precipitation and temperature projections from the Climate Adaptation Fellowship, a peer-to-peer learning program funded by SARE and [...]
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In this episode we drop into five workshop sessions from our recent Winter Conference for quick bits of wisdom and insight.
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Massachusetts Pollinator Network
Pollinator protection communities from the seacoast to the Berkshires are collaborating with NOFA/Mass to build a state-wide hub for native pollinator protection.
Together, we will protect and expand pollinator habitats and reduce the use of biocides in landscapes across the Commonwealth!
Policy Updates
By Marty Dagoberto
Final push to pass the Pollinator Protection Act
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Support the Healthy Soils Bill Amendment
On July 29th, 2020, with the support of our Coalition, our Healthy Soils Champion in the Senate, Senator Jo Comerford, was successful in advocating for the text of the Healthy Soils Bill to be included as an [...]
Opt out of broadcast mosquito spraying
Mosquito season comes back with the warmth, and even though spraying of pesticides to control adult mosquitoes is the least effective and most environmentally damaging method to control mosquito diseases, we’re about to be [...]
