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Mass Pollinator Network Brown Bag Lunch
Mass Pollinator Network Brown Bag Lunch
Please stop by to meet other pollinator advocates, ask questions of our experts, learn about projects happening across the state, talk about your own activities, and more! Stay for the entire meeting or just pop in for what you can.
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Soil Health Bi-Monthly Community Call : Preparing for Compost Tea Mastery Webinar
Soil Health Bi-Monthly Community Call : Preparing for Compost Tea Mastery Webinar
We are excited to invite you to our bimonthly Soil Health Calls! These calls are designed to provide a platform for farmers, researchers, and experts to share their knowledge, experiences, and insights on soil health. Our aim is to create a community of like-minded individuals who are passionate about improving soil health.
Our calls will cover a range of topics related to soil health, including soil biology, organic matter, nutrient management, and any topic of relevance to the NOFA community and beyond. We will also have guest speakers who will share their expertise and insights on the latest developments in the field.
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Enmiendas de suelo para granjas orgánicas
Enmiendas de suelo para granjas orgánicas
¿Ha decidido recientemente conseguir un certificado de cultivo orgánico para su granja o ha pensado en hacer este cambio? ¿O puede que ya tenga el certificado y sólo quiera un curso de actualización?
Este webinario le enseñará acerca de cómo usar mejoradores de suelo desde una perspectiva basada en la salud del suelo en granjas orgánicas.
Soil Amendments for Organic Farms
Soil Amendments for Organic Farms
Have you recently decided to transition your farm to organic certification, or are you considering making the switch? Or maybe you’re already certified organic, and just want a refresher?
This webinar will discuss a soil-health based approach to using soil amendments on organic farms.
We’ll review the OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) list and go over common misconceptions about restricted and listed materials. We’ll also discuss how to use various soil health assessments to determine what amendments your farm needs, and how to identify appropriate organic options:
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TOPP: Organic Management of Vegetable Pests
TOPP: Organic Management of Vegetable Pests
Since the organic pesticide toolbox is limited is size and efficacy, cultural controls are very important tools. Learn how to use cultural practices like crop rotation and variety selection to minimize pest pressure, use mechanical controls to avoid pests, how to harness the power of beneficial organisms for biocontrol, and safely and effectively use OMRI-approved pesticides when necessary. How do you determine when it is necessary to spray? How do you go about doing that? What are the options if you are certified organic?
2024 Microscopy Training
2024 Microscopy Training
CT NOFA is offering microscopy training in 2024. Participants will view various soils and composts, looking at the different soil structures and the microbes that thrive in healthy soil. Demonstrations include how to prepare a slide for viewing, what you might find and how to evaluate your findings. Participants will be trained to analyze the following:
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NOFA NH Organic Gardening Series – Native Perennial Food Plants For Your Edible Landscape
NOFA NH Organic Gardening Series – Native Perennial Food Plants For Your Edible Landscape
When placed in habitats that meet their needs, native plants tend to be well adapted to our climate and have few pest, disease or maintenance problems. This illustrated talk will describe the growth habit, preferred habitat, care required, food value, other users, aesthetic appeal and propagation techniques for over 25 native perennial plants you can include in your edible landscape. The plants range from trees to bushes, groundcovers, roots and even vines. If you want to create an edible hedge, an edible bed, a foundation planting, a you-pick venue, or a forest garden, you will discover there are a variety of native food plants to choose from to fill you space.
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2024 Microscopy Training
2024 Microscopy Training
CT NOFA is offering microscopy training in 2024. Participants will view various soils and composts, looking at the different soil structures and the microbes that thrive in healthy soil. Demonstrations include how to prepare a slide for viewing, what you might find and how to evaluate your findings. Participants will be trained to analyze the following:
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NOFA NH Organic Gardening Series – Trouble-shooting Tomatoes: Tips for Feeding, Potting Up & Growing Resilient Tomato Transplants
NOFA NH Organic Gardening Series – Trouble-shooting Tomatoes: Tips for Feeding, Potting Up & Growing Resilient Tomato Transplants
Getting a good tomato season starts at the beginning, the seedlings. Would you love to grow healthier tomato transplants? Would you love to not tend the seedlings alone? Join us to learn best practices as well as how to avoid common mistakes! We'll have time to look at and assess your tomato transplants together, so bring your seedlings as well as yourself.
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2024 Microscopy Training
2024 Microscopy Training
CT NOFA is offering microscopy training in 2024. Participants will view various soils and composts, looking at the different soil structures and the microbes that thrive in healthy soil. Demonstrations include how to prepare a slide for viewing, what you might find and how to evaluate your findings. Participants will be trained to analyze the following:
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NOFA NH Organic Gardening Series – 7 Essentials of Seed Starting (and the common mistakes to avoid)
NOFA NH Organic Gardening Series – 7 Essentials of Seed Starting (and the common mistakes to avoid)
Growing great seedlings is simple with the right seeds at the right time with the right tools. This workshop will provide the foundation you need to have successful seedlings every year. Learn the 7 essentials from Petra Page-Mann, life-long gardener and founder of Fruition Seeds.
MAPN monthly meeting
MAPN monthly meeting
Massachusetts Pollinator Network Monthly meeting. “Developing Pollinator Curriculum for Schools,” with Jocelyn Demuth of Checkerspot Farm
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TOPP: Organics and Food Safety
TOPP: Organics and Food Safety
There are points of both overlap and tension for farms trying to meet organic and food safety standards. In this workshop, we’ll cover the principles and requirements of both and the ways that growers can meet them effectively and streamline their efforts as much as possible. Topics will include selecting and handling soil amendments, agricultural water management, and recordkeeping.
Mass Pollinator Network Brown Bag Lunch
Mass Pollinator Network Brown Bag Lunch
Please stop by to meet other pollinator advocates, ask questions of our experts, learn about projects happening across the state, talk about your own activities, and more! Stay for the entire meeting or just pop in for what you can.
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Go Nuts Bi-Monthly Community Call
Go Nuts Bi-Monthly Community Call
Go Nuts! is our bi-monthly informational call on agroforestry. During this call, we will discuss all things related to agroforestry, from planting and tree establishment to infrastructure and consumer access.
This includes insight into the variety of species of trees and shrubs and their various applications as well as discussing more technical elements such as soil health or animal integration. All of these discussions are grounded in the relevancy of agroforestry as a unified food systems solution, and how it can help sustain our environment, improve soil health and boost community resilience.