Setting Goals for a Food Business // Estableciendo objetivos para una empresa de alimentos

Online

Whether you’re starting, growing, or taking on a leadership role in a food business, you get to define what you want your success to look like. Join Stevie Schafenacker, independent farm and food business advisor, for an interactive online workshop about different approaches to goal setting for food businesses. We’ll talk about how to set goals that help you stay focused on what you want to achieve. // Ya sea que esté iniciando, creciendo o asumiendo un rol de liderazgo en un negocio de alimentos, usted puede definir cómo quiere que sea su éxito. Únase a Stevie Schafenacker, asesor independiente de empresas agrícolas y alimentarias, para un taller interactivo en línea sobre diferentes enfoques para el establecimiento de objetivos para las empresas alimentarias. Hablaremos sobre cómo establecer metas que lo ayuden a mantenerse enfocado en lo que desea lograr.

Twilight Workshop: Soil Health and Compost Nutrition

Holy Hill Farm 236 Jerusalem Road, Cohasset, United States

Join us at our Twilight Grower Series,  this time at Holly Hill Farm in Cohasset! Together with NOFA-MA, Holly Hill will walk us through their compost production, show us their new compost sifter, and discuss the successes & challenges of producing their own compost for the farm. We’ll also talk about barriers to implementing this on your farm, and strategies that can improve the practicality and economics of on-farm composting.

Developing a Business Plan // Desarrollo de un plan de negocios

Online

Are you ready to turn your food business dream into a plan? Come learn about how to research, estimate, and pull together all the pieces of a business plan in this online workshop presented by Stevie Schafenacker, independent farm and food business advisor. We’ll spend most of our time focusing on creating a plan that’s by you and for you, but we’ll also talk about components of a business plan that are essential to applying for funding. // ¿Está listo para convertir su sueño de negocio de alimentos en un plan? Venga a aprender cómo investigar, estimar y reunir todas las piezas de un plan de negocios en este taller en línea presentado por Stevie Schafenacker, asesor independiente de empresas agrícolas y alimentarias. Pasaremos la mayor parte de nuestro tiempo enfocándonos en crear un plan hecho por usted y para usted.pero también hablaremos de los componentes de un plan de negocios que son esenciales para solicitar financiación.

MAPN Monthly Meeting

Online

Our next meeting is coming up! Join us as we host David Falk and Tori Antonino to get tips and tricks on fall garden care that supports pollinators (hint: there's a lot less to do than you think!).

Rich and Healthy: No-till for Successful Farms and Gardens – sold out

Seeds of Solidarity Farm Orange, MA, United States

If you a farmer or experienced gardener seeking to start, transition to, or advance no-till methods this inspiring day is for you! Simple tools and no-till techniques build healthy soil, reduce labor and cost inputs, promote climate resilience, and increase your connection to the land.

$60 – $90

Optimizing Farm Movement with Cynthia Flores

Online

Understand better body mechanics and movement patterns in order to increase productivity and help decrease on-farm injuries. Time will be spent in an interactive atmosphere moving through four basic movement patterns: hinge, squat, push and pull, along with the importance of core stability. Each participant will leave with tips focused on ways to improve their overall movement patterns and work-related well-being.

Event Series Bi-Monthly Go Nuts Community Call

Go Nuts Bi-Monthly Community Call

Online

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.

Unveiling the Hidden Gardeners: Harnessing Microbial Partners for Thriving Soils – cancelled

Mojitos Country Club 44 Mazzeo Drive, Randolph, MA, United States

Join us for an immersive, bilingual journey into the intricate world beneath our feet – a realm of microorganisms that hold the keys to soil vitality and plant health. In this captivating workshop, we'll delve deep into the captivating realm of microbial partnerships that power our ecosystems.

Revelando a los Jardineros Ocultos: Aprovechando las Asociaciones Microbianas para Suelos Florecientes – se ha cancelado

Mojitos Country Club 44 Mazzeo Drive, Randolph, MA, United States

A bilingual event. Únete a nosotros en un viaje inmersivo hacia el mundo intrincado bajo nuestros pies, un reino de microorganismos que poseen las claves para la vitalidad del suelo y la salud de las plantas. En este cautivador taller, nos sumergiremos profundamente en el fascinante mundo de las asociaciones microbianas que impulsan nuestros ecosistemas.