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Three Legume Cover Crops for Nitrogen, Better Tilth and More
By Noah Courser-Kellerman, Farmer at Alprilla Farm Cover crops are the backbone of our soil building strategy at Alprilla Farm. Most of our land is a heavy silt loam tending towards clay, laid down by the shallow sea that covered our area after the glaciers receded. While our soils can be quite [...]
Healthy Soils Bill is Now Law! Action Needed on Pesticides
By Marty Dagoberto, NOFA/Mass Policy Director We have some great news about the Healthy Soils Bill in this issue. Take a moment to celebrate, but not too long: we need to get calling legislators to cosponsor the slate of pesticide reform bills being introduced this month! Also, the Pesticide Board [...]
Online Resilient Garden Series Begins February 16, 2021
By Doug Cook, NOFA/Mass Educational Events Coordinator Gardening is a great way to grow our own healthy food. For many of us, this is the first reason we start a garden, but the practice of gardening is also much more than that. Through gardening, we deepen our connection to our environment; it becomes a creative outlet [...]
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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
Keep Supporting Local Farms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Right now, the #1 thing for anyone/everyone to do (which so many people are already doing) is to continue supporting our local farmers by buying directly from them. Some farms, which rely on institutional contracts [...]
Food Workers are Not Disposable, Tell Congress: #ProtectAllWorkers
“Food workers from farm workers to processing, warehouse, and retail are still on the job providing essential services even as COVID-19 spreads. Yet, employers are still refusing to provide workers with basic protections, putting workers' [...]
Pollinator Protection Act Passed from Ag. Committee
November 18th, 2019 - The legislature is moving to protect pollinators: only a few days after the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee heard testimony from dozens of advocates in support of reducing pesticides, [...]
