Organic farming, sustainability and equitable food systems. For those who care about food, where it comes from and how it's grown. Brought to you by the Massachusetts chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA/Mass).
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Join us in a discussion about Agroforestry in the Northeast! RESOURCE LINKS: Fields Without Fences https://www.fieldswithoutfences.org/?srsltid=AfmBOop8HobWBjPjxs54H6cWn29s92Uk29BQulAvPbYK94kgctW0kALs Northern Forest Foods https://www.northernforestfoods.com/ Eric Toensmeier https://www.perennialsolutions.org/ https://drawdown.org/ Climate Model App https://fitzlab.shinyapps.io/cityapp/ MUSIC BY:…
This episode's continues the farm workers discussion from both the positions of employer and employee. We'll focus on navigating the hiring of H2A workers as well as resources for documented & undocumented workers. Hear real stories and experiences from our panel of farm allstars and prepare for your seasons to come! RESOURCES:…
This episode's discussion is centered around both the farm employer and employee. From resources on where to find job postings, to understanding different models of operating a farm business. Hear real stories and experiences from our panel of farm allstars and prepare for your seasons to come! RESOURCES:…
Join our host, Tony Kennette, our staff soil scientist Ruben Parilla, and guests William Padilla-Brown and Jake Tulius in a discussion about Soil Microbes & Citizen Science! From tardigrades, and algea, to mycorrhizal networks, this crew will get you salivating for successful soil! This Episode has been brought to you by MDAR PERTINENT LINKS: https://microbiometer.com/ www.R-Soil.com…
This episode is a culmination of voices and stories of our NOFA community members that visited the in person Winter Conferences. For those of you who don't already know, most of the NOFA state chapters host an annual Winter Conference. Some are jam packed single days, others are weekend long intensives, and others have been held in a more virtual online format. None-the-less the Winter Conference…
Closing the Mushroom Production Loop: Evaluating Soil Microbe Changes Following Field Application of Compost Inoculated with Spent Mushroom Substrate with host, Tony Kennette, Ruben Parilla Soil Tech Coordinator and Education Dir NOFA MASS and Elizabeth Almeida of Fat Moon Farm. In this episode we discuss the use of compost inocullated with "spent" mushroom substrate, and the scientific…
In this episode I am joined by Central Massachusetts cattle farmer, Ridge Shinn to discuss the amazing possibilities that good management of cattle can have on soils and land as a whole. Ridge Shinn is the founder of Big Picture Beef in Hardwick Mass. Big Picture Beef is an aggregator of grass-fed cattle and an educational resource for cattle farmers interested in a Grass-Fed paradigm. Ridge is…
In this episode I am joined by my colleague Ruben Parilla our NOFA/Mass Soil Tech Coordinator and together we interview Lincoln Fishman of Sawyer Farm in Worthington, MA. Lincoln is presenting at our upcoming NOFA/Mass Winter Conference happening the weekend of January 14th & 15th, 2022. Lincoln Fishman is co-owner/operator of Sawyer Farm. In 2010 they started raising vegetables and livestock, and…
In this episode I interview Mary Sage Napolitan and Evan Abramson about their collaborative work on re-establishing ecologically diverse landscape to the properties of Island Grown Initiative in the town of Vineyard Haven on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Mary Sage and Evan are presenting their work on this project at our upcoming NOFA/Mass Winter Conference happening the weekend of January 14th…
NOFA/Mass Winter Conference Highlight - When and How To Kill (Winter) Cover Crops With Arthur Siller In this episode we're drawing another highlight from our annual NOFA/Mass Winter Conference that happened remotely in January 2022. We join University of Massachusetts at Amherst PhD student Arthur Siller as he outlines four different cover crop killing strategies that we can employ, and he also…
