Winter Event Reminder!

 

With a couple good freezes under our belts, I feel we can offically celebrate the winter!  What's better than meeting with old (and new) friends to discuss the topics most near and dear to us - FOOD & FARMING!

Join SEMAP at the events listed below for an eye-opening look at local/global agriculture, sustainable food options, and community gatherings that better our diets, minds and homes for the year ahead.

 

SEMAP Workshop Series - Barn Raising: Starting JANUARY 24th, 2012     Marketing Your Farm Business -> Increasing Your Sales 

5:30pm - 8:30pm @ the UMass Extension Cranberry Station, 1 State Bog Rd., East Wareham, MA 

Join us for a modern take on a classic barn raising where you will come together with other growers and producers in your farming community to establish a marketing plan and website for your farm business.  Just as the barn is vital to the operations of your farm, a marketing plan is vital to the success of your farm as a business.  In short, improve your marketing plan and you'll improve your sales.  Read more... 

Who Should Attend?: Anyone interested in establishing a marketing plan or updating an existing strategy that needs some fine-tuning.

Learn more and REGISTER ONLINE 

 

'So You Want to Be a Farmer?' Workshop Series MARCH 2012

Aspiring Farmers, Join Us

The "So, You Want to Be a Farmer" series is a chance for aspiring farmers to learn the essential building blocks of starting a new farm enterprise and to provide information on the network of existing services available. 

The five-session workshop series is comprised of:  

1.) So, You Want to Be a Farmer?: The Dirty Truth;  

2.) What is a Business Plan and Why You Need One; 

3.) The Dollars and Sense of Financing a Small Farm; 

4.) News Flash! You Don't Need To Own The Land You Farm; 

5.) Farm Tour: What A Real Farm Smells Like. 

INFORMATION & REGISTRATION 

Brix Bounty Farm Winter Studies Series - January through March

858 Tucker Rd., Dartmouth, Ma. 

Session I - Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein

3 Mondays beginning Monday January 16th, 2012 through Monday January 30th, 2012

Session II - Agriculture In-Depth - Nutrition Rules!: Guidelines from the Master Consultants by Graeme Sait 

5 Mondays beginning Monday Feb. 6th, 2012 through Monday March 5th

More info at www.brixbounty.com

Soil and Nutrition: An Education and Coalition-Buildling Conference

February 9-11, 2012

Cattleman's Conference - February 11th, 2012

Norfolk County Agricultural High School,
400 Main Street, Walpole, MA 02081

Sponsored by the Southern New England Simmental Association

 

SOULE HOMESTEAD EDUCATION CENTER

February Vacation Week Program Planned

Tuesday, February 21st - Friday, February 24th, 9:30am - 12 noon.   

46 Soule St. Middleboro, MA 02346. 

Get your children outside having fun while still learning about our natural environment. The Soule Homestead Education Center is now enrolling children ages 5 -10, for the environmental based outdoor February Vacation Week Program. Children will learn to use binoculars and magnifying glasses to explore the fields of the 120 acre organic farm looking for signs of winter animals and bugs. Adventures unfold as children hike Soule's ¾ mile nature trail. Inside activities include hands-on activities.

Pre-registration is highly recommended by calling the Children's Educator, Laurie Amberman at 508-947-6744.  More info at www.soulehomestead.org

Happy Eating!