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Bionutrient Rich Crop Production Course

Real Food Campaign will be presenting two types of workshops, to be held in 17 different locations throughout the Northeast:

a two-session course designed for commercial farmers with substantial production and marketing capability;
a four-session course, designed for homesteaders, gardeners, and others who want to know more about growing and eating high quality food.

For more information, go [...]

Agriculture and Natural Resource Business Institute

Are you interested in running your own business
using the natural resources such as the farmland or
forests on your property? Do you want to learn how to
develop and run a business that involves agriculture,
horticulture, or woodland?

You will find what you need to know at UNH Cooperative
Extension’s 13-week Agriculture and Natural
Resource Business Institute (ANRBI). Starting in September,
ANRBI [...]

Cornell Maple Camp

Cornell Maple Camp at Cornell’s Arnot Teaching and Research Forest August 25 to 28, 2011. The Cornell Maple Program is excited to announce a unique opportunity for maple producers to acquire hands-on experience to increase their production, profitability and efficiency. Peter Smallidge, Cornell Maple Program Director, reports that “this workshop is [...]

Garden Funding Opportunities

Herb Society of America Donald Samull Classroom Herb Garden Grant

Who May Apply: Public and/or private 3rd- through 6th-grade teachers, with classes of a minimum of 15 students, may apply for an indoor or an outdoor herb garden grant.

Details: Five awards for indoor window sill herb gardens, including pots, soil, seeds and educational [...]

Summer Classes at The Farmer’s Kitchen!

We are happy to announce our Summer, Fall and Early Winter 2011 classes and events. Hopefully you’ll be as excited about this session’s line-up of classes and instructors as we are and will join us for tasty fun in The Farmer’s Kitchen!

Ver-taliano! Ricotta, Pasta, Meatballs & Sauce Making

Sat, August 13, 10-2

Enjoy [...]

Bionutrient Rich Crop Production Course 2011-2012

Cordwood Building Workshop at Naga Bakehouse

Naga Bakehouse To Conduct Cordwood Building Workshop with Guest Instructor Rob Roy of Earthwood Building School – August 15 – 19, 2011
Middletown Springs, Vermont: Naga Bakehouse will host a five-day *hands-on* workshop in cordwood building techniques from August 15-19, 2011. The workshop will be taught by Earthwood Building School Directors, Rob and Jaki Roy and [...]

First Foods for Ages Five and Under, Mini Workshop Available for Your Group

First Foods for Ages Five and Under: How To Feed Your Family Healthfully and Sustainably

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A Healthy People – Healthy Planet Mini-Workshop
Available for Your Group

This 2-hour workshop is presented, as requested, by the Co-op Food Store’s Sustainability Coordinator, Emily Neuman and Registered Dietitian Mary Saucier Choate at your facility: day care center, pre-school or kindergarten, parents’ [...]

Youth Garden Funding Opportunity

http://www.greeneducationfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=712:5000-gef-grant&catid=139:contests

Green Education Foundation (GEF) and Gardener’s Supply Company have teamed up on an exciting funding opportunity for established youth garden projects nationwide! The organizations are calling on schools and youth groups to submit chronicles of their garden projects in a race to win a $5,000 prize. The award is designed [...]

BEGINNING FARMER TRACK AT THE 2011 NOFA SUMMER CONFERENCE August 12-14, 2011 UMass Amherst

Workshops in the Beginning Farmer Track:

4) Farmer Maintenance: Ergonomics & Self-care – Lydia Irons & Rachel Scherer

5) Getting Started with Farm Planning and Management – Jeffrey Froikin Gordon [...]

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