2008 Grazing Workshop Series
NOFA/Mass, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the University of Massachusetts Extension have organized these Grazing Workshops as a continuing education resource for Massachusetts farmers. Topics at each event will vary, but will include pasture management, organic transition and herd health, forage species, soil fertility, fencing and water systems, and summer and winter grazing. All pasture walks will take place from 10:00 - 1:00 (unless otherwise noted). Please bring your own lunch.
For more information on any of these sessions, contact Winton Pitcoff, NOFA/Mass, at winton@nofamass.org or 413-634-5728; Steve Herbert, UMass Extension, at 413-545-2250 or sherbert@pssci.umass.edu; or Tom Akin, NRCS, at 413-253-4365 or thomas.akin@ma.usda.gov.
More details about each of these sessions, including directions to the farms, can be found at www.nofamass.org/programs/organicdairy/index.php or www.massgrass.org.
Infrastructure on Mixed-Livestock Farms
Tuesday, September 9, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Tufts University Farm, North Grafton, MA
This series of workshops has been funded by CROPP Cooperative’s Farmers Advocating for Organics (FAFO) Fund and sponsors of NOFA/Mass Whole Foods Market and Stoneyfield Farm
