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This fully online, seven-module course is designed for new and beginning farmers who have 0-3 years of vegetable growing experience or no formal training in agriculture. The participants will learn answers to the basic questions about farm business planning, planning and preparing for vegetable farm, warm and cool-season vegetable production techniques, season extension, identification of biotic and abiotic issues, and marketing.
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Interested in reducing your energy costs for on-farm consumption? Come learn about available programs and incentives in Connecticut. |
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Are you interested in learning about urban farming? Join this mixer to learn about KNOX's urban farming program and meet its farmers. Contact Ally at [email protected] for more information. |
1 event,This three-day winter course is for active, commercial farmers looking to transfer their farm to a related or unrelated successor. It is an opportunity for senior farmers and partners to talk with peers, learn from advisors, and get support on succession planning. Farmers do not need to have an identified successor to participate in this course. Followup courses will take […]
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Interested in making your farm more resilient? Concerned about climate change? Join us to learn about ways to enable your operation to be sustainable. |
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1 event,The 2023 Tri-State SARE Webinars will focus on soil nutrient management. Feb. 22: Principals of Nutrient Management (Kirsten Workman, Cornell Extension PRO-DAIRY) March 15: Integration of Pasture Management and Nutrient Management (Cheryl Cesario, UVM Extension; Rich Meinert, UConn Extension) April 19: Nutrient Management Decision Making Based on Soil Testing (Heather Darby, UVM Extension) |
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A day-long, FREE, in-person workshop to help Connecticut producers understand and connect to schools! Program goal: To give agricultural producers training and tools to build their capacity to launch or grow efforts to market to schools, therefore increasing sales to schools for farmers while expanding farm-to-school activities for students in schools and communities across the […] Spring in February arrives annually at the Connecticut Convention Center! Explore exhibits overflowing with fresh flowers, plants, herbs, bulbs, seeds, gardening books, garden equipments & much more. View beautifully landscaped gardens full of greenery and stop by the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut design & horticulture competition. We also offer over 80 hours of seminars and […]
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1 event,Spring in February arrives annually at the Connecticut Convention Center! Explore exhibits overflowing with fresh flowers, plants, herbs, bulbs, seeds, gardening books, garden equipments & much more. View beautifully landscaped gardens full of greenery and stop by the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut design & horticulture competition. We also offer over 80 hours of seminars and […]
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8 events,A program of the University of Connecticut College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources & Extension, the Solid Ground Farmer Trainings include learning opportunities in Agro-Ecology and Ag-Mechanics. The following trainings are scheduled to take place at Rockville Agri-Science High School in Vernon: Dec. 3, 2022 - Power Tools and Carpentry Basics Feb. 11, 2023 […]
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2 events,Spring in February arrives annually at the Connecticut Convention Center! Explore exhibits overflowing with fresh flowers, plants, herbs, bulbs, seeds, gardening books, garden equipments & much more. View beautifully landscaped gardens full of greenery and stop by the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut design & horticulture competition. We also offer over 80 hours of seminars and […]
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If you are a farmer interested in opening a farmstand on your property, please join us to learn about key federal, state and local regulations that impact small food producers who seek to make and sell value-added products from home. We will cover what’s allowed when selling meat, eggs, dairy, cottage foods such as pickles […] |
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The event will include an exhibition of low and no-till farm equipment, methods and results for all scales of farming. Workshops will cover best methods for no-till seeding, crimping, etc., along with cover crop implementation for soil health improvement. The day will include farmer-to-farmer sharing of ‘best practices’, so farmers can exchange information on soil […] |
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