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Big news about Glyphosate to share with your state legislators
By Marty Dagoberto, NOFA/Mass Policy Director There’s been so much good/bad news about glyphosate recently (good for Life, bad for biocide backers), it’s been hard to keep up. (This news stream...
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IFOAM - Organics International Innovation Summit to be Held at the NOFA...
By Caro Roszell, NOFA/Mass Education Director and Denise Godinho, Head of Communications at IFOAM - Organics International NOFA is honored to be hosting this year’s Organic Farming Innovation Award...
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Sustain NOFA/Mass- One Month at a Time
By Heather Dinneen, NOFA/Mass Development Director Are you a NOFA/Mass Member? A donor? Someone who comes to NOFA/Mass educational events or Conferences and enjoys them? If you answered yes to any...
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Welcome Doug Cook, New NOFA/Mass Education Events Coordinator
By Caro Roszell, Education Director Please join NOFA/Mass in welcoming Doug Cook to the staff as the new Education Events Coordinator.Doug brings ample and diverse experience and knowledge to this...
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Where Might You See NOFA This Month?
By Marty Dagoberto, Outreach Coordinator Marty Tabling at the Summer ConferenceAs a statewide network of farmers, gardeners, growers, landscapers, homesteaders and food activists, NOFA/Mass is invited...
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Bring Our Soil Improvement and Carbon Sequestration Presentation to Your Area
By Sharon Gensler, Soil Carbon Outreach Cover cropsI’m just back from another fantastic Winter Conference where it was great seeing so many of you, learning so much and having fun.I was fortunate to...
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"Where in the world is NOFA tabling?"
Marty at the NOFA table at this years Summer Conference (photo cred Marcie Gregory)Hopefully many of you reading this were able to stop by our table at the NOFA Summer Conference a few weeks ago. After...
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Volunteers Needed - Represent NOFA/Mass at Woven Roots Farm at “Farm to Fork...
By Marty Dagoberto An organized bicycle ride will be stopping at farms across the Berkshires on September 24, where cyclists will sample chef-prepared bites and learn about local agriculture....
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150+ gather at homes throughout state to break bread on Earth Day
By Kristin Brennan On Earth Day 11 homes throughout the state hosted more than 170 folks – gathered at homesteads, farms, and gardens to share food and conversation. The purpose of the NOFA/Mass...
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NOFA/Mass members to host statewide Earth Day potlucks April 22
By Kristin Brennan On April 22 individual farms, homesteads, gardens, and homes throughout Massachusetts will host potlucks to build connection and community between us – sharing a meal, walking land,...
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2017 Winter Conference attendees react to speech by California agroecologists
By Caro Roszell Elizabeth and Paul Kaiser were keynoters at 2017 Winter ConferencePaul and Elizabeth Kaiser of Singing Frogs Farm in Sebastapol, California, were the keynote speakers for the 30th...
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A few departing words with Sharon Gensler
By Julie Rawson Sharon Gensler received 2017 NOFA/Mass Person of the Year awardJulie: What has NOFA meant to you? Sharon: It has been a home of my heart where I have learned much and hoped to have...
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Support this vibrant, grassroots organization: volunteer!
By Sharon Gensler Events have slowed down but I do want to thank some of our volunteers. Brittany Overshiner represented us on a panel at the Green Careers Conference, Nicole Belanger tabled at Food...
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By Sharon Gensler In the past month, we attended some fabulous events and advocated for your favorite organic farming organization! The Big E was as hectic with throngs of people in attendance. We...
View ArticleTell us about your NOFA/Mass volunteer experience
By Sharon Gensler I’ve been working to enhance our volunteer program and would love to hear from those of you who have volunteered with us before (or if not, why you haven’t). We welcome any ideas,...
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Can you distribute Soil Carbon or NOFA Summer Conference info in your area?
By Sharon Gensler Well, there are two events to report about for May. Thanks to Lorrie Dahlen and the folks at the South Shore Nature Center for having our literature available for their Spring...
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Spring is in full swing for our outreach efforts – join us!
By Sharon Gensler Dan Bensonoff & Leslie Cox at Ag Day at the State HouseWe started out April with member Heidi Barra volunteering at the Holyoke Master Gardeners Symposium. Then we were on to a...
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Sharing NOFA/Mass with the world
By Sharon Gensler It’s spring and invitations to share NOFA/Mass with the world are popping up faster than my daffodils! Check out the list of upcoming events below and let me know how you want to be...
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Volunteers - attend interesting events and spread the NOFA word!
By Sharon Gensler Time to thank those spectacular folks who volunteered for us in February. THANK YOU Anna Gilbert-Muhammad, Julie Rawson and Jack Kittredge and Jason Valcourt for attending many of...
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Help build our community – volunteer with NOFA/Mass!
By Sharon Gensler Conference staff and volunteers at 2016 Winter ConferenceI just returned from the Winter Conference where not only did I learn a lot, but thoroughly enjoyed seeing old friends and...
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