WAgN Calendar
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Organic Dairy Forages: Focus on Summer Annuals
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: eOrganic Webinar
Description: Summer annual forages--including millet, sorghums, sorghum-sudans, and teff-- can be important complements to pastures during the summer slump as well as harvested for stored feed. Join Heather Darby of University of Vermont and Rick Kersbergen of University of Maine as they discuss strategies for planting, harvesting, and feeding these forages to organic dairy cattle.
For more info, see below and/or the webinar url: www.extension.org/pages/68106/organic-dairy-forages:-focus-on-summer-annuals
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Making Simple Cheeses
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Foxborough, MA
Description: Oake Knoll Ayrshires at Lawton's Family Farm, Foxborough, MA This workshop provides a general understanding of how milk is made into cheese and what to look for when selecting milk for cheese-making. The workshop is primarily hands-on, demonstrating what the milk and curds and cheese look like at each step of the process. Learn to diagnose and fix problems during the process to produce delicious cheeses, even if things don't come out precisely as intended. Cheeses we will learn to make: Fresh Mozzarella & Queso Blanco (a Spanish cooking cheese, often fried). The instructor is Terri Lawton, who operates a dairy and cheese-making operation on her family's 25 acre farm, which began in 1730. CONTACT: Ben Grosscup, 413-658-5374 or by email, ben.grosscup@nofamass.org; put “Cheese-Making” in subject.
COST: $65 NOFA members; $70 non-members
The Great Grape and Bean Pairing
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Waitsfield, VT
Description: Knoll Farm, Waitsfield, VT
Tickets: $35
Proceeds go to Vermont Bean Crafters to puchase processing equipment for locally grown beans and grains, increasing local staple foods access in retail, restaurant, and institutional venues.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Making Simple Cheeses
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Foxborourgh, MA
Description: Go to NOFA-MA for more information!
Oake Knoll Ayrshires at Lawton's Family Farm, Foxborough
$65 NOFA members; $70 non-members
This workshop provides a general understanding of how milk is made into cheese and what to look for when selecting milk for cheese-making. The workshop is primarily hands-on, demonstrating what the milk and curds and cheese look like at each step of the process. Learn to diagnose and fix problems during the process to produce delicious cheeses, even if things don't come out precisely as intended.
NOFA-MA: Managing a Horse-Powered CSA
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Conway, MA
Description: Natural Roots Farm relies exclusively on horse-power to run a 200-member CSA and to harvest hay and timber. Participants will see live horse-power demonstrations on a variety of traditional and recently innovated horse-drawn implements and will learn how these practices are used in the farm’s vegetable production systems.
Instructor: David Fisher runs a 200-member horse-powered CSA and has been farming for 15 years. Natural Roots Farm 888 Shelburne Falls Road Conway, MA
For more info: www.nofamass.org/events/managing-horse-powered-csa#.UTTldWfm55c