• Winter Financial Series: Review Your QuickBooks Set-up for Your Farm

    The Maine Agricultural Trades Show 76 Community Dr, Augusta, ME, United States

    These sessions are free and designed for established farmers as part of our Winter Financial Series. Catherine Durkin of Maine Farmland Trust and Nicolas Lindholm of MOFGA will lead this session, to show how we recommend setting up your QuickBooks (QB) Chart of Accounts, and why — which will include an overview of financial reports […]

    FREE
  • Winter Financial Series: FarmCalc & Decision Making

    Online

    These sessions are free and designed for established farmers. Parts of these sessions are open to all, while our Maine Farm Resilience Program (MFRP) participants will have additional session time with our presenters after the presentations. Most sessions are virtual and can be signed up for individually or as a whole. Open to All: 9 […]

    FREE
  • Recordkeeping with Footprint Farm

    Online

    Come dive into recordkeeping skills with Taylor Mendell of Footprint Farm! Taylor is a co-owner of Footprint Farm in Starksboro, VT and is the voice behind Habit Farming, an online blog and business planning resource for farmers. Taylor has over a decade of experience streamlining operations, simplifying record keeping systems and tracking grant reporting requirements […]

    Free – $50
  • Produce Food Safety Training Course

    Online

    Produce farmers are food handlers! Let’s do it safely and cost-effectively.A practical, systems-based training, designed by farmers for farmers, to develop and implement scale-appropriate food safety plans. In this six week online class, farmers are guided through the process of performing food safety risk assessments of their farm operations. They identify changes they wish to […]

    FREE
  • Winter Financial Series: Planning for Long-term Success

    Online

    These sessions are free and designed for established farmers. Parts of these sessions are open to all, while our Maine Farm Resilience Program (MFRP) participants will have additional session time with our presenters after the presentations. Most sessions are virtual and can be signed up for individually or as a whole. Open to All: 9 […]

    FREE
  • Winter Financial Series: On Farm Communication

    Online

    These sessions are free and designed for established farmers. Parts of these sessions are open to all, while our Maine Farm Resilience Program (MFRP) participants will have additional session time with our presenters after the presentations. Most sessions are virtual and can be signed up for individually or as a whole. Open to All: 9 […]

    FREE
  • Soil Steaming Workshop

    Johnny's Selected Seeds Research Farm 184 Foss Hill Road, Albion

    Andre Cantelmo of Heron Pond Farm will discuss the process and benefits of soil steaming for specialty crop producers. Join as he demonstrates how to operate his Sioux low pressure steam generator to address weed and disease issues on one of the high tunnels used for research at Johnny's Selected Seeds. Lunch will be provided […]

    FREE
  • Propagating & Sowing Native Edible Plants

    Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens 105 Botanical Gardens Drive, Boothbay, United States

    Co-hosted by Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and MOFGA. This workshop will be held in Boothbay at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.With demand for native plants increasing, there are plenty of reasons and opportunities to incorporate them into your professional practice, nursery business or landscape projects. This hands-on workshop with Leo Kenney from Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary and […]

    $60 – $75
  • Farmer Climate Forums: Efficient Water Management in Vegetable Production

    Online

    MOFGA and NOFA-VT invite you to join other farmers from Maine and Vermont for a series of forums focused on water, including management, systems, and adaptation strategies for making it through times of drought and excess precipitation. Each session will begin with a short 30 minute presentation by a guest speaker. We will then move […]

    FREE
  • Farmer Climate Forums: Grassland Water Management

    Online

    MOFGA and NOFA-VT invite you to join other farmers from Maine and Vermont for a series of forums focused on water, including management, systems, and adaptation strategies for making it through times of drought and excess precipitation. Each session will begin with a short 30 minute presentation by a guest speaker. We will then move […]

    FREE
  • Farmer Climate Forums: Whole-Farm Water Management

    Online

    MOFGA and NOFA-VT invite you to join other farmers from Maine and Vermont for a series of forums focused on water, including management, systems, and adaptation strategies for making it through times of drought and excess precipitation. Each session will begin with a short 30 minute presentation by a guest speaker. We will then move […]

    FREE
  • Yoga for Farmers and Gardeners

    The Maine Organic Marketplace 55 Main St., Freeport, ME, United States

    Join Alyssa Adkins of Farthest Field Farm for a farmer and gardener focused, slow flow vinyasa class on the first Wednesday of every month. The class will be a mix of strong poses interspersed with (optional) vinyasa flows, stretching, with lots of focus on the breath and plenty of time for rest at the end. […]

    $10 – $15