Do you have farm animals? Do they have hooves? Do they get their hooves trimmed? Why not?Overlooking the hoof health of our farm animals has economic and welfare consequences. While it can be a valid choice to hire someone to maintain the integrity of hooves on our farms and homesteads, as caretakers, we are obligated […]
Calendar
The following is a list of events taking place around the country – and the world!
Most of the events are organized or co-sponsored by MOFGA but other events are listed as well.
Visit the MOFGA Events page. Interested in giving a workshop for MOFGA?
This page is undergoing updates. Please come back soon to view the full event calendar!
If you have questions or are trying to find a specific event, please email [email protected].
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Join us on July for a two-part workshop at UMaine’s Rogers Farm! To start things off, UMaine Extension Professor, Dr. Jaime Garzon, will showcase his legume variety trial and outline the practical applications of this research as cover crops for grain growers. In the second session, UMaine Research Associate Tom Molloy will lead attendees through […]
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Farm Training Project (FTP) workshops are designed for journeypeople, farmworkers, and other beginning farmers. They follow an informal format including a farm tour and conversation on the topic of the day. Hall Brook Farm in Thorndike, Maine, grows organic vegetables for wholesale markets on a tractor scale. Come learn about farming practices Hall Brook Farm has implemented […]
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Spend a summer evening touring a vibrant school garden!At the Troy Howard Middle School Garden Project, students tend a 1/3 acre garden and a year-round greenhouse -- producing veggies, fruits, flowers, heirloom seed crops, and more. The garden provides both material sustenance and educational enrichment. Student-harvested produce -- over 1,500 pounds of it yearly -- goes […]
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Join us for a tour of the Orono Community Giving Garden! The Orono Community Giving Garden (OCGG) is a collaborative resource for people in the Orono area to share food they've grown, and to gather and learn from the process of gardening. The garden is tended to by volunteers, and it features a wide variety of veggies, fruits, and flowers that […]
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Farm Training Project (FTP) workshops are designed for journeypeople, farmworkers, and other beginning farmers. They follow an informal format including a farm tour and conversation on the topic of the day. Come walk through flowers with Swell Farm to learn the basics about flower farming through the seasons in Maine. Different sales channels will be discussed including […]
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Are critters nibbling on your veggies? Are plants developing strange colors, or wilting unexpectedly? Join Cooperative Extension, Cultivating Community, and MOFGA for an interactive tour of the common pests and diseases that appear at the height of summer. We’ll search over fruits and under leaves to help growers increase their comfort with diagnosing what ails […]
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Join Wild Seed Project and MOFGA for a lunchtime webinar with Jessica J. Lee, environmental historian, writer, and author of Dispersals, among other works.In this webinar, Jessica will consider the core themes of her book Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging, including ideas of kinship, language for native and invasive plants, and will explore the connections between cultural histories, personal histories, and […]
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Do you have farm animals? Do they have hooves? Do they get their hooves trimmed? Why not? Overlooking the hoof health of our farm animals has economic and welfare consequences. While it can be a valid choice to hire someone to maintain the integrity of hooves on our farms and homesteads, as caretakers, we are […]
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