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?

Low Intervention Fruit Tree Care

Online

Join CJ Walke, MOFGA's Agricultural Specialist for Downeast Maine, for a short online presentation about growing great organic fruit with little intervention and no spraying. Aimed at beginner and backyard fruit growers. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A period - so bring all your questions about growing fruit trees! This session is directed at beginners […]

Free – $25

Gardening Q&A

Online

As the growing season continues, gardeners both new and experienced may have questions about their crops. Whether you have a challenge with a pest, are wondering about watering, or have some other garden quandary we would love to help think through solutions.Join us for these informal conversation via Zoom to help answer your questions and […]

Farm Training Project: Apprenticeship and Farmworker Orientation

Online

Join us electronically to kick off the farming season. You will receive an overview of MOFGA’s educational programs and support resources available to apprentices, farm workers and new farmers. Most importantly, it’s a great chance to start meeting apprentices and farm workers from other farms across the state. We look forward to seeing you there! […]

Free

Holistic Practices at the Heritage Orchard

Online

Join MOFGA's Orchard Coordinator, Laura Sieger, for an online presentation about the holistic approaches to orchard care that she and others use at the Maine Heritage Orchard in Unity. These techniques involve the use of organic sprays and amendments, and these approaches are generally a bit more intensive than low-intervention approaches. This session is aimed […]

Free – $25
Event Series Introduction to Forestry

Introduction to Forestry

Whitney Woodlot, Gray Gray, ME, United States

June 12 – Saturday, Two identical Sessions 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:00-4:30 p.m. Whitney Woodlot, Gray. $25/$20 MOFGA and MWO Members  This half-day field course taught by foresters, soil scientists, and experienced landowners, serves as a great introduction to the basics of forest ecology and active stewardship. While touring a recently harvested woodlot owned by […]

$20 – $25
Event Series Introduction to Forestry

Introduction to Forestry

Whitney Woodlot, Gray Gray, ME, United States

June 12 – Saturday, Two identical Sessions 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:00-4:30 p.m. Whitney Woodlot, Gray. $25/$20 MOFGA and MWO Members  This half-day field course taught by foresters, soil scientists, and experienced landowners, serves as a great introduction to the basics of forest ecology and active stewardship. While touring a recently harvested woodlot owned by […]

$20 – $25

Farm Training Project: Safe Labor Movement

Goranson Farm 250 River Rd., Dresden, ME, United States

This workshop will focus on body mechanics and movement patterns to help avoid potential work related musculoskeletal injuries while farming. We will discuss and practice ideal vs real and ways to modify to get the work done safely and efficiently. Limited to 20 people.REGISTER HEREMOFGA’s Farm Training Project (FTP) workshops are designed for apprentices, farmworkers […]

Free

Worm Bin Building Workshop

MOFGA's Education Center 294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity, ME, United States

Worm composting, or vermiculture, makes the world a better place by keeping food scraps out of the solid-waste system and producing fertilizer for plants, indoors and out. Jock Robie has been instructing workshops on how to build a worm bin and how to compost with worms for many years. Join us for this hands on […]

Free

Bluebird Box Building Workshop

MOFGA's Education Center 294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity, ME, United States

John Twomey and Leigh Norcott have maintained bluebird boxes at their home in Montville for many years. Most years, all of their boxes are occupied by bluebirds, tree swallows or chickadees. Over the past ten years Twomey and Norcott have taught bird box workshops for Aldermere Farm, MOFGA, the Ecology Learning Center, the Midcoast Conservancy, […]

Free

Preventing and Addressing Plant Diseases in the Garden

Online

Join MOFGA's Crop Specialist Caleb Goossen for a discussion on plant disease in the garden. Caleb will start by sharing strategies used to minimize the presence of disease from the outset. But we all know that sometimes diseases show up anyway, despite our best efforts or during particularly challenging growing seasons. So Caleb will also discuss what […]

Free – $10

“Milk With Dignity”: Farmworker Rights in the Dairy Industry

Online

Throughout the COVID pandemic, migrant dairy farmworkers have continued to work day in and day out to produce the milk and dairy products that line supermarket shelves. Yet, there are still many workers who do not have access to decent housing and a dignified workplace on the farms where they work. The Milk with Dignity […]

Free

Adding a Family Milk Cow

Online

Free. (Donation optional.)Cows are incredible creatures and might fit in perfectly on your homestead, providing you and your family with high quality, delicious milk for making butter, ice cream, yogurt and more. But it's important to be prepared for what a milking cow requires from you before you take the plunge.Join Jacki Martinez Perkins of MOFGA for this […]

free
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