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November, 2005
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FEATURES
Dear Friends of CISA,
As
we approach Thanksgiving and feel the chill in
the air we are warmed by thoughts of farmers gathering
in the last of this year’s harvest and preparing
for next year’s crops. We are also warmed
by thoughts of CISA’s harvest over this
past year.
In
August of this year, CISA invited seniors from
Holyoke and Springfield to visit Riverland Farm
in Sunderland. All of them were participating
in CISA’s Senior FarmShare program which
meant that they received fresh produce all summer
from the farm. On a beautiful late-summer day,
more then 40 seniors made the half hour journey
to the farm. When they arrived at Riverland, they
filed out of the vans, some with walkers, some
with walking sticks, some helping others step
down onto the rich Sunderland loam. And when Scott
Reed and Ferdene Chin-Yee, the farmers, led everyone
to the fields and passed out bags for produce,
many hands – white, brown and black –
reached for tomatoes, green beans, peppers, squash,
onions and cucumbers. Everyone was smiling. Everyone
was talking. C. Louise Long said, “I appreciated
getting farm fresh vegetables, like  when
I was a young person.” And another senior,
Jeanette Rivet, noted “I was overjoyed to
get organic foods – so fresh, so clean,
and so tasty and healthful.”
We
all share Louise and Jeanette’s gratitude.
We appreciate the hard work done by farmers so
that we can enjoy fresh, local food. We treasure
the rich soils of our river valley that are so
productive. And we feel better, physically and
emotionally, knowing that we are supporting and
being supported by a way of life that is precious
and life-giving.
May
your Thanksgiving be a joyful celebration of all
that you hold dear. And may your table demonstrate
the bounties of our fertile river valley. We at
CISA send our gratitude to all of you –
farmers and non-farmers – who share together
in a community involved in sustaining agriculture.
Annie
Cheatham, Executive Director
Sara Silvia, Development Director
Mark Lattanzi, Campaign Director
Margaret Christie, Program Coordinator
Kelly Coleman, Program Coordinator
Jennifer Williams, Administrative Assistant
To celebrate a locally grown Thanksgiving
this year, visit your Local
Hero farmstands or retailers
for locally grown fruits, vegetables, and dairy
products and contact these farms for information
on locally grown fresh Thanksgiving turkeys:
Diemand Farm, Wendell: 978-544-3806
Lukasik Game Farm, South Hadley: 413-534-5697
Sweetwater Farm, Montague: 413-367-2281
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CISA
Annual Meeting November 30
CISA
invites you to celebrate another year of food
and farming accomplishments at its Annual Meeting
on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 from 6-9 p.m.
at the Red Barn at Hampshire College [directions].
This fun and festive country potluck supper features
a keynote address by Kathy Lawrence, a leader
in shaping national policies to foster agriculture.
Now an independent consultant, Kathy led the National
Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture and also
founded and directed Just Food, a New York City
based non-profit that provided CISA with invaluable
information about working in urban communities
to increase consumption of locally grown food.
Kathy is also a talented vocalist who has helped
start a new opera company in the Hudson Valley.
Kathy brings passion, experience and a great sense
of humor to our work and our world. Join us for
another great evening of thanksgiving and celebration.
Please
RSVP to Jennifer Williams by November 25 so we
know who is coming and what you will bring for
the potluck! 413-665-7100, or jennifer@buylocalfood.com.
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Van
signs promote urban farmers markets
 CISA
is pleased to highlight yet another aspect of
our work with partners in the Farm2City
project. Valley Opportunity Council of Chicopee
worked with CISA to create and implement farmers
market signs for four of their vans. The signs
highlight local farmers markets and are ‘rolling
billboards’ that are constantly traveling
through neighborhoods in Holyoke and Chicopee.
The signs will stay on the vans through the end
of next year’s growing season. Thanks to
Valley Opportunity Council for helping extend
the Farm2City project’s visibility in Hampden
County.
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Upping
the ante: UMass Dining Services pledges 15% of
produce budget for locally grown
By
Kelly Coleman
This
October, UMass Dining Services Director Ken Toong
announced that he was done with the talk; it was
time to just do it. Without further ado, Ken’s
staff nearly doubled the amount of money they
spent on local produce between September and October.
The goal, Ken announced, is to spend $150,000,
or approximately 15% of their annual produce budget,
on local food. The method? Become the first university
member of the “Local Hero” Campaign
and buy as direct as possible from local farms.
Already
UMass has relationships with Czajkowski Farm in
Hadley, Diemand Farm in Millers Falls, and Cold
Spring Orchard in Beltchertown. In addition to
increasing their purchases with these farmers,
UMass, will be reaching out to additional farmers
with specific crop needs. According to the Daily
Collegian, 50% of the produce served on the UMass
line will be local by the end of the school year.
As
the fifth largest dining service in the US by
revenue, UMass’s announcement is big news:
especially to the suite of people who have worked
to encourage local buying among the area’s
colleges and universities including CISA intern
Will Wallace-Gusakov, Amherst independent consultant
Kelly Erwin, former UMass Professor Anne Carter.
CISA’s own Annie Cheatham told The Republican,
“For them to make a commitment to buy from
local farmers is a big deal.” And Ken knows
it, as he said to the UMass Daily Collegian. “We
are proud to be taking a leadership role in support
of the local farmers and growers.”
Read
the story as reported in the Daily
Hampshire Gazette.
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Download
CISA print newsletter now!
CISA’s Fall 2005 print newsletter is available
now for the first time online as a
PDF suitable for downloading and printing on standard
8.5x11” paper. The print newsletter
is published twice a year and has won a “Design
for the Environment” award from Neenah Paper
Co. for its innovative single sheet design. But
we figure most of you don’t have the ability
to print out an 18x24” sheet so we’ve
reformatted it for you to print out at home. If
you do not currently receive the printed CISA
newsletter, please feel free to email
us your mailing address and we will put you
on our mailing list.
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Local
Hero Snap Shot: Chang Farm and Amherst Chinese
Food
By Paul Lisseck and Rachel Chandler-Worth
Tucked
away along the river with a breathtaking view
of Mount Sugarloaf is Chang Farm. Chang Farm is
one of, if not the largest supplier of organically
grown sprouts in the Northeast. In addition to
New England, they ship sprouts to New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Chang Farm
also grows over 20 varieties of organic Asian
vegetables that they sell at the Amherst Farmers
Market and use at their downtown Amherst restaurant,
Amherst Chinese Food. Ching Gong Choi, Mustard
Greens, Pea Greens, Chinese Leeks, Chinese Cabbage,
Chinese Eggplant, Chinese Radish, Water Spinach,
Bitter and Winter Melon, Chinese Scallion, and
Chinese Broccoli are some of the fresh and locally
grown ingredients that are served daily and keep
customers coming back for more.
Many
people have dined at Amherst Chinese Food because
of the quality and freshness of the food that
they know is grown locally, but what they may
not know is that also served in this restaurant
is another product of the farm -- a unique and
highly nutritious beverage called ‘Sandraberry.’
Dr.
Chang, a UMass Ph.D. plant science graduate, has
been growing a plant named Schisandra chinensis
on his farm in Whately since 1985. He calls it
‘Sandraberry’ in his restaurant, but
it is the same plant that has been used for food
and medicine for over 3000 years in China, Korea,
Japan, and Russia.
Schisandra
is thought to be native to Manchuria where it
is still wild-crafted today in remote regions.
Traditionally it has been sun-dried, then crushed
into a powder. It was only about 5 years ago that
Schisandra began to be cultivated on a larger
scale in China. Dr. Chang is probably the first
to use fresh, rather than dried berries, and also
the first to begin larger scale cultivation.
Schisandra
has been one of Traditional Chinese Medicine’s
(TCM) stellar herbs and is considered one of the
50 fundamental herbs of TCM. This is an impressive
club to be in since there are over 4,500 herbs
TCM uses for healing purposes. Called Wu Wei Zi
in China, meaning ‘fruit of the five flavors’,
schisandra was used to treat a wide range of health
concerns by Asian herbalists, and more recently
Western herbalists. It is well researched in the
areas of antioxidant effects and is regarded as
the ‘complete liver’ herb. Also, it
is considered by some, especially in Russia, to
be a ‘harmony/feel good herb’. It
displays ‘adaptogenic activity’, meaning
it has the ability to help where it is needed.
This may seem counter-intuitive but, for example,
if you need rest it will relax you, and if you
need energy it will provide that as well. No ragged
caffeine buzz, just increased clarity and an enhanced
sense of well being.
If
you are into the esoteric quality of plants, Taoists
masters have called schisandraberry one of its
‘quintessential’ herbs as it is perfectly
balanced and displays equal amounts of yin and
yang.
You
can buy ‘Sandraberry’ by the glass
at Amherst-Chinese. It is the only place in the
world where it is currently available. Mr. Chang
harvests and freezes his berries on the same day,
later processing them in a way that retains the
full vitality and flavor.
Do
you want to grow your own? You can purchase Mr.
Chang’s schisandraberry plants at Nourse
Farms (online, or in the ’06 catalog), and
usually at the Chang stand at the Amherst Farmer’s
Market.
Chang
Farm
415 River Rd
Whately, MA
413-665-3341
Amherst
Chinese
62 Main St
Amherst, MA
413-253-7835
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Renewing
Husbandry
Another thoughtful essay by Wendell Berry is excerpted
by our friends at Orion online. You can read it
here.
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Cellist
presents concerts to benefit Hurricane Katrina
survivors and Natural Roots CSA
 Local
cellist Stephen Katz presents a series of performances
to benefit survivors of Hurricaine Katrina and
Conway's Natural Roots CSA, whose bridge was destroyed
and fields flooded by this fall's torrential rain
events. The farm is seeking to raise funds to
reconstruct the bridge which provides the only
point of access to the farm for the farmers, animals
and CSA customers.
Bowing
the cello and strumming it like an upright guitar,
Stephen Katz creates intricate, uplifting tapestries
of sound, and with the help of some electronics,
transforms himself into a one-man cello orchestra.
"Stephen Katz does some remarkably innovative
things with the cello. While revering its traditions,
he is on the cutting edge of liberating the instrument
from being locked into the printed page,"
says Paul Winter.
Friday,
November 11
The Gallery at the Pushkin
(aka The Bank)
332 Main Street
Greenfield, MA |
Friday,
November 18
First Congregational Church
25 Park Place,
Lee, MA |
Saturday,
November 12
First Churches Northampton
129 Main Street
Northampton, MA |
Saturday,
November 19
Grace Episcopal Church
14 Boltwood Ave
Amherst, MA |
All
performances start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available
at the door. Suggested Donation $10 or more. No
one will be turned away for lack of funds!
Proceeds go directly to hurricane survivors through
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE efforts on
the ground and to NATURAL ROOTS RECOVERY FUND
Concert
directions: www.WesternMassAFSC.org
Information: 413-584-8975.
Stephen
Katz is a cellist, guitarist, composer and teacher.
He premiered his cello compositions at Carnegie
Recital Hall in 2001 and has performed with the
Paul Winter Consort. He is composer and music
director of Wire Monkey Dance, has collaborated
and performed with members of Pilobolus Dance
Company, and has been a Visiting Artist at Amherst
College. As a co-founder of the cello/movement/theater
company Seen & Heard with the late dancer/monologist
BJ Goodwin, Stephen literally danced with the
cello while accompanying the dramas they played
out on stage. He has been a pioneer in the art
of what he calls Counterpoint Strumming techniques
for the cello and continues to develop a repertoire
of rhythmically driven compositions which incorporate
melody and accompaniment into a single, idiomatic
cello part. Stephen’s solo recording First
Person Singular features his songwriting, singing
and guitar playing in addition to the cello, and
was hailed by Connecticut Songsmith as "an
incredible debut album by a new and important
artist”. His recent releases (Looking Up,
Earthdance, and Works For Dance And Theater) feature
his looped compositions and improvisations. A
native of San Francisco, Stephen received a Master
of Music degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory
of Music, and lives happily in Haydenville, Massachusetts
with his wife Beth and newborn son Olin. His CDs
are available at cdbaby.com
and stephenkatzmusic.com.
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NEWS
Organic
community garden threatened with development in
Springfield
by
Kristin Brennan
Help us save our youth gardens! Gardening the
Community, a project of NOFA/Mass, is fighting
for its garden land in Springfield, MA as the
city has put it up for development. On Wednesday,
October 26, dozens of community members, youth,
and parents gathered on the site to show support
for the 4 year and running vegetable and fruit
garden. The group greeted the city as it showed
the land to potential developers intending to
build on top of the cultivated soil. The City
has encouraged Gardening the
Community to apply for the land through the official
process, the Department of Purchasing's Request
for Proposals (RFP); however, it has remained
persistent in its intention to get parcels back
on the tax roles for speedier economic development.
There are hundreds of lots in Springfield, and
many lots directly around this garden parcel,
which are either vacant or hold abandoned buildings,
that are in dire need of
revitalization. Yet, our youth garden has been
chosen. We need support in all forms as we continue
to petition the City to recognize this youth employment
program that contributes food and beauty to the
neighborhood as a greater good for the community
at the point. Calls and letters to the Mayor and
City Councilors, connections and advice from supportive
individuals throughout the valley, and financial
contributions to the
effort to cover the cost of purchasing the land
from the City. For more information, visit our
website.
To offer connections and advice, please call Kristin
Brennan 413-782-2136 or write kristinbrennan@riseup.net.
To contribute to the cause, please contact Julie
Rawson at NOFA/Mass - (978) 355-2853.
Read the story as reported in the Republican here.
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'Think
local first' this holiday season
CISA
is again helping the Business Alliance for a Local
Living Economy, Pioneer Valley chapter, spread
the word about their 'Think local first' contest
which encourages area residents to purchase holiday
gifts from local, independent businesses. The
contest requires that you save receipts from local
purchases with prizes going to the contestants
who spend the most money locally. More information
will follow as contest organizers prepare for
this year's event!
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On
the menu at Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Local
Hero partner Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in Northampton
now uses locally grown food on patient menus whenever
possible, and has even placed the Local Hero logo
right on it to let patients know of their commitment
to locally grown! Thanks to Daniel English and
all the hard working CDH staff who are making
great strides getting locally grown food into
the cafeteria and patient meals.
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Project
for Public Spaces Highlights Innovations in Farmers
Markets Around the Country
Holyoke Farmers
Market lauded for addressing community access
to healthy local food
Project for Public Spaces, Inc. (PPS) published
14 profiles on innovative farmers markets from
around the U.S. on a new part of their website:
Farmers
Market Profiles. As farmers markets continue
their exponential growth – from 1,755 in
1994 to over 4,000 in 2005 – many are looking
for new ways to broaden their impacts on the communities
they serve. With support from the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, and as a complement to its ongoing
public markets funding initiative (which is also
supported by the Ford Foundation), PPS researched
farmers markets that are forging partnerships
and developing projects around health and nutrition,
urban agriculture, local and immigrant farmers,
and smart growth.
From small town farm stands to big city farmers
markets, the markets profiles here are extremely
diverse. They range from established, thirty-year-old
efforts to start-ups that have been open for only
one or two seasons; from markets with over 200
vendors and long waiting lists to sell at the
market to those with fewer than ten growers. What
these markets share, though, are creative approaches
and partnerships that are helping them bridge
the urban/rural divide, increase access to fresh,
affordable local foods, improve health and nutrition,
support family farmers, and cultivate a sense
of place in town and city centers. PPS looks forward
to seeing how these programs develop in the future.
The featured farmers markets are:
| •
Hopi Reservation Farmers Market, Palacca,
AZ
• Downtown Farmers Market, Des Moines,
IA
• Cotton Mills Farmers Market, Carrollton,
GA
• Minnetrista Farmers Market, Muncie,
IN
• The Lexington Farmers Market, Lexington,
MA
• The People's Grocery, West Oakland,
CA
• Espanola Farmers Market, Espanola,
NM
|
•
The Holyoke Farmers Market, Holyoke, MA
• Montgomery Women’s
Market, Bethesda, MD
• Seeds of Hope, South Carolina
• Kaiser Permanente Farmers Markets,
CA, CO, OR, GA, HI, DC
• Austin Farmers Market, Austin, TX
• East New York Farms!, Brooklyn, NY
• Lindsay Public Market, Lindsay, CA |
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Sowing
‘Wild Oats’
Wild Oats Markets announced it has opened its
second Wild Oats branded store-within-a-store
boutique in a Fairfield, Conn., store of Stop
& Shop Supermarket Co. The 1,400-square-foot
section opened in August. Five test stores are
planned by the two retailers. Wild Oats opened
its first Stop & Shop boutique in May in Plymouth,
Mass. "More and more of our customers are
clamoring for these products and wellness information,"
said Don Sussman, Stop & Shop's executive
vice president for merchandising and marketing.
"With more people seeking out natural health
solutions, we believe our concept will complement
the existing traditional healthcare and pharmaceutical
products offered at the grocery store, said Bruce
Bowman, senior vice president of new business
development for Wild Oats. {Source: Supermarketnews.com}
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Small
Bites
Food news and tidbits from the US and world
Lawsuit
seeks warning labels on milk
McDonald's
praised for happy cows
Ben
& Jerry's returns to social issues
Organic
food producers lose ground to imports
US
lawmakers okay some synthetics for organic food
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WORKSHOPS,
EVENTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
November 2
What
an Agriculture Commission can do for your town
7 p.m., Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
2nd Floor Conference Room, 1 Fenn St., Pittsfield,
Free.
Learn
about the organization, benefits, and roles of
Agricultural Commissions, as well as how to set
up a Commission and project ideas that other towns
are implementing.
Speakers:
Doug Gillespie, Commissioner, Mass Dept of Agricultural
Resources; Nathan L’Etoile, Mass Farm Bureau
and Northfield Agricultural Commission, and Bob
Wagner, Hatfield Agricultural Commission and American
Farmland Trust.
Co-Sponsored
by the Mass Department of Agricultural Resources,
The Trustees of Reservations Highland Communities
Initiative, the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission,
and Berkshire Grown. ALL ARE WELCOME!
For
more information: Wendy Sweetser, Director, Highland
Communities Initiative, The Trustees of Reservations
413-268-8219, www.highlandcommunities.org,
wsweetser@ttor.org.
Pete Westover, Mass Dept of Agricultural Resources
413-665-4077, westover03@comcast.net.
Tom Matuszko, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission,
442-1521 x 34, tmatuszko@berkshireplanning.org.
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November 3-5
11th
Great Lakes Dairy Sheep Symposium, Burlington,
VT
The UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture is
hosting the only conference that brings together
researchers and farmers on the topic of farming
with dairy sheep and making cheese. Topics will
include grazing and supplementation, milk fat
synthesis and CLAs in sheep milk, sustaining the
lactation, raw vs. pasteurized milk cheeses, profitability
of cheese operations, and more. In conjunction,
the Vermont Institute of Artisanal Cheese is offering
an advanced french cheese making workshop Oct
31-November 2 and a Starter Culture Short Course
November 3. More info here.
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November 11 Deadline
2006
AEEP grant program deadline looming
The
Department of Agricultural Resources has just
issued the 2006 Agricultural Environmental Enhancement
Program application. The AEEP program provides
funding to farmers to purchase materials to develop
and implement agricultural Best Management Practices
to prevent impacts on environmental resources.
Grants of up to $24,000 are available. Previous
practices funded include pesticide mixing pads,
manure pads, fencing, seed for vegetated buffers,
compost pads, and trickle irrigation systems.
There are two deadlines for the program. November
11th, 2005 and February 1st, 2006. Construction
projects will not be considered in the February
round.
For
more information go to the Department
of Agricultural Resources website or contact
Gerard Kennedy, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural
Resources, 251 Causeway Street, Suite 500, Boston,
MA 02114-2151. Telephone: 617-626-1773 gerard.kennedy@state.ma.us.
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November 12
Northeast
Pastured Poultry Association Fall Training Day
10 – 4; Vischer Ferry Fire House,
Rexford, NY. Join the Northeast Pastured Poultry
Association (NEPPA) for an informative and fun
day learning more about the ins and outs of raising
pastured poultry. Contact: Judy Beckman at 518-664-0750
or Judith Kleinberg at 518-371-5592 or at moefarm@usadatanet.net.
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November
16
How
to make grant and loan programs work for your
farm
A Pioneer Valley Women in Agriculture
Meeting
6-8:30 p.m., Deerfield Elementary School, Cafeteria,
21 Pleasant Street, South Deerfield. FREE.
Local
agency staff and local farmers who have used state
and federal programs successfully will share their
stories. Information will be shared about available
programs for local farms.
SCHEDULE
6:00 Socializing
and Potluck dinner (Please bring something to
share)
6:45 Announcements/Networking
Opportunities
7:00 Program: Making State and
Federal Grant and Cost-Sharing Programs Work for
Your Farm. Panel: Rita Thibodeau, USDA-Natural
Resources Conservation Service; Dale Riggs, NESARE-Northeast
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education;
Margaret Christie, CISA; Maureen Dempsey, Intervale
Farm and
recipient of a Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
Farm Viability Grant.
8:00 Questions & Discussion
8:30 Adjourn
Info/questions? Email Therese Fitzsimmons, therese@buylocalfood.com
or call 413-665-7100.
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December
1
Local
Hero Schools Network Meeting
School Wellness Policies: Bringing local food
to the table
6-8 p.m., Hitchcock Center for the Environment,
525 South Pleasant St. (Route 116) Amherst.
Every school district in the U.S that participates
in the National School Lunch and/or Breakfast
Program must develop and have in place a local
wellness policy by Sept. 2006 that addresses student
wellness and the growing problem of childhood
obesity. This provides us all with a great opportunity:
to establish standards for diet and health in
our nation’s public schools. These policies
will address the quality of meals served at school,
regularity of physical education, and instruction
that goes along with diet and health.
Refreshments served. RSVP to Kelly Coleman, 413-665-7100,
kelly@Buylocalfood.com
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December
13-15
New England
Vegetable & Fruit Conference 2005, Manchester,
NH
The
conference will include 24 educational sessions,
covering major vegetable, berry and tree fruit
crops as well as various special topics. A Farmer
to Farmer meeting after each morning and afternoon
session will bring speakers and farmers together
for informal, in-depth discussion on certain issues.
More info here.
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December
14
The
7th Annnual Future of Our Food & Farms Summit
Held in conjunction with the 2nd Annual Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture Commodity Processing
Food Show presents “Farms and Schools: Growing
Our Future” in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
On line at www.foodfarm.org.
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Writing
About Food
University of Massachusetts Continuing Education
Winter Session, 2006
This course shows you how to write recipes, newspaper
articles, press releases, memoirs and essays as
ways of exploring your interest in what we eat,
why we eat it, and how we cook it. The skills
you learn can enhance a career in the food business,
get you started as a free-lance writer, inspire
a collection of personal recipes -- or simply
give you a fun way to earn 3 UMass undergraduate
credits in January by learning more about food
and the many ways to write about it. The teacher
is Claire Hopley, Ph.D, who is both a teacher
of professional writing and a free-lance writer
of articles on food, travel, and other topics.
Anyone can take this 3-credit course. English
and HT-MGT majors can use it as an elective. The
course runs January 4-26, MTWTh 1.30- 4.30 p.m.
Registration begins November 14 through the Continuing
Education Department. For more details, call 545-0530
or e-mail instructor Claire Hopley, claire32@juno.com.
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CLASSIFIED
Part-Time Forest
Products Sales Manager. Looking
for entrepreneurial self-starter with knowledge
of the lumber industry and sales experience to
develop sales for progressive start-up business
created to market wood from family woodlots in
western Massachusetts. Products are Forest Stewardship
Council-certified and meet LEED building criteria.
The successful candidate will develop the sales
infrastructure including: office systems, new
accounts and credit analysis, outside sales, order
processing, and collections. Product lines include
flooring, hardwood and softwood lumber, timbers
and beams. Customer base spans architects, contractors,
millwork and homeowners in western Massachusetts.
Compensation will be commensurate with experience
and will include salary plus commission. Send
letter of interest and resume to Sales Position,
Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative, LLC, 1 Sugarloaf
Street, South Deerfield, MA 01373.
North
Amherst Community Farm seeks farmer. North
Amherst Community Farm, Inc. (NACF) is a non-profit
organization that was created to purchase and
protect 39 acres of prime farmland in Amherst,
MA. NACF's goals include (but are not limited
to):
*the creation of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture
Farm)
*a retail farmstand open to the public
*community and educational programming
NACF invites experienced farmer(s) to submit proposals
to develop a thriving farm business using organic
practices, with farming to begin in spring 2006.
We expect to enter into a long-term lease of 3-5
years renewable for a longer period. The farm
includes 35.5 acres of open, tillable land under
the state's Agricultural Protection Restriction
(APR) program, a farmhouse, 6 barns, and a perennial
stream. Surrounded by 10,000 residents within
one mile, and having frontage on a major thoroughfare
near the University of Massachusetts, the location
is ideally suited for a successful CSA and farmstand.
Please visit our web site for more information
and proposal requirements: Questions or requests
to visit the location must be received by November
20 and may be directed to Steve Dunn (413-549-3799,
sdunn@mtholyoke.edu).
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
AGRICULTURAL MISSIONS INC., NEW YORK, NY.
Agricultural Missions Inc. seeks an Executive
Director responsible for fund raising, administrative
and fiscal management, staff supervision and program
planning. Must have strong commitment to working
improving the quality of life in rural communities
worldwide and to social justice, with special
focus on addressing issues of racial and gender
discrimination. Education and advocacy and networking
among US churches and community based organization
is a strong focus of programs. Last day to apply:
December 24, 2005 For more info, click here.
MULTIPLE JOB OPENINGS,
THE FOOD PROJECT, MA. The Food
Project operating from Lincoln and Roxbury Massachusetts
is seeking to fill several full-time positions.
For more info click here.
MULTIPLE JOB OPENINGS, THE COMMUNITY FOOD RESOURCE
CENTER, NEW YORK, NY. The Community
Food Resource Center (CFRC) is dedicated to helping
low-income New Yorkers gain and maintain access
to nutritious food, income support and decent
housing. For more info click here.
Multiple job
openings, Community Farms Outreach in Waltham,
MA. For full job descriptions
and to learn more about Community Farms Outreach,
see
website.
Certified
organic locally grown red winter wheat available.
Three
kinds: seed for planting, wheat for livestock
feed or wheat for your kitchen. Seed and human
consumption wheat is $20 for 50 pounds. Livestock
feed is $15 for 50 pounds. Call Clifford Hatch,
Upinngil, 413-863-2297.
Winter
cropping venture in the Berkshires.
Land and apartment available for farmer willing
to join winter cropping venture in Berkshire County.
Elliot Coleman style production envisioned. Looking
for someone willing to join our collaborative
experiment. If the right synergy comes together,
financing will be available to build the greenhouse.
Call Tanya van Breevoort, 413-644-0209 or email
tvbdesigns@adelphia.net.
Help
wanted. Goat Rising
in Charlemont seeks someone interested in working
with their animals and in the creamery. For more
info contact John
Miller.
Land
for rent in Feeding Hills. Approximately
10 acres of land with an apartment for farmer
seeking to start a commercial organic farm. Land
is fairly open (former hayfield). Contact Bill
at 786-5081 and leave a message.
Equipment for sale:
Case 730 Tractor w/loader almost
all new parts $5,000; Holland Transplanter raised
bed shaper and mulch layer can be one piece, currently
two pieces $1,500 ea. – lightly used for
one season; Planet Jr. 5 gang seeder with extra
parts & plates on double tool bar $2,000.
60” Howard Rotovator - good tines $1,000.
Assorted cell trays, pots, plastic mulch, Remay,
etc. Digital pictures available. River Valley
Farm, Lenox, MA (413) 822-9621 or email: petricca1@adelphia.net.
Sheep for sale. Registered Cormo
starter flock (1 ram, 2 ewes, 1 wether); assorted
Cotswold and Merino/Dorset/Corriedale crossbred
ewes; California Red Sheep ram lambs, California
Red Sheep yearling ewe (fleece animal only) sheep
priced from $125-$350 each. Digital Pictures available.
River Valley Farm, Lenox, MA (413) 822-9621 or
email: petricca1@adelphia.net.
Land
for rent. 0.8
acre of prime land in Hadley available for rent.
Please call Kathy at 413-584-0784.
Free
composted manure, loaded into your truck or trailer!
Barter/trades welcome but not required. Contact:
Ellen B. Prosser, Yenneveldt Farm Llamas &
Alpacas, NELR & Poultry In Motion. 413/624-3032.
Colrain, MA yenne@mtdata.com.
Hay
for sale:
Round
bales of first-cutting 2004 mixed grass silage.
Great for beefers, dry cows, heifers, sheep, etc.
Approximately 1,100 lbs per bale. 40 plus bales
available. $35 per bale loaded at the farm. Sorry,
no delivery available. Call Bill at 413-335-5275
or e-mail bill@sheepscapes.com.
Nancy
L. Dole Books & Ephemera -- a used book shop
in Shelburne Falls -- has a large section devoted
to AGRICULTURE. Gardening,
dairying, birding, beekeeping, soil, etc. etc.
etc. The shop is located at 32 Bridge Street,
2nd floor, in the village of Shelburne Falls.
Open 6 days; closed Mondays. ndole@crocker.com
(413) 625-2210 or (413) 625-9850 Open year round.
Browsers welcome!
Land available for
farming in Pelham at the General Store on Route
202. Potential for small farm
with roadside stand at store. Approximately 1
acre open; more available for clearing. Possible
greenhouse. Flexible arrangements. Contact John
Rathbun, 413-253-1314 or email jr@themallatmoorescorner.com.
Pasture
land for rent. 30 acres located
in Granby, MA. All proposals will be considered.
Land is suitable for immediate organic certification
and is fenced. For more information please contact
Ryan at Red Fire Farm. 413-467-7645 or redfirefarm.@juno.com.
Land
for rent: 15 open tillable acres
for low rent in Buckland with barn space for organic
growers (certified or not). Also about 20 mature
apple trees on site. 4-5 miles from Shelburne
Falls. Contact Michael Garfield-Wright, 413-625-8300.
Got
Wood? If you have over 20 acres
of forest land and would like to discuss your
management options with a licensed forester, please
call Shane at Cowls: 413-549-1403.
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