2018
Farmer & Gardener Workshop Series
No-Till for Organic Veggie
Systems
Monday, July 23 from 5-7pm
Goranson Farm, 250 Dresden Rd (Rt 128), Dresden
Potluck to follow. Please bring something to share, utensils, etc.
Join us for a
free program at this third-generation family farm!
The Johansons will
highlight the equipment needed and the benefits and challenges they have
experienced using low-till farming practices and cover crops in organic vegetable
production.
Mark Hutton,
UMaine Extension professor at Highmoor Farm, will be on hand to share lessons learned from an ongoing northeast regional research project.
Pollinators in Agriculture:
Who’s Who & How to
Conserve Them
Wednesday, August 1
from 5-7pm
Morning Dew Farm, Rt 1 in Damariscotta
Potluck to follow. Please bring something to share, utensils, etc.
Eric Venturini,
Farm Bill Pollinator Conservationist & NRCS Partner Biologist; Joe
DeStefano, NRCS Technical Service Provider & owner Posto Bello Apiaries;
and Brady Hatch & Brendan McQuillen farmers & owners of Morning Dew
Farm will lead this free walk & talk to ID pollinators on the farm, learn
about their ecology, and discuss how you can get involved in pollinator
conservation efforts – with a focus on how to successfully establish wildflower
plantings for pollinators.
FMI & to Register: www.knox-lincoln.org/beginning-farmer; info@knox-lincoln.org; 596-2040
These workshops are co-sponsored by Knox-Lincoln
SWCD, Maine Coast Heritage Trust,
Midcoast Farmers Alliance and Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association
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