This NOFA/RI CRAFT
Workshop is for farmers, farm
workers, apprentices and gardeners and is co-hosted by Young Farmer Nights and Freedom Food Farm. For directions, click here.
This workshop will cover strategies for maintaining a cash flow through the entire year without relying on spring CSA payments. This past season, over half of the food grown at Freedom Food Farms was sold between October and March. This helped the farm gain a foothold in local markets due to decreased competition in fall and winter. Participants will learn about variety selection, planting dates, fertility, bulk harvesting methods, storage options, shelf lives, value-added products, crop protection options and more! Come learn about providing food year-round – who really wants to take a break over the winter?
A Young Farmer Nights potluck supper will follow the workshop. Please bring food or beverages to share, as well as your dish, cup and flatware. Enjoy your dinner around a bonfire.
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Freedom Food Farm is a 10-acre certifies organic farm in Johnston, RI with a flock of 100 laying hens, heritage pigs, and all types of veggies with a focus on high value and storage crops. Produce is marketed through a 40-member CSA, six farmers’ markets, a farm stand, and the Farm Fresh Market Mobile.
Young Farmer Nights (YFN) are bi-weekly social and educational events where young and beginning farmers get together to share ideas, stories and a meal. Each event includes a farm tour, a potluck meal and other host-inspired activities. Learn more, join the email list or host an event, email youngfarmernight@gmail.com.
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This Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) workshop shares farmer experiences and best practices between farmers, farm workers, apprentices and gardeners. These workshops are free to everyone thanks to a generous Farm Viability grant from the RI Department of Environmental Management’s Division of Agriculture which seeks to enhance farmers’ ability to grow and market their crops. Registration is not required.
