Future Harvest Events in April

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Future Harvest Events for Farmers in April 2021

From Future Harvest CASA (Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture)

Future Harvest Events – Soil Health… To Go! Lunchtime Webinar

Wednesday 4/14 12:00 – 12:30 pm Pull up a chair and join us for a quick serving of soil health information. In this half-hour session, organic grain farmer, Matt Nielsen, will share his experience with managing a grain operation from a healthy-soils perspective. Matt owns and operates Tidewater Organics, LLC, a certified organic grain farm formed in 2017 and based in Centreville, MD. In addition to farming, he is also the Eastern Regional Sales Manager for Blue River Organic Seed and an incoming member of the Million Acre Challenge Board of Soil Stewards. We look forward to seeing you there! REGISTER HERE

IN PERSON FUTURE HARVEST EVENTS! Spring Planting, Bed Prep, and Soil Health at Gathering Springs Farm

Tuesday 4/20 1:00 – 5:00 pm Join us at Gathering Springs Farm in Middleburg, Virginia, to learn how Pamela Jones and Sarah Waybright are building their operation while farming part-time and raising families. Located just an hour outside of DC, Gathering Springs is home to vegetables, mixed perennials, and laying hens. At this field day, we’ll hear how Pam and Sarah first became interested in farming, how they made decisions in their first couple of years in operation, and what they have planned for this – their third growing season.

Come prepared for some hands-on work in the soil: it’s spring transplanting time. We’ll take a look at what Pam and Sarah do to build and maintain soil health, how they prepare their beds, and then get some spring plants in the ground. We’ll end the day with socially-distanced snacks – please bring your own. Safety precautions: Attendees, please wear two masks and bring gardening gloves and your own water. We’ll have hand sanitizer, a restroom, and wash-station on site. This event is IN PERSON. Pre-registration required; no walk-ins accepted. $40 non-member; $20 member. Free for 2021 BFTP Trainees.

REGISTER HERE

Future Harvest CASA is thrilled to be resuming (limited-capacity) in person Field School events! As you join us, please know Future Harvest will be following all current CDC guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 during these events.

All Future Harvest employees, host farmers, and members of the public attending programs are expected to:

• Wear a face shield or mask over their nose and mouth
• Stay a minimum of six feet away from others
• Wash or disinfect their hands frequently
• Stay home if they or anyone close to them have experienced any COVID-19 symptoms any time two weeks prior to the program or if they have been knowingly exposed to someone with COVID-19 two weeks prior to the program
• And abide by requests by the host farm, such as double masks