Walking Through the Season with Dan Kittredge
How are your farming practices affecting soil and plant health throughout the seasons?
Join NOFA/Mass at the farm of Bionutrient Food Association founder, Dan Kittredge, in North Brookfield, MA for a series of 4 full-day workshops to walk through the practices he uses to maintain a thriving ecological system each season.
Throughout each day we will learn more about:
- Principles of soil health, including biological, physical, and chemical properties
- In-season management of annual and perennial systems
- Production techniques that build soil health and protect plant health
- Practices of assessing plant health throughout the season
Remaining Date:
Sunday, October, 8 2023 – 9:00am-5:00pm
Location:
Nature’s Way Farm, North Brookfield, MA
Building Soil Health with Mushroom Compost
Join us in our journey of diving deep into the world of compost and mushroom substrate. Throughout the day, we’ll be looking into the living world of soil and mycelium and sensing how to integrate spent mushroom substrate into home and small-scale farm composting systems. Learn about Woven Roots Farm’s no-till, hand-scale, growing, composting, mulching, and harvesting practices, and how mushroom substrate is being incorporated into their farming practices.
Mushroom substrate is an amazing way to increase the bioactivity of your compost, making your soil rich and nutrients more accessible to plants. We will be looking at compost at all stages: mixing it ourselves, observing a well-inoculated sample, and spreading compost on our beds. We’ll also take a close look at compost throughout the inoculation process via microscopes, guiding you to know what to look for on your own. For those that don’t have a microscope at home, this is a great chance to learn how to build one using simple materials and a smartphone. DIY kits will be for sale. Afterwards, you’ll be able to sense into making your own beautiful mushroom compost blend, look for the creatures who make compost happen, and apply this knowledge to your very own beds.
When
Sunday, October 8
9:30am-4:00pm
Where
Woven Roots Farm
12 McCarty Road
Tyringham, MA 01264
Building Soil Health with Mushroom Compost
Join us in our journey of diving deep into the world of compost and mushroom substrate. Throughout the day, we’ll be looking into the living world of soil and mycelium and sensing how to integrate spent mushroom substrate into home and small-scale farm composting systems. Learn about Woven Roots Farm’s no-till, hand-scale, growing, composting, mulching, and harvesting practices, and how mushroom substrate is being incorporated into their farming practices.
Mushroom substrate is an amazing way to increase the bioactivity of your compost, making your soil rich and nutrients more accessible to plants. We will be looking at compost at all stages: mixing it ourselves, observing a well-inoculated sample, and spreading compost on our beds. We’ll also take a close look at compost throughout the inoculation process via microscopes, guiding you to know what to look for on your own. For those that don’t have a microscope at home, this is a great chance to learn how to build one using simple materials and a smartphone. DIY kits will be for sale. Afterwards, you’ll be able to sense into making your own beautiful mushroom compost blend, look for the creatures who make compost happen, and apply this knowledge to your very own beds.
When
Sunday, October 8
9:30am-4:00pm
Where
Woven Roots Farm
12 McCarty Road
Tyringham, MA 01264
